L.C. McQuillen 25.02.24 Despite my mind thinking rationally And my heart feeling wholly My soul rejects the fundamental possession of this life. Yearning for the ancient It quietly cries and seethes and grieves No matter the lightness my body seeks My soul remains heavy in custody Seeping into my unfocused mind And scraping into my […]
L.C. McQuillen 06.02.24 The problem was You only tried to find me In places that I’d already been Collecting pieces of my shed skin to prove That you know who I am Always chasing me down With past versions of myself A second hand daughter Rummaged up only through thrifted stories I’m not composed of
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L.C. McQuillen 29.12.23 For a long time I believed poetry was lyrics for those who could not sing And I was consumed by what I could not compose My brave soul possessed uncourageous lips And I despised the small quiet characters that seemed to sum up my existence But art is not meant to
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L.C. McQuillen 25.10.23 When I started to heal I didn’t realize how Uncertain It would feel That the stages of Self repair so clearly mapped out By scholars Felt like they hit All at the same time
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L.C. McQuillen 05.09.23 For along time I didn’t understand That people are keys And they can unlock Your entire essence Explored by the words you speak Or they way you move And the habits that caused Little quirks and reactions
L.C. McQuillen 02.06.23 The rain is falling On the cabins roof A staccato rhythm of a scattered melody Playing the song That my heart composes When I think of you The upbeat ting Of precipitation on tin Like our body’s colliding When we meet againThe soundOf water sinking into soilAbsorbing, like me into your armsThe
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13.04.23 Love me as nature does Warm like the sun beams in the first of spring Kiss my neck with softness as the breeze Flows past gently As I climb to higher heights be sturdy and as an old oak tree Love me as deep as natures depths dives into oceans and canyons Love me as
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L.C. McQuillen 06.04.23 My body shifts Every few minutes As my mind incessantly Stirs the irony Of my upcoming reality You’ve been asleep for hours And haven’t noticed my soft Touch, followed by a quiet withdraw lingering feelings that send Me into deep thought In a dark room Hot, with the fan on Hot
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L.C. McQuillen 01.03.23 I feel it everywhere. In the tainted breeze, in the earth, as she screams in agony while she rejects us violently. I feel cold as it bounces off the impenetrable strangers that don’t know they need each other, due to the monopoly game that we are predestined to lose,
L.C. McQuillen 23.05.22 I gently skim the edges of your skin Relaxed against the pattern of your breath Drifting in and out of belief That your arms are wrapped around me And no matter how many days I spend, with our fingers intertwined Will I begin to grasp the concept Of how simple, yet deep