Hearts-
I see your face on every shard of glass
I kiss you with hearts on my lips
I cry with your eyes and lie in your bed
But you still haunt the looking glass.
Courtney Roach
January 2, 2005
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Sugar Sweet-
Yellow celebration flowers sleeping in your hair
Your bleeding heart is poised in red
And the water is basking in your eyes.
Courtney Roach
January 2, 2005
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Heart Shaped Lips-
I make myself cry at night sometimes,
When the flecks of dust crawl into my eyes,
And demons whisper dreams into my head.
Alone and sweeping the ashes from beneath me.
You broke love.
Courtney Roach
January 4-5, 2005
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Apologies-
Ebony tears paint me
Your eyes erase me
And every inch of sky makes me want you
Diaries full of sorrow and apologies
Take me
Hate me
Tonight, I cry for you.
Courtney Roach
January 5-6, 2006
-Geralda-
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Building Fears-
I dreamt of your lips on my skin
Whispering poetry to me
Broken frames and healing wounded glass
My days are long through
And I long for you.
Courtney Roach
January 7, 2005
-Dennis-
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Half-Masked-
Did he steal you with his eyes,
Or did you forget the summer on his lips?
Did you wash it down with blood,
Or did you leave your body empty?
The shattered glass inside your fingernails
Tells the story you forgot to hear.
And in the moment of your sadness,
You drew a smile on your palm.
Then you wave to him,
He knows you're trying.
Courtney Roach
January 9, 2005
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Reincarnation-
The day it stops raining,
I will put my heart in this ruby ring
So you can re-play me.
Courtney Roach
January 9, 2005
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Closing Door-
Love is paper thin
And you have burned my lips
Submerged in my own skin
I'd die for one more home
Where I could keep myself warm
And write my mind on the walls
Where I could paint your face on the ceiling
And gaze into your eyes without you knowing.
Courtney Roach
January 9, 2005
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Death And Sleep Tonight-
Pages torn and hanging from your paper cuts
The smell of gasoline drenches you
And you hide the smoke in your eyes
Floating purple dresses makes you cry
And think of her.
Courtney Roach
January 9, 2006
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Prophet-
Drinking bottles whole
I did this to myself
And I tore my skin to pieces
Just searching for an answer.
Courtney Roach
January 10, 2006
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Renegade-
Stars wither upon me,
And I bleed through my teeth,
My skin peels with delicacy.
My heart is yours.
Lullabies and crystal eyes,
Kept within our memory.
My hands are cold,
The sun is drying all our love.
Courtney Roach
January 12, 2006
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Dancing Piano Keys-
Your dreams made me
Precisely what you wished for
The snow collapses
Upon the sparkle of your skin
The stream of kisses
Basking you in your own reflection
So solace tonight
And angry clenching fists
Stapled to the wall
Where were you?
Tongues are tied
I am withering into the ground
Where magic burns my skin to dust
And my eyes still search
My bones ache and breathe
And now I'm lying in the grass
Face up, acid wars falling to my face
And lace between my fingers
Growing plain and pure white
Strands of backbone leave me
And whisper pity in my ear
Fall
Forever now
Life will simmer with you.
Courtney Roach
January 19, 2006
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Location-
You wear his kisses on your sleeve.
No lens will capture that night,
It rests in your mind.
And she broke through the door,
Detached you,
She saved you.
Courtney Roach
January 20, 2006
-Veronica-
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Apocalypse-
You smell like sugar
Beneath the sheets
Blowing pill-popping kisses
Butterfly eyes
And crack wrists
I am breathing a straight line
Sucking thumbs
And blinking neon eight balls
Left digging seeds that fell from your mouth
Picture frame me
Lock your doors
I am afraid
And I am merging from my skin.
Courtney Roach
January 20, 2006
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Falling Falling Star-
We ate sprinkles from the graveyard
And shook our fears
Dancing dresses just above the knee
Bruised with a smile
Cloth upon our heads
Guessing and pretending
To be baby ghosts.
Courtney Roach
January 20, 2006
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Prairie Dust-
Sometimes when I'm all alone,
I breathe your breath
And smoke the rest.
Stars on the ceiling,
Sleep in black and white.
Shadows in a box that
Your lover left you in your dreams.
Stand within the wind
And taste what's fake.
Take a breath.
Courtney Roach
January 21, 2006
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Noise-
I see scratches on your lips
A scream in your eyes
Mirror beside you
I am inside you
Neon soap bubbles sever your smile
Keep this heart on your wall.
Courtney Roach
January 25, 2006
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Happy Day-
Sugar-covered lips
Winter cotton candy
In the clouds
I'm a little lonely
Lipstick underneath my fingers
Scarred in a dream
Of red frosted trees
Growing pretty inside me.
Courtney Roach
January 25, 26, 2006
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Blame-
Glazed eyes
Hazy hearts
My skin withers in your hands.
Courtney Roach
January 26, 2006
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Sage-
Vulgar innocence rests upon the threads of love
And a curse sticks to my bones
I will take my fingerprint from your mouth
I have loved you this long.
Courtney Roach
January 26, 2006
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Pull-
Eyes alone
Fire grows
Doorways cold
Fingers spread upon the floor
Minutes move
Midnight proves
Bleeding goes
Stalling fate and always.
Courtney Roach
January 28, 2006
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Satin Smile-
Keep one hand on the bed
Love love, keep it
I want what I'm on
Softer pavement in my mouth
One regret
And you're sober.
Courtney Roach
January 28, 2006
