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Hush
Migratory stories linger
Across memories of a flowered love
Not possessed of any human being
But a fire like plutonium
Paul Clive
Jan 182 min read
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Unmake Me Now
Unmake me In darkness discreet In sacred shadow In secret flames Undone Punctuated breaths Reaching equilibrium Between life and death...
Paul Clive
Oct 1, 20241 min read
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All That's Left
Press me between pages
Open like a book
Turn me into fire light
With nothing but a look
Paul Clive
May 15, 20241 min read
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Vermilion
Bring it down Like fire on my tongue In places deeper Oblivion Vermilion In velvet flames Dancing darkness Invading veins Colors running...
Paul Clive
Mar 11, 20241 min read
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At the Gates
I build my kingdom Out of all of these mistakes I steel my nerves for The coming of day All these reserves for The war that approaches...
Paul Clive
Feb 13, 20241 min read
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[SIGNAL LOST]
Hanging heavy Cities of grace Swirling everything Warming empathy Swarming enemy Intersecting apathy Anathema still within Writhing in...
Paul Clive
Oct 27, 20231 min read
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Tempest's Edge
Pulling at the cosmic roots I find the river calling I fall into the Heaven's wrath I hunger for a ruling Setting fire to discipline I...
Paul Clive
Jul 12, 20231 min read
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Nineteen Ninety One
I had an idea for a horror story called 1991 but just ended up writing a poem instead, enjoy: 1991 The year horror takes shape another...
Paul Clive
Jun 25, 20231 min read
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Simulacrum
Weeping at the edge of the river Meet me at the mountain pass Running over-eager fingers Through this tangled traveling matte Jaws...
Paul Clive
Jun 9, 20231 min read
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The Lucky One
I just fall apart Watch it all collapse Crumbling Burning down Ashes overhead Hurting lungs Hardly breathing But still crying out Wishing...
Paul Clive
May 20, 20231 min read
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Be Kind, Rewind
The Rewound Heart Bleeding backwards Into a dying sun Waning crescent Descending crescendo Cascading energetic cycles Data still backing...
Paul Clive
Feb 9, 20231 min read
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Ready to Fall
Like a ton of bricks Like a waterfall Like an avalanche Just say the word I gather my dry heart Like sticks primed for the kindling I...
Paul Clive
Feb 8, 20231 min read
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Anymore
Violins And out from under Instruments Of droning thunder While I wonder Piling blunders Windows vacant Hungry hollows Vanished or...
Paul Clive
Dec 1, 20221 min read
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Without Further Ado
All these unnecessary plateaus Every one of these I can't let goes Stop gap and pass through How I wished you'd fall for me Without...
Paul Clive
Jun 10, 20221 min read
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Strings of Doubt
We sometimes get caught in our own web. Afraid to let go of past trauma or present mistakes or the fear of the future being a repetition...
Paul Clive
May 23, 20221 min read
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The Dragon's Gold
The Dragon's Gold Along the dragon's back Down by the verdant steppe Binaural stones that skip Across river's deep and black A...
Paul Clive
May 14, 20222 min read
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Disused
No dog in the fight. Beaten down and broken by the world and ready to accept any state of existence that seems even remotely novel or...
Paul Clive
Apr 29, 20222 min read
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Nether Tether
How many of us are slaves to our dreams? Even when things seem to be moving forward and firing on all cylinders we can find ourselves...
Paul Clive
Apr 8, 20222 min read
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Pursuant
Say less Pursuant Pursuing a sound Windswept Constant Melodies that echo down A sheltered shadowed place Chambers twist like valves A...
Paul Clive
Mar 25, 20222 min read
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Manufactured Heart
What happens in a world where love is a commodity and we are forced to sell ourselves like products? Cut out the vulnerability, brush...
Paul Clive
Mar 18, 20222 min read
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