"Caught In Numbers" by Elexer Lyra

Caught In Numbers

By Elexer Lyra

Caught,

In-between fighting,

For my individuality,

And fighting,

For my future.

In the end,

Will I only be a number?

The number

Of tattoos I have,

The number

Of piercings I can have,

The number

Of how many times I think I've messed up

While others say it's okay.

Statistics make up this world,

And,

Make me feel stone-faced.

How do I make the statistics work for me,

Instead of,

Making my heart race

Under the intensity

That I will never be good enough?

Which is funny,

To me,

Because I think everyone else is.

"Wind Dancers" by Elexer

Wind Dancers

by Elexer

Dancing in the wind

Of crashing surf.

Pulling in the kind

to keep me sure

And safe

In this place

Of turbulent waters.

Grace your 

Face

Upon this soft

Salt air.

Keeping me there,

with you,

in this dance.

 

"Suffocating Beauty" by Elexer

Suffocating Beauty

By Elexer

Glistening perfume-filled blankets

Of silk,

Glide amongst the cosmos-

Imitating the starlight

They wish they were.

Lips kiss the face of the moon,

Hoping for an atom of light

To be absorbed

Within themselves.

The moon breathes.

Intoxicating and violent, velvet fills

It's mouth of mountains.

The stars,

The only specks of light,

To guild oneself,

In the darkness.

Soft petals

Turn to suffocation.

Watering With Poison by Elexer

Watering With Poison

By Elexer

I use the poison

To water my flowers,

To listen

For overnight shrouds

Of wisdom.

Keeping sogging hearts

In night skies,

Filled with stars

Of twilight.

Listening to the rhythm

Of the drumming pulse

Of lifetimes lived

With coping

White lies.