oh building, move your obscene form
for you are blocking me from the moon.
oh ghastly cigarette, for how quickly i am torn
from the beautful sight of a sunset.
forlorn, torn, and tired
i give myself up to a nation so wired
and taken from contact.
hello digital dream,
hello online family,
hello to my new world, where you frown at strangers,
and turn away from the plead of a starving man.
goodbye to a world i hardly every knew,
of fruits and vegetables, straight from the earth,
of families enjoying eachothers company,
and innocent, excited youth.
hello to a place where changing the world means
finding the fastest way to get rich
a woman in a room with the half-open door tries plainly to feel at all.
she pushes and prods from her head to the floor,
and when she's finished she is quite apalled.
IS THIS HAPPINESS? this lacking of thought?
or is this simply the absence of a life almost forgot.
maybe it's the sobriety and cleansing, that cleansed her far too much.
maybe THAT is the just cause for this complete loss of touch.
a woman in a room with the door half open, goes to it and pushes it shut
she strips to her skin trying to find an excuse to be in this horrible rut.
she looks down to her thighs, which are quite disappointing,
and to a chest that could be m
Current Residence: Oakland, California Favourite genre of music: E-mo: a much-maligned, mocked and misunderstood term for melodic, expressive, and confessional punk. Favourite photographer: kelly riffer MP3 player of choice: IPODS ARE LIKE SOOOO IN RIGHT NOW. Personal Quote: "my hand thinks i'm an artist, but my heart knows im a poet."
Favourite Movies
requiem for a dream, y tu mama tambien, elephant, thirteen, party monster, the royal tenenbaums.
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
elliott smith, bright eyes, pedro the lion, cursive, mirah, neutral milk hotel
sorry guys.
its weird, i've been in such a random mood about this site. i've been submitting some weird stuff, convincing myself that its poetry and submitting it. theres been a lot of scary shit going on in my head and i've just..........grrrrr been fucking out of it.
so excuse my random-ass deviations and try not to take them at face value.
i hope that everyone is well.
-emma