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October's First

Sun, relentless
Son, I can see the glossy haze
radiating from your fingertips.
A warmth unimaginable.
Delicate.
Childlike.
Pure.
I watched you count the number of
time(s) the waves
thundered against the rocks.
Usurped by the number One, you cried
“Ouch!”
On the second you begged me,
Stop their pain,
stop my pain.
What could I do
but turn you away.
“Do you want ( a distraction)
to try rollerblading? “
He fain did accept,
…with feigned interest.

Trust’s Last.


S.M. Alexis

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The Sand's Woe

i should have fallen for the Sun.
Everlasting light: the absence of ambiguity,
and of course the promised warmth,
it scalds the soles of those who lay upon me...
Or maybe the Forest-
boundless life!
And the incessant profession of love
through the high-pitched squeaks of birds,
and the croaks of frogs.
i am in love with the Sea;
when i heard your breath through the line,
i closed my eyes
and swore i was by the soft thrashing of waves.
Mysteries lay in the depths of your unexplored soul,
and each day i am usurped by your tides,
pulled deeper into the abyss,
maybe even drowning.

S.M. Alexis

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A Punishment

What do you call a place
that gives the respite your
soul needs?
But this home moves and 
disappears,
And it’s grounds forbid your 
entrance;
What do you call bed
that holds you like how a child
assumes the comfort a cloud 
can give?
But this bed has hiding springs
and a tattered duvet;
What do you call a garden
that has a promising 
cornucopia,
you had planted every flower
every fruit and herb with your 
own hand.
But then worms expressed 
interest,
your nurturing proved only 
attractive;
What do you call a place
that holds your heart?
Comfortable
and caged;
The windows are shattered
and the garden is choked with 
weeds;
Watch your heart shrivel,
I love you too.

S.M. Alexis

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The Devil's Sonnet

1.40am
I am lying on my
left on the bed Tough springs
soft pillow and comfort
-ing fox My left eye closed
pressed against the pillow
Staring at the bright screen
I see black and white phos
-phenes like a telly that
had lost its connection
Half my body is numb
other half, half-awake (?)
I had winced upon ill
-Lumination; pupils
constricting at bright light
The words look like they are
magnified I hear an
echo I must be tired
All I can think is why
I feel like I am high
1.46am; 6 mins

S.M. Alexis

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Albert Schnauzer

Should i worry for her
if She holds a knife
but with crimson intent?
if She spreads velvet
of thick consistency
unto her loaf of bread,
but pauses with a shaking hand
tightening gripe around the butter
“harmless” silver?

Goodmorning.
i saw her words fall like
deadweight
then hit the ground
denting even marble.
i didn’t flinch one bit
i’ve seen this before.
Her eyes blink but they do not see
Her chest heaves but not for air;
for troubles.
Standing on my hind legs
i tried to converse
But all i let out was a muffled whine
She gives me a reassuring look
then pats my head
Everything is going to be alright.

Should i worry if She leans too far out the window?
Or whenever She sits on the ledge?
Should i worry if the last time
when her smile was empty
She took thirty white cylinders
before going to bed?

The last time this happened
She slept for three days
and never awoke to feed me.
I damn near starved
to Death!


S.M. Alexis

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Disdain

It is not the idea of him thrusting upon
her beautiful body that angers me.
It is not how I want to vomit at
the reality that he is no longer mine
alone.
It is the fact that he had kissed her.
Intimacy thought enchanted;
What used to be sacred now soiled.
The very lips that spoke my name,
The very lips that professed love to me,
now rotten, diseased by vixen.
And yet I apologised,
And yet I stayed.

S.M. Alexis