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DriftingSometimes we just don't
wake up soon enough
and we're left dreaming
by ourselves
with no one to shake us,
and when we do awaken
everyone is gone
and we're alone and empty,
wondering what we did wrong
and if it's too late to fix it.

And we scramble to our feet
like confused animals
and call out for help,
but all we hear in return
are echoes—
echoes and a voice inside
our heads saying, "You blew
it. You blew it and there's
no going back."

And we wonder if we should
even try anymore;
we wonder if maybe we should
just lie back down,
say "Oh well, I tried"
and drift off.

And maybe that was the plan
for us all along—maybe
we were Drifting by ~TheEmptyChest
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AdultsI envy those people
who leave home
at eighteen
and live like twenty-five year olds,
looking out for themselves
like folks did in the good ol’ days,
drinking whiskey straight,
driving all night with no limits,
loving and fucking without apology,
never having to remind someone
that they’re old enough—
Goddamnit, they’re old enough
and if they’re not cut loose
they’ll suffocate to death

without ever having breathed
on their own.Adults by ~TheEmptyChest
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Combat ZonesHe wakes up in Vietnam every night,
boot-clad feet trudging over mined ground,
trigger finger numb, back sore,
fatigue drenched from the monsoons,
and he prays to go home to her.
He finds himself next to her every morning,
dark bags under her eyes telling him
his twitching kept her awake again.
At breakfast she throws the dishes
and cries as the china shatters against the wall—
cries that she’s living in a combat zone
with a man who’s battling himself.
"Is there anything more destructive
than war?" she asks, and he looks at her
and says, “Love."Combat Zones by ~TheEmptyChest
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InsomniacSleepless nights are psychedelic tricks
where the mind cannot know what it sees
nor see what it knows.

My eyes adjust to the pin points of light
in the dark and I watch as they morph
into your figure—suggestive and fabricated
but real to every extent
of my imagination.

The silence is defeaning
so I whistle your favorite tune
to pacify my heartbeat.

My body aches as memories parade
through my mind like the boxcars of a train
when they speed at night, revealed
only by the moonlight.
These memories I have tried to subdue
but my mind is itself a trainwreck
and I am powerless to the collision
between flashbulb recollections
and power Insomniac by ~TheEmptyChest
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False alarm!

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I just found out (and by "just" I mean, like, yesterday :P) that !Lacewinged-Beauty actually has another account now. I am sooooo relieved! :phew:

In other news, my job is being a pain. The agency I work for is trying to go paperless, so all the paper we have—and the department I work in just so happens to have the most paper—has to be sorted and scanned. We haven't even gotten to the scanning yet and I'm already burnt out with the whole thing. Don't get me wrong, I still like my job, but holy shit I'm so over looking at papers.  

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  • Mood: Neutral
  • Listening to: Nothing
  • Reading: Revolver
  • Watching: Nothing
  • Playing: With ideas
  • Eating: Sub sandwich
  • Drinking: Water
False alarm! June 18 2 Comments No Favourites
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They say the eyes are the gateways to the soul.
Look deeply into mine. Whatever you see, that is me.
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*Echolalic-Ellie 3 days ago  New member Hobbyist Writer
Thank you so much for the devWATCH! It means a lot. :heart:
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~TheEmptyChest 2 days ago
Oh, you're most welcome! I assure you, you deserve it. :hug:
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*Echolalic-Ellie 2 days ago  New member Hobbyist Writer
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~tubefed 3 days ago  Hobbyist Writer
Thank you for the fav. :heart:
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~TheEmptyChest 3 days ago
You're welcome. :D
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*Scarlettletters 4 days ago  Professional Writer
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~TheEmptyChest 3 days ago
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=SilverInkblot 5 days ago  Hobbyist Writer
Thank you for the fave on Zest :)
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~TheEmptyChest 4 days ago
You are most welcome. :D
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*beeinthebottle Jun 4, 2013   Writer
Thanks for the faves -- but especially for reading and for the lovely comments. :heart:
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