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Soujin ([personal profile] psalm_onethirtyone) wrote2009-02-09 09:32 am
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"I'm Not Frightened Any More..."

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all my gifts are bitter now.
you may taste them--
my god, I could not deny you that--
but they are as bitter as myrrh
and your tongue will ache.
the innermost part of myself
is sour
like mulberries in spring;
the wine you make from me will taste of myrrh.
I have tried to be the sweetest part of winter but
my blood is cold,
my hands are unsteady
and the tremor in my heart is making me sicken--
like a dog with a worm in its heart.
my god, I am breaking like the bottle
and there is bitter wine on our dirt floor.
my god, my gifts are poor now
but the wood in my door has swollen and I cannot move it.
I thought it was fall and went to gather the
red-gold bittersweet vines;
and instead the mulberries are ripening.
there is nothing I would deny you,
but my heart tastes of myrrh,
and I pray you leave it.

[identity profile] mhari.livejournal.com 2009-02-09 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
*wibbles*

[identity profile] rainbowjehan.livejournal.com 2009-02-10 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
♥!

I'm sorry I'm not on. ;____; I found out to-day that I have a paper due Wednesday, and I am trying desperately but I cannot stretch out the word count.

[identity profile] mhari.livejournal.com 2009-02-10 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
Eeeeep!

*sends you hugs and many words!*

[identity profile] rainbowjehan.livejournal.com 2009-02-10 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
IT IS FOUR PAGES AND I CANNOT THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY. ;___;

[identity profile] mhari.livejournal.com 2009-02-10 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
THIS IS WHY I ALWAYS FAILED AT ESSAYS. :(

[identity profile] rainbowjehan.livejournal.com 2009-02-10 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
GOD, JESUS, WHY COULDN'T YOU BE MORE INTERESTING?

[identity profile] mhari.livejournal.com 2009-02-10 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
Also, I will tag Magda but I am currently DROWNING IN ANNA TAGS OMFG.

[identity profile] rainbowjehan.livejournal.com 2009-02-10 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
Oh no it's okay!
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[personal profile] zero_pixel_count 2009-02-09 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Ohhh...

[identity profile] rainbowjehan.livejournal.com 2009-02-10 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
♥!

[identity profile] little-lady-d.livejournal.com 2009-02-09 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
*littlesmile* you're as good as langston hughes.

[identity profile] rainbowjehan.livejournal.com 2009-02-10 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
I!

don't know what to say to that. :)
erinpuff: (Hugs (DoctorDonna))

[personal profile] erinpuff 2009-02-10 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
Ohhhhh, love.

[identity profile] rainbowjehan.livejournal.com 2009-02-10 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
♥...!

[identity profile] softerthansound.livejournal.com 2009-02-10 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
You write the most breathtaking, heartbreaking poetry. Never change.

[identity profile] rainbowjehan.livejournal.com 2009-02-10 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
*wibbles*