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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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Barbarian
Ligaments And limb by limb Fresher air Intimate Caught in actions Adrenal Flying Colors Bleeding down Pressed against the night...
Paul Clive
Mar 28, 20231 min read
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The Witch House
Skittering ghosts Expressionist lines Down darker and deeper Find where it lies Sinking solemnity Inking this against my skin Making...
Paul Clive
Mar 4, 20231 min read
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Quicksand
Deimos and Phobos I can barely breathe Suffocating in Quicksand Underneath my skin Sundered secrets caught in throats Fires burning under...
Paul Clive
Feb 17, 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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Lying, Still
I just listen to the wind These old and tired branches Calling through the trees A whispering in my bones I call that quiet cold my home...
Paul Clive
Jan 30, 20231 min read
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Rushing
My Heart is Always Rushing It would be more painful to forget More empty to regret Already holding them close Held tight like petals...
Paul Clive
Jan 16, 20232 min read
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Revenant
They used to say if you died out there in the mines they'd keep you alive, hook you up to a machine, make you less than a man... or maybe...
Paul Clive
Dec 21, 20222 min read
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Over and Under
Mouth agape Hungry for Heaven's wrath Headlong with nightmares Overflowing Defiant I contrive these Other worlds to thrive in Dreams left...
Paul Clive
Nov 17, 20222 min read
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All Bark
Why do we continue fighting? Life seems to want to find a way, to preserve itself, to keep us going even when we feel like giving up. Is...
Paul Clive
Nov 3, 20221 min read
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Fail to Hate
Fail to Hate Devoured in vines Skies clad in iron Roses like wires Rusted but still bolted down Neglected aches Still stitches for days...
Paul Clive
Oct 11, 20221 min read
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Fever Pitch Witching Hour
Fever Pitch Fever pitching Voices rising Season for Witching Toiling, boiling, brewing Klaxons blaring, houses burning Stirred up all...
Paul Clive
Sep 25, 20222 min read
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Trains (Take the L)
Sometimes in life you have to take a loss. It can be hard when our feelings seem meaningless. We get caught in trains of thought,...
Paul Clive
Jul 17, 20222 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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Carbohydrates
First fool day of April. Admittedly unsure of what to make of this. Written under the influence. No average joes allowed. Broken pieces...
Paul Clive
Apr 2, 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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Outcast, Outlast
There are a lot of different factors that go into determining who we are and how we live our lives. Where we are born, who are parents...
Paul Clive
Mar 15, 20222 min read
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Perfect Distortions
As we grow older memories distort, growing more exaggeratedly vivid in some ways, more dull in others. Music and smell are the two things...
Paul Clive
Feb 8, 20221 min read
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Wildflower
Different people thrive under different conditions. Sometimes we meet someone or spot someone who doesn't seem to belong where they are....
Paul Clive
Jan 14, 20222 min read
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