L.C. McQuillen 08.04.25 Today you can find me in the cosmos While my body lay limp in bed A blue silk blindfold tied around my eyes A cat purring softly by my side But my mind is in the cosmos For Earth is too much to bear And I need to escape Flesh stricken by gravity’s weight Consciousness lighter than air As […]
L.C. McQuillen 03.04.24 When I die Donate my body to poetry My bone as pen My blood as ink My skin as sheet My organs as inspiration Write of my smoked stained lungs And the cirrhosis in my liver Imagine why I left them in this state Look closely at my cold, unmoving heart And
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 15.05.18 I fear your distant gaze As I caress myself With my silent words As they creep Over and through me Desiring bareness I discard the Unnatural coverings And rub deeply Against my incapacity Parting my lips But not allowing a sound So I do not break Focus on inmost feelings Yet my
L.C. McQuillen 09.07.17 Let’s talk about The vile and frightening Patch of my existence Of which You scratched And released A wretched aroma Of who I can be. Because it isThe way youScathed me ThoughtlesslyI slipped pastYour finger nails To become utterly Released. Vamoose. Without a single word. So
L.C. McQuillen 06.06.17 For the best Is not easy For the worst Is self seeking • Yet this • • is not • • A wedding • For the vows Remained Pliant For the tomb ContainedSilence For the best • Yet this •• is not •• Dying •
L.C. McQuillen 21.05.17 Reaching heights holds no hesitation for me. But there is a time when I find myself needing to come down. Sometimes in gigantic leaps. Descending down into the likeness of another. I was once a part of them, I heard what they taught me, I was changed, I experienced what they experienced.
L.C. McQuillen 12.04.17 I feel exposed. My soul sits naked under a microscope of another. I gasp at the realization that being in company has given to me. I am not alone anymore. When I am alone, I am the smartest, the bravest, the leader. When I am alone. That isn’t the case right now,
L.C. McQuillen 16.02.17 Within you Is A Story.Within you Beats An EcstasyOf Emotion.You are IrreplaceableYou are Without PatternOr structure No oneCan Be WhoYou Prevail As. No oneCan
L.C. McQuillen 10.12.16 I’ll dive too farInto the shrinking circleOf reminiscing and thoughtWith youIt’s always constrictingWithin the journeyOf our conversationsA black hole ofUncertaintyThat we will pass throughSimultaneouslyEnding up as wholeAs we were at the startOf the words that wereSpoken frankly and freelyYour mind is as exertedAs my eyesThat never stop seeingInto subaqueous depthsBut you neverBreak