On controlling small things by The-Alchemists-Muse, literature
Literature
On controlling small things
I corral you
fingertip to fingertip
thumb to thumb
I watch you scurry
Searching, feeling your way
for a crack in my borders
retracing your steps over
forgotten you've already failed
I let you go
and watch you run away as fast as you can
terrified of me
without even perceiving what I am
I just watch you
running.
At The end of the line, the trains have gone home
No whistles or bells, just silent remains
He's still at the old station, so he is standing alone
He's trying not to hear the nothing that stains
The hush is ravenous, filling his blood
The abyss on both sides of the track starts to glare
These thoughts seem like a hysterical flood
He'd turn back and leave, but something waits upstairs
He knows it's not real; it's just a bad dream
Then the noise of the engines starts reaching his ears
But doesn't keep him from needing to hold in a scream
He runs for those doors, afraid they'll disappear
It's chasing away what he did not wish to beli
Drop. Burn. Repeat. Echo. by The-Alchemists-Muse, literature
Literature
Drop. Burn. Repeat. Echo.
There's a pitter-patter
It's rushing, a million falling things,
a chorus of sounds
repeating over and over,
A hiss, beans falling inside old wood
a sound of the old disappearing, rattling,
Washed away
I can't help it.
I laugh
And laugh
Because of how much the fire sounds like the rain.
(They could both swallow everything).
Why,
exactly, don't you have
A Mask?
You can customize
Accessorize,
Personalify,
until it's just
Yours.
Make sure it's
Unique,
Distinct,
because the mainstream
Sucks.
Don't wear a
Mask
that looks anything like anyone
Else's.
What,
exactly, would be the point in
That?
If everyone loves how you painted your
Mask,
then obviously it's absolutely no
Good,
Horrible,
Boring,
Unoriginal.
And it's time to change it's
Look.
Who,
exactly, wouldn't want to be
One of a
Kind?
Why,
exactly, in the world, would you just want to be
Yourself?
The End of the World by The-Alchemists-Muse, literature
Literature
The End of the World
Hey.
Yes?
Does a whole world exist outside the city limits?
What do you mean?
Is there actually anything there?
Out side the edge of town, I mean. Do you really think theres anything else, beyond that point?
Of course I do. You know there is.
How do you know?
Because I really doubt wed be using stuff made in China if there wasnt.
All right, that was bad, Im sorry. But theres people living in the city who didnt grow up here. Got educations elsewhere, even if they came back. And like I said, we have materials and manufactured items that weren