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• For Every Heart...
  by Kristy Lee

  For every heart that finds a heart / there is a heart that cries

• speak earth & bless me
  by bellmusker

  I wanted to wrench a tooth / from your jawbone. / so count your blessings / that I left you intact

  Never be afraid of the cycle turning; a dark spell for Hallowe’en. Tá mé réidh

• October is a Memory Hammer
  by mstrace

  There nothing in the air in October to slow down the pain that leaks from one person and into another. It transmutes like lightning. Flas…

  Starts out as a story, builds into a poem, ends in a prayer.

• the hissing of the hungry
  by bellmusker

  The rain on his belly tastes hot and sweet and you keep drinking

• Bloodlust
  by Kristy Lee

  I would dine on it / With the finest cutlery / Smothered in a savoury sauce.

  Thanks to the amazingly talented Mark German / for the shot Bloodlust / which inspired me to fix this old poem up and post it.

• Battle Wounds
  by Kristy Lee

  I’ll bite a hole / in my lip, wince, / and gasp back tears

  Just a poem about release..about pain..and about strength.

• Another Shade of Grey
  by Paul Louis Villani

  I’m thinking of her. / I’d break the rules and then recover. / She likes to paint the world grey. / I’ll save her from herself today.

  For a girl.

• Reminiscing
  by Jo O'Brien

  NSFW

• klokken
  by bellmusker

  I have…held a decapitated human head in my hands, sliced neatly in half, and marvelled at the astounding beauty contained within.

  I wrote this piece for a zine in the US. The aim was to write your life story in only a few hundred words, and it was surprising for me to see which of my experiences flowed out of my pen.

• Casualty of Depression
  by dimarie

  Your eyes have lost their lustre, / Your smile I see no more, / Your lack passion for all around you, / Your depression is eating my soul…...

  Some people who are very dear to me are goin thru the depths of depression… / as much as I will be there for them, and do all i can… / sometimes i feel i am a bit of a casualty of their despair… / my own feelings and pain and issues are pushed aside, kept hidden, so as to give them what they need…. / I cant be there if i’m focusing on my own issues… / but sometimes it all gets a bit much / but we will get thru it / no matter how long it takes… edited to add…. / I understand depression, and its power… / those of you who know me, will knhow of my own depression that I have had since i was a child…and my utter contempt for my own depression, and denial and defiance of it that i go thru daily to the point where quite often i can come across as quite positive…full of life. / Its usually an act…to a degree…. / no words i speak are lies, i mean all of what i say, i see the good in all things, and its thru this that i have been chewed up and spat out too many times to count / and i have forgiven some of those who did wrong onto me / but others i havnt been able to… / this despair of my own, is always brimming just under the surface / always there waiting for me to get knocked down even slightly so it can consume me… / and so it does sometimes / but then the highs of life will kick in and i feel so great and truly positive and i have love and smiles for everything…. / nothing is really that bad…. / not lack of funds or food… / or peoples shitty moods / or dealing with all the past… / but it doesnt last / its never strong enough to coax my loved ones out of their own despair / and at times i have to leave / breathe / because their despair is contaminating my happy delusions… it threatens…no it does…take the sweetness out….. / and they see it…they see me breaking… / and it kills them / and that kills me / and its such a bit if a twisted mess / But i am resolved to be there for them / be there to the end

• A Rose of Cloth
  by Mark German

  Memories fade, echoes diminish / But if you listen, in the quiet times / You can just faintly make out / Laughter, Love and Life A Rose o…

• Where Shadows Cry
  by Roger Sampson

  she came to a place where shadows cry / silenced tongue sings no relief, no sigh / draws only sorrow nigh

  in some, inner pain brings reactions. / some reactions I see, / makes me fall on my knees / and cry / I want to love and hold / forever if needed / to bring a lasting sigh

• The Power of Boo
  by Rella

  You moved / And it was warm / Where you were

  Rella took a break from the vicious series to write about something pretty

• In the name of the father
  by Jo O'Brien

  I’d expected to hear his side of the story – an equal and opposite force. But instead I heard what I already knew or had pieced together,...

  Looking for Alibrandi

• * The One *
  by DNVR

  You healed the broken man

  A Personal Testimony

• Wake Up and Smell the Pain
  by Jaybe

  You sit behind your mahogany desk, / varnished with a framed photograph of your family. / They look so serene, so content, so happy. / Certi…

  This is based on real life and it’s a tragic situation that cannot be ignored any longer. Young people are dying due to the hypocrisy that is the mental health ‘system’. / I’m not going to make comments on this I’ve said it all….for now. “Long Way To Happy” – Pink / One night to you / Lasted six weeks for me / Just a bitter little pill now / Just to try to go to sleep / No more waking up to innocence / Say hello to hesitance / To everyone I meet / Thanks to you years ago / I guess I’ll never know / What love means to me but oh / I’ll keep on rolling down this road / But I’ve got a bad, bad feeling It’s gonna take a long time to love / It’s gonna take a lot to hold on / It’s gonna be a long way to happy, yeah / Left in the pieces that you broke me into / Torn apart but now I’ve got to / Keep on rolling like a stone / Cause it’s gonna be a long long way to happy Left my childhood behind / In a roll away bed / Everything was so damn simple / Now I’m losing my head / Trying to cover up the damage / And pad out all the bruises / too young to know i had it / So it didn’t hurt to lose it / Didn’t hurt to lose it / No but oh / I’ll keep on rolling down this road / But I’ve got a bad, bad feeling It’s gonna take a long time to love / It’s gonna take a lot to hold on / It’s gonna be a long way to happy, yeah / Left in the pieces that you broke me into / Torn apart but now I’ve got to / Keep on rolling like a stone / Cause it’s gonna be a long long way Now I’m numb as hell and I can’t feel a thing / But don’t worry about regret or guilt cause I never knew your name / I just want to thank you / Thank you / From the bottom of my heart / For all the sleepless nights / And for tearing me apart yeah yeah

• Y o u
  by LittleHelen

  Who are you?

• sour cherry
  by bellmusker

  He wears western shirts with frayed collars, and wishes she knew how to sew. She wears whalebone corsets, and wishes he knew how to shav…

  time to take this out of hiding a work of fiction, for once

• Masquerade
  by Kristy Lee

  I will wear this mask / Until it seals itself to my face I will wear this disguise / Until they all believe

  This is dedicated to those few precious people in my life in whose company I can completely let go. We can let the masks fall to the floor, and know we are still loved by one another. You know who you are.

• Timber
  by Nicole Ryan

  Seeds of horror and trauma and who cares about the reason why just do as you’re fucking told. There was some painful seeds. Bitter one…

• Just Sixteen
  by VelvetGirl

  Tumbled from her / wealthy existence / All alone on the street / The epitome of innocence / and just sixteen / Way too young / and way too …

  Something or other brought this to the surface today. I share it with you!

• I'll Hang It Up For Awhile
  by Sally Omar

  I’m lonely / I’m dreary / In pain / And very weary Have to rest / Have no choice / I hurt so much / I have no voice My legs are aching / A…

  Thank you Helene! Please check out Helene Ruiz’ other awesome artwork on / the RB. heleneruiz

• I should Have been Born A man
  by April Mansilla

  And I should have been born a man / Well this is what I say / All the time / Would I have been more acceptable that way? / Would I have not…

• Erased
  by mtda

  You left because death would not allow life / And came back

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