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&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;When two bodies, two souls meet…converse and form a bond, a connection so deep and diverse, they transform. The real beauty is when they intertwine, breathe as one. &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;The true beauty is when they transform together as two bodies yet one soul and transcend. True sadness is when two bodies become one soul, transform and disconnect. They transcend alone with a gaping hole in their chest, feverishly trying to fill the void of the one that completed their being. So much more than the one who’s hand fit perfectly into another but more so the persons who’s thoughts and dreams escaped your lips instead of their own. The one who’s heart didn’t beat until they found yours. So much more than the one who fit perfectly snug in your arms, wrapped so tight. More than that. More like the one who took you from existing in this life in which you never deemed mundane and made you start living. This is where it becomes morbid. For you both are now simply two people whose souls engaged and faded into one another, for now you have both changed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Now you must face that once again mundane life alone, alone and transformed. Forever longing for the piece of you that is missing. The piece of you that was uncharted territory. That piece that you never thought existed. &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;A blessing and a curse, for it you never knew it was there you’d never know what you were missing but then again it would have never opened you up to a world that was so beautiful. To even have such a magical moment for once in your life, even if the moment was fleeting, is rare beauty. To experience that once lifetime is a life worth living. Even if the moment is gone, the memory will forever remain.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;I’m glad I finally saw how truly beautiful life can be and for that I thank you. The fact the now I am not who I once was before you crossed my path and now you leave me to walk alone is saddening. But I will continue to feverishly fill this void, even deeper than before, nothing can stop me. Call me naïve, but whatever fiber of my being is still left I will channel to grasp on to whatever bits and pieces of hope I can find.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/49752624173</link><guid>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/49752624173</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 00:37:39 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Mnemophobia</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Ahhh, if only I could manipulate.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Manipulate my mind,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Into bold colors and grand shapes that they couldn&amp;#8217;t be denied.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So misdirected yet fulled with girth and grace,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;that it&amp;#8217;d demand enough attention to keep me from your face.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Your face that fills the crevasses of my mind,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;No matter how engulfed I am in my own life, your words are all I find.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The words that held enough girth, enough worth, that I will never be the same,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;because it touched not only my soul but found it&amp;#8217;s way to my heart where it remains.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;How bad I just want the abstract to fill my brain so vast, that the thought of you I couldn&amp;#8217;t bare to entertain.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Not even if i tried but its simply too hard to abstain,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;from the one thing in my life I ever really wanted to sustain,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;like grains of sand it slipped through my fingers making me slightly insane.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Clouded judgment never seemed so crystal clear,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;opening the demons from the hellish nightmare I feared.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Forming questions into a theory that was concluded,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;regurgitating feelings that are so polluted,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;of selfishness intertwined with self worth,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;without you I will cease to truly live on this earth.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So I will remain to float in and out of dreams,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;that will never evolve into what I wanted them to be.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/49471849547</link><guid>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/49471849547</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 19:50:29 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_loqk9rN5I01r0r3wgo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/7925778801</link><guid>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/7925778801</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:03:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Haunted</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Your features are embedded in unfamiliar faces and are recreated and projected into familiar places. Past conversations are recreated and played in silence, the words so loud they are not only maddening but deafening. Your touch lingers in yearning that the contact of any unfamiliar object is repulsive. Everything associated with you reenacts in my mind, heart, body and soul making my thoughts compulsive. Reality no longer suffices, I&amp;#8217;d rather take my chances on seeing you with my eyes closed. Feeling the warmth of your breath when all my senses are closed. Shutting down as a mere defense mechanism to save me from falling again. Blocking me from saving myself, yet again.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/50613136558</link><guid>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/50613136558</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:07:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Burn</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Beat on my body so it feels as tortured as my soul,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;so the scars thrust deeper into this dark black hole.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The words that slipped into my eardrums and set my insides on fire,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;different than the burns that marked my heart beating silently to desire.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Never again did I think my mind and heart would be intertwined,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;resurfacing a nightmare I thought I left behind.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Only this time coming back stronger than before,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;no matter how high I stacked the bricks behind that locked closed door.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This will forever remain unfinished,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;because whatever what left of me has simply diminished.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/48440392883</link><guid>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/48440392883</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Liberated</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;this poem is simply of my love undefined,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;this poem is now me&amp;#8230;refined&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Not an excerpt for you to read,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;simply just an expression of things done &amp;amp; seen.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Eavesdropping so lightly on the tip of my toes,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Trying to discover something unknown.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;It made me sick, this physical feeling&amp;#8230;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;When does the emotional battle come in to heal me?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;An angel that once had the power to fly,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fueled by your love she flew so high.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Shut out, broke down, you clipped her wings,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Battling herself she finds comfort and sings,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The same tune..but without you..&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;it doesn&amp;#8217;t sound the same,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;For the meaning behind it.. is now simply a name.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Searching not for security but just her definition,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The goal is just merely to have some type of ambition.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;To still strive forward for she&amp;#8217;s been shut down,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Her smile has sadly diminished into a frown,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I will not let you turn my life upside down,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The only thing that has changed is now your not around&amp;#8230;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/7999199274</link><guid>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/7999199274</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:55:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Paper</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_loqo29mMqt1ql9b43.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This white sheet haunts me. Once filled with black feelings stretched  across in shapes of letters that held so much weight. So much pain. So  much beauty. And now, it’s blank. Like its fucking mocking me, to remind  me of what I once was, so colorfully gray. So filled with hollow  bursting out at the seams from every angle and onto this now blank  sheet. Pondering if in any way shape or form that this has become a  reflection of myself today.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I usually don’t think about it anymore yet it doesn’t seem as bland as this white blank sheet.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You know, the one I’ve been telling you is haunting me, mocking me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Only  when liquid poision and smoke fills my lungs, does this sheet speak.  Only when the deafening silence has found time to consume me. When  everything is still. That’s when I give myself the opportunity to fill  this void in which I always thought was you. Now in which has been  replaced by my goddamn fucking blank sheet.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am at a constant war  with myself. Even when a piece of me has won the battle, there is still  a piece of me that is lost. Lost in this blank white sheet.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Only  recently have I realized maybe what provokes me are the endless thoughts  I cannot escape to a soundtrack in which I pollute my ears with. It’s  the pain in the music that silences me and brings upon these black  letters that contrast this blank white sheet.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You know, the one I’ve been telling you is haunting me, mocking me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Only  when the silence comes along do I hear you, do I try to remember,  myself. Whatever remains. Only then to I try to pick a part myself that  has remained in pieces. In which I feel have finally been glued back  together. Yet everytime the silence takes over,  I break myself down  again like building blocks and try to put each block back together the  way it was, and I try to remember where every piece fits, and to what  model of myself I’m aspiring to build again. Because when all the pieces  lay across this sheet, its built back to a part of me I can never seem  to escape. It just happens that way.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This sheet is not yet as  blank as it was when I just started a few minutes ago. Yet the black  remains black. The pain I still feel. Yet the hollowness has subsided.  For now. For I’ve been built back up, plugged in, glued together thank  god. Why then do I keep badgering myself, I am my own worst enemy. Not  this sheet.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This fucking white blank sheet, you know..the one I’ve been telling you is haunting me, mocking me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This white blank sheet, when painting it so colorfully gray…is my own worst enemy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My own worst enemy, in which I created.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/7927667095</link><guid>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/7927667095</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:18:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Puppy Love</title><description>&lt;div class="mbl notesBlogText clearfix"&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;what happened to the butterflies that flew just when lips touched,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;anxious to call a friend and tell them how you like him so much.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The innocense of his arm that slowly devoured your shoulder,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The friendly bond that erupted that only brought you closer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What happened to the promises so simple and never broken,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What happened to words that didnt hesistate and were always spoken.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What ever happened to that twinkle in your eye,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That feeling that you were flying so high.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Whatever happened to the simple mistakes,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;that made your bond last longer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What happened to the little secrets,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;that made your trust stronger.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Why as we grow old are we filled with desire, lust and deception?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;what happened to the simplicity of love, passion and affection?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/48439297906</link><guid>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/48439297906</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:41:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Seven Letter Words</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Drained.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I  stare at that word written on this blog. Left alone&amp;#8230;no words follow,  it&amp;#8217;s the only way for me to emphasize the intensity of such a weak word.  I study it&amp;#8217;s letters and question how each letter forms into how i  feel.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Drained.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What the fuck does it mean? Well i&amp;#8217;ll tell you. Behind those 7 letters&amp;#8230;behind that emotion&amp;#8230;lie a million others.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Drained.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A  gradual outflow or loss; consumption or depletion. Something that  causes a gradual loss. emptied or exhausted . very tired. drained of  electric charge; discharged. To deplete gradually, especially to the  point of complete exhaustion.  To fatigue or spend emotionally or  physically.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Drained.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Of everything and anything that ever exsited within me physically and emotionally.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Drained.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Every  word that ever escaped my lips. Lost somewhere in translation&amp;#8230;from my  mind and out my shapeless mouth. Once full&amp;#8230;with ideas and heartfilled  emotions i loved to speak of.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Drained.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Because  of all the devestation. From trying to stand after the million times  they have broke my knees. From the numerous times they kicked me when i  was down. From the many times my tears ran dry. From all the times i try  to express myself and no one listened genuinely. I have fucking tired  myself out. Tired myself out from my type A personality so overbearing  and obnoxious i can barely stand myself. Filled with intesity and a  passion for everything. Everything overexaggerated bursting out of any  openening whether it be my mouth or my ass. Passionate about living and  life itself and trying to live the life i have. My passion for anything  or anyone about anything and everything has drained me.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Passion.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A  powerful emotion, such as love, joy, hatred, or anger. Ardent love.  Strong sexual desire; lust. The object of such love or desire. Boundless  enthusiasm.the trait of being intensely emotional. something that is  desired intensely. an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or  action.  A feeling of strong sexual desire.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Passion.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A  word that makes up my strongest characteristic in which i thought was  my best. Has resulted in making me feel the lowest of lows. If i could  take it all back, would i? No for i feel so god damn fucking passionate  about the word passion. Im crazy&amp;#8230;.oh god i must be.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Passion.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Runs  through all my veins and weighs on my mind constantly. It is what i  live for. It is how i live. It is why I live&amp;#8230; my life. It is what  makes my fingers run rampant across this keyboard as if every word  across this page would be my last. It&amp;#8217;s what i look for&amp;#8230;.but simply  cannot find AGAIN. This makes me unhappy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Unhappy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hah&amp;#8230;it  looks so happy with a huge capital U in front of it. Is it fucking  mocking me? It screams U are NOT fucking happy. Yep&amp;#8230;U&amp;#8230;on the other  side of the screen bitch! Is that what its telling me?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Unhappy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sad;  miserable; wretched. unfortunate; unlucky. unfavorable; inauspicious.  infelicitous; unsuitable. Not satisfied; displeased or discontented. Not  suitable; inappropriate. Not attended by or bringing good fortune.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Unhappy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Just  cause. Just fucking cause. Can&amp;#8217;t really think of a legitamate reason  why. Maybe because im lonely. Lonely&amp;#8230;a 6 letter word&amp;#8230;.because its  missing something. Its missing  me. and if you feel lonely too..its  missing you. Because i feel i am no longer here.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for the 4 letter words??&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;i  &amp;#8220;HATE&amp;#8221; being DRAINED. But i &amp;#8220;LOVE&amp;#8221; feeling any emotion at this point,  even one so empty and its all because of my PASSION. For anything and  everything. I wish i could be so strong as to just say &amp;#8220;FUCK&amp;#8221; it all!  But that wouldn&amp;#8217;t solve my problems&amp;#8230;i&amp;#8217;d still be UNHAPPY.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So  where does that leave us? With a bunch o&amp;#8217; fucking words, making up god  damn sentences. So instead of reading each fucking word&amp;#8230;read between  the fucking lines.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/7999217126</link><guid>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/7999217126</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:35:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Light of My Flight</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_loqngbo3Vj1ql9b43.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;when simplicity seems far too complex,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;its time to stop giving meaning to the complete meaningless.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For it derived from a world that ceases to exist,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;in this created inhabitant abyss.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once formed from trinket thoughts and ideas,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That hung loosely from a bracelet in which I wore my fears.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Each collected at some time or another,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In which I gave birth to each, I was in some warped way its mother.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Planted in me like some kind of seed,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;They grew with me and turned into nothing but weeds.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Eating away and destroying everything in plain view,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But in that blossomed something new.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Something beautiful, boisterous and bright,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In you I have now found light for flight.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/7927104397</link><guid>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/7927104397</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:10:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>My Hands</title><description>&lt;p&gt;My ten fingers&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;used to give birth to letters that created beautiful pieces which held so much pain, grew tired.Not so much sick and tired this time, but have just stopped to rest.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My two fingers&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That  used to hold countless cigarettes up to my lips as my oral fixation to  keep my mouth closed from then endless questions I once asked myself…are  no longer needed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My four fingers&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That used to hold up a glass to swallow away reality, are no longer used as frequent and used merely for socially purposes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My one finger&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That I used to hold up high and let it linger, for lack of a better statement, has found a better word.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My hands&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That used to hold my head up from being sick and tired of trying, have folded.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In you I have found peace.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My once heavy-handed hands are now soft with grace,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;they hold yours.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For its no longer me against the world. Fighting with my two bare hands.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Its us.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You and me against all odds.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My hands that became numb for all they’ve felt, are now sensitive to your touch.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My fingers intertwined with yours, make us whole.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For once I am not scared.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My  hands are not defensive…they stray far away from my face,my guard down,  not anticipating to be hit. But free, my face is free for you to see.  For all my emotions are no longer stretched across a white sheet but  they are written all over my face.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Just promise me you’ll read them carefully.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am my own canvas.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Not this paper.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Not this pen.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Just me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Im not constantly creating a picture or a blog not even a poem to make people understand.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am the picture.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Its been created probably longer than ive ever known&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;im done with that, lets create a new story&amp;#8230; all on our own.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/7927519429</link><guid>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/7927519429</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:56:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Home</title><description>&lt;p&gt;its sad thats what is considered inspiration to me is  pain. The fact that ive associated such a negative feeling into  something that drives me to write. To express myself&amp;#8230;in doing what I  love, sharing my &amp;#8220;so called&amp;#8221; talent. Maybe i shouldn&amp;#8217;t look at the glass  half empty but half full. But I dont like to put myself in the category  of  &amp;#8216;society&amp;#8217; in using a term as such. But fuck it..maybe i should look  at it as how i can turn such negativity into poetry, a blog, a  beautifully written piece, or fucking words scribbled on a piece of  paper that i thought twice about writing&amp;#8230;however you interpret it&amp;#8230;i  couldn&amp;#8217;t care less&amp;#8230;its merely just a reflection of myself&amp;#8230;and not so  much being true to you to let you know how im feeling , but true to  myself. For half that shit i write about you, or him, or her or they,  have probably read it a thousand times as it went way over their head as  they tried to figure out who it was really about. That is if they even  gave a shit.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dont ask me where the fuck i am going with this. I  didnt have a fucking revelation or feel it neccessary to write or was in  the mood to be creative. My thoughts have never run so uncontrollably  in different directions not even knowing where the fuck they want to  flow out of&amp;#8230;.whether it be the flood gates opening and my feelings  running down my face ruining my mascara&amp;#8230;or it be the mishaps that form  at my lips and fly out of my mouth.  Who knows&amp;#8230;.I have never been so  unsure. Just when you think you have figured yourself out.. for I have  been living with myself for the 22 years of my existance on this planet.  On this shitty place called earth in this shitty place i call home.  &amp;#8230;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please tell me, i would love to know. what does the  word home mean to you? somewhere where you just rest your head? shelter  from the cruel place we live in? shelter from the rain? A place where  you spend most of your time? What does it mean to you. How do you  interpret those four letters?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;home is..a house, apartment, or  other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or  household. the place in which one&amp;#8217;s domestic affections are centered. an  institution for the homeless, sick, etc.: &lt;span class="ital-inline"&gt;&lt;em&gt;a nursing home. &lt;/em&gt;the place or region where something is native or most common. &lt;strong&gt;(in games) the destination or goal.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="ital-inline"&gt;as i am sure my perception  of the word has changed a numerous amount of times when i was well aware  and sometimes subconsciously, i can tell you my interpretation now&amp;#8230;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="ital-inline"&gt;Its all a fucking game to  me. Life is a game. Its up to you whether you win or lose. Home is my  goal&amp;#8230;Home is my destination. Life is the journey to HOME. and no this  aint no emo shit where im telling you that life is the journey to your  death&amp;#8230;im not manic deppresant where i would refer to death as  home&amp;#8230;because  it is clearly &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; my goal to die. But HOME&amp;#8230;something so simple that &lt;strong&gt;you all&lt;/strong&gt; refer to as your HOUSE or your CITY. but &lt;strong&gt;a house is a house&lt;/strong&gt;.  a house is  something you live in and spend most of your time in  whether you are just  sleeping in it because of your hectic schedule and   you wish you could spend more time in. &lt;strong&gt;A house is a house&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#8230;.a place you invite people over and have family gatherings. &lt;strong&gt;A city is a city&lt;/strong&gt;. Its the place you LIVE in. &lt;strong&gt;So what is home?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="ital-inline"&gt;home is my destination, home  is my goal. I repeat this to myself so maybe somehow i would start to  brainstorm in what my goals actually are or if i even have any. I  believe goals are not things you should do or what society tells you  you have to do&amp;#8230;but something you NEED to do&amp;#8230;for yourself. Something  so fucking selfish that it satisfies you. Something you feel you NEED to  do because without it you couldnt possibly be complete.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="ital-inline"&gt;what completes me?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="ital-inline"&gt;this completes me&amp;#8230;each  word you see typed across this damn screen is what completes me. passion  completes me&amp;#8230;feeling it, living it, being it, and doing it. with  every bone in my body. Music completes me. It makes me sane or rather sometimes crazy. It eases my pain occasionally, it triggers sorrow mostly. It inspires me to  write these fucking blog entries, these stupid poems&amp;#8230;my feelings raw  and uncut across this screen for all of you to see. This is ME. this is  what completes me. this is who i am. &lt;strong&gt;Take it or leave it&amp;#8230;but fucking do something with it&amp;#8230;please.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/7999354482</link><guid>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/7999354482</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>In the Middle of the Road</title><description>&lt;p&gt;how bad i just want to sleep&amp;#8230;.sleep to dream in a  world other than my own. In a perfect world&amp;#8230;where you and i could  coexist. rather than running further away from you and further away from  the truth.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is no need to lie anymore&amp;#8230;.no need to lie to myself.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;im at loss of words&amp;#8230;.honestly&amp;#8230;how much more can i speak of something that has died a long time ago?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I know&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;for we were dead from the begining&amp;#8230;you and I, for  different reasons. Trying to live through each other&amp;#8230;you have ended up  where i wanted to be and i have ended up in something that would  probably suit you better.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Life is funny&amp;#8230;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I start to lose my faith in Karma&amp;#8230;for at times i  wished you&amp;#8217;d get yours as I didnt understand that karma had already came  your way.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;way before me&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;and its still paying you back.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;for the tears that every other one has cried&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;for the smiles and grins you painted, quickly ruining their picture perfect faces&amp;#8230;into a face they no longer recognized.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;for you know how to get under one&amp;#8217;s skin&amp;#8230;.so deep.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;for you penetrated my skin, deeper and deeper till you reached my core.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thrusting your emotional baggage into me that it became me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Consuming what had been damaged so many times before and breaking it completely.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;where am i going with this?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;fuck if i know&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;it just kills me that the most simple thing triggers any one of my five senses and it brings me back to you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;when the fuk will it end?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;i stand in the middle of this road in which i thought  had ended a long time ago. I stand still&amp;#8230;.since when this whole trip  had started i had been completely oblivious to my surroundings&amp;#8230;.and  where have you brought me? i have no idea&amp;#8230;though i am not lost&amp;#8230;i  will tell you that much. I may have taken a few wrong turns leading me  to another place, one that is not my home. but those back roads have  CERTAINLY not led me back to you&amp;#8230;they were a minor distraction  delaying my arrival.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Although i must say&amp;#8230;it does seem to scare me a bit.  For where i am arriving is a place i know is safe, but one that is  unfamiliar&amp;#8230;.there is no longer any sort of comfort zone given by an  outsider&amp;#8230;its the comfort zone i will create&amp;#8230;on my own.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I take it all in&amp;#8230;for this might be the last bit of scenery i indulge in before i get to where im heading&amp;#8230;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;but just one question&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;how long does it take to get there?&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/7999389730</link><guid>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/7999389730</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Vacant City</title><description>&lt;p&gt;I stare at the whiteness that has consumed this screen, waiting to be marked and scarred with the black that is consuming me and eating me alive&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;its been a while&amp;#8230;since i have sat down and tapped this keyboard as if i was hitting the keys to create the tune of my thoughts. I havent had a song to play&amp;#8230;or should i say one that was worth it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So now here i sit&amp;#8230;..my heart shattered no longer does it pitter patter&amp;#8230;.although this time, it matters.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;No its not a feeling that i have to live with and overcome with time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Nor was it any actions i now need to face the consequences of, of mine.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It is just a moment in time with a glitch.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;something i feel i cannot fix.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;No matter what words flow out of my mouth so strong..&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I no longer feel that I belong.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My words that once had strength to fight,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;has failed me as i try to hold on tight.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;but how do you hold on to something with such force..&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;that has just given up due to another source.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A source of which is nothing but her own&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;conclusions drawn into what seemed to unfold.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But now what?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;please tell me now what?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ive lost many, cherished few.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Whats another one to lose? wouldnt matter if it was another new.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But that fact is&amp;#8230;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Its a cherished one&amp;#8230;.actually two&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Faded fast leaving me with not much to do.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I write&amp;#8230;again&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;but this time it doesnt ease my pain.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;this time it doesnt listen.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;this screen just stares back at me with the same burning question i had asked expecting an answer. Usually i&amp;#8217;d find the answer within myself&amp;#8230;as empty as i am.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Full is not heavy as empty&amp;#8230;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Im heavy&amp;#8230;.with thoughts so many. With ideas few&amp;#8230;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jesus fucking christ just help me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Walk on water, turn it into wine&amp;#8230;just give me guidence. Help me fix what I did not break. It just doesnt make sense. Even though i did not personally break it, i know how it broke&amp;#8230;doesnt that mean there is a possibility that i can piece this back together&amp;#8230;and with each piece i put in the right spot another piece of me it will mend.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Aghh&amp;#8230;fuck this, the ryhming, the timing, the fucking scheme and formation. This is me&amp;#8230;this is the blood that flows within me. These are the tears that i fucking cry. This is the pain that has overcome me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Never in a million years would i have ever thought id write for something other or someone other that which i normally do. Suprise suprise. This bothers me. I hate writing about this shit god fucking dammit.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I feel lessened as i was tested in which i have now failed. good fucking luck with me reviving myself back into which i was for a piece of childhood is truely missing. That in which is the most important memory that make up a human being.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;its gone.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;fucking gone.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;and i cant do shit to fix it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I could go on for days&amp;#8230;.just write and write and write&amp;#8230;how bad i want to stop because each letter in each word in each sentence hurts. It scrammbles my thoughts even more as i try to get them down on this paper to organize. it does no good. I lose myself, for my words are running faster that my hands can type.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I lose myself mid sentence, because although this is in the process of being written, i really was never here at all. Where i am? i wish i knew. all i can tell you is that it is in a place that isnt as nearly overpopulated as it once was&amp;#8230;the way i like it. the way i was happy living in it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;its actually empty&amp;#8230;not a single soul. Not even myself&amp;#8230;in this vacant city.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/46085928945</link><guid>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/46085928945</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:40:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Last Summer</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lou90narCX1ql9b43.jpg" height="614" width="586"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I stare one too many times at the guy across from me  in the aisle&amp;#8230;.for all I see is you.  Although the two of you look  nothing alike yet only the image of your face is in my mind. His mouth  is slightly open and his lips quiver every so often as he sleeps. I look  at his lips and all i see is your mouth. I stared at his eyes when they  were alive and awake and all i saw was your gaze.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I look out the window and see the clouds drapped  across the sky like snow. It&amp;#8217;s so beautiful, so white, yet I feel  nothing but gray&amp;#8230;..&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Gray&amp;#8230;stuck in the middle of black and white, not  knowing where it stands, what category its in&amp;#8230;I constantly feel up and  down when it comes to you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My thoughts are scattered and run through my mind in  an unorderly fashion. So many images, ideas and thoughts run through my  head, none of them which have a beginning, nor and end. None of which  are phrases or even sentences, just words. Images that are only half  drawn, for my mind is trying to keep busy. With so many things going  through it to simply destroy you&amp;#8230;for you have burned memories, images  and words so deep&amp;#8230;my mind cannot even keep up with itself. Your like a  disease. Like one without a cure that i need to control as long as im  alive before it kills me, by taking medication.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I prescribe myself different medication depending on  the day, week and month. Although you&amp;#8217;ve spread  all throughout me.  Simply one dose is not enough to make things temporarily better.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My medication is over working myself and drinking excessively when accessable among other useless hobbies.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The minute when time stands still and the world is  asleep, you are awake in memory. The second my mind tries to breathe and  take a break from you, you hold it prisoner.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#8217;t know why I feel like this, I dont want to,  atleast i dont think i do. Maybe its partially realizing that the only  way to hold on to you is by torturing myself constantly by thinking of  what once was and asking the endless &amp;#8220;what if&amp;#8217;s&amp;#8221; and &amp;#8220;why&amp;#8221;&amp;#8230;.questions  you will never answer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We barely see each other, and when we do its only  because I know where to find you without looking desperate to only  exchange a measly &amp;#8220;hello&amp;#8221; and &amp;#8220;how are ya..&amp;#8221;  And depending on how long  im able to hold out&amp;#8230;a &amp;#8220;how have things been going..&amp;#8221; As if your even so  concerned not having seen me in quite some time. Like your fingers were  numb every time you scrolled through your phone book and passed my  name.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You make me feel like a kid again, trying to find any  excuse to call you to hear your voice now that we are &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; together.  But i  guess that is the replacement of when you used to make me feel like a  woman when we &lt;em&gt;were&lt;/em&gt; together.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My train of thought was broken by the single serving,  reheated tv dinners that were being handed out by men and woman in  uniform who spoke in tongues I could not understand.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I order red wine, not like it would do much.  Hopelessly imagining that it would slow my thoughts a bit and redirect  them in a direction away from you&amp;#8230;..I glanced at him again. He is now  wide a wake and when asked, &amp;#8220;chicken or fish?&amp;#8221; gets nothing at all&amp;#8230;but  a coke.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I look at his hands which are now fumbling with his seat belt,and I see a ring on his finger, A fashionable ring&amp;#8230;and  nothing more. He&amp;#8217;s young, his hands look clammy, but I cant really tell.  All i can tell is that they are the hands of a boy who hasnt even  gripped onto life yet, or even experienced it. The hands of a boy, not  yet a man&amp;#8230;still innocent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think of your hands&amp;#8230;the same, boyish and soft with  a ring around your finger&amp;#8230;I get angry for now actually finding a  slight similarity. He&amp;#8217;s not looking at me, not even glanced in my  direction, yet i know he has seen me. he pays no attention at all. this  upsets me even more. I fucking hate this&amp;#8230;i feel such anger towards  this fucking stranger. I dont even know the sound and scent of his  breath when it escapes his lips, or what lies beneath his eyes or his  fucking name for that matter. But i hate him. he doesnt resemble you the  slightest bit, but i still see you, and i fucking hate him.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So much i want to get out of my seat and yell and make  a fuss and fucking slap him for not paying a fucking mind. He&amp;#8217;s just a  stranger&amp;#8230;.a stranger, N-O-T Y-O-U!! Nor will EVER be you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I barely ate, I can feel the anxiety of just wanting  to go home in my stomach. I had made plans to find you again when i got  back before i had ever even left. So anxious&amp;#8230;like i was fucking coming  home to you or some shit, but in a sense, i guess i was. Ugh&amp;#8230;.i let  out a deep breath. My eyes suddenly feel heavy.I think my cheap  &amp;#8220;conforalles 2005&amp;#8221; wine has tired me some. Ill try to rest&amp;#8230;even though  thats nearly impossible.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As a matter of fact trying to rest and clear my head  is probably the worst thing i can do. But i need to close my eyes. I  cant stand to look at this poor innocent kid anymore with such deep  hatred and my eyes full of anger buring holes into him. they are my OWN  problems&amp;#8230;.hes just a  stranger&amp;#8230;Stanger&amp;#8230;.i keep repeating it to  myself&amp;#8230;Its not his fault&amp;#8230;.nothing but a stranger&amp;#8230;i drift  off&amp;#8230;.but YOU remained..&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/7999493015</link><guid>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/7999493015</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Let me Be</title><description>&lt;p&gt;This goes out to you, my runaway&amp;#8230; you whom stole my heart. Running  free with a piece of me to set your own mind free. Free from all the  clutter you  got yourself into at such an early age.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Your feet hit the pavement lightly but forceful enough to crack the  path in which you walked,making a statement, leaving a trace. A trace  that led directly to the heart you stole from me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My chest is bare, for you are a theif. Took something that didnt  belong to you and did not have the decencey to return it to its rightful  owner.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As you took a forceful turn, we came to a screeching hault. Sure  enough i knew it was time to let you go alone. To let you take that turn  and not look back.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For im sure you did not walk the whole way home alone. But no matter  who walked along with you&amp;#8230;you were as lonely as you could ever be.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I can run down the list of things i lost&amp;#8230;. My sanity, my passion, my drive, sleep, need i say more?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I can tell you what i gained,knowledge of. Of all the things that would never had been known of to even know an answer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;dont lose me now&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So I followed that trace you left. those marks up and down my arm,  those scratches at the surface, those million little pieces of paper,  those dents that buried deep into my mind when you had gone  astray,and they lead me&amp;#8230;to collect. To collect what belongs to me  which you had carried for so long.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;please tell me, what was the purpose? why did you hold on to  something you no longer used. Was it there to simply remind you of all  the complications that had no explanations? To admire something you  wanted, something you could have, but were too much of a coward to take?  To try to comfort yourself that what you felt was real and you were  willing and able? But you didn&amp;#8217;t and you should of.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I just wanted answers.I wasnt able to take a damn thing from you  unless i opened the mouth you onced kissed. the eyes you once gazed  into. the arms you once held and the mind you had corrupted. And just  opened myself&amp;#8230;to hear your answers. The answers that had haunted me  by stitching my mouth shut. Shall i dare  rip these stitches apart just  to know how you felt about us parting? Should i let the blood fill my  mouth just to know if i made the blood boil in your veins. shall i dare  open back up wounds just to know if you were hurting too?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fuck it. it couldnt be any worse than the relentless sex we  continued to have,the mind fucking. the continuos mindfucking we  both couldnt seem to stop for it was the only way we could manage to  fuck each other,some way some how.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;did u ever even fucking care??? The words poured out of my mouth faster than anything had ever even poured out my heart.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;just answer my simple question with a simple answer for the situation  was so complex no need to make it more complicated. Just give me a  simple yes or no. For gods sake, i might as well found the inner child  in myself which i killed and burried more the 6 feet under the depths of  my soul.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;find her and tell her to write down on a piece of paper WAS IT ALL  REAL? check YES or NO like some fucking pathetic elementary shit,when  everything was so innocent and nothing really mattered.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Check one&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;sighhh&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;check one&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;im inpatient&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;you checked it&amp;#8230;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;you checked&amp;#8230;yes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3 little letters that meant more than those 3 fucking words.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am at peace for once in my life.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ive cut the strings wrapped around my neck so tight, was so petrified of when that stool would&amp;#8217;ve been lifted out from under me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;im free. i feel so liberated&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;please dont try to take that away from me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;let me be&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/7999758797</link><guid>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/7999758797</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:34:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Work with me</title><description>&lt;p&gt;judge me, hate me, rate me, figure it out, but guaranteed with one encounter you wont be able to escape me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Love me at my worst, love me when im down when nothing gets me up and its seems everything is weighing me down.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Understand me, can you comprehend the words before they escape my lips. can you dip into the sentences that form at my lip?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Do i have to explain? Do i have to tell you? the rage within me pouring down on me like rain?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Or can we just breathe&amp;#8230;as one. one body, one soul, one  heart, that beats two different beats but goes together  harmoniously,endlessly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;cant we have two minds maybe a million thoughts apart but no matter where i end up or you end up we&amp;#8217;re in it from the start.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I dont want the fairy tale no beginning middle and end. Just a start,that will set everything and everyone apart.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;is that so hard?&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/7999835296</link><guid>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/7999835296</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Lola</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_louagx37PF1ql9b43.jpg" height="314" width="566"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I say I’m going to be ok and that’s because I feel ok. But just as when I’m peaking like some type of fucking orgasm that rarely happens I’m shut down once again. Maybe by my own insecurities? Maybe because the harder you try to forget the more your actually thinking about it and take a trip down memory lane? Maybe both? Who knows?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I’m not really sure what’s certain anymore or what’s even real. Life had become a blur, scratched &amp;amp; watered down. It’s become a generic version of the life I used to live but not the life I loved. I&amp;#8217;ve never been a good actress, I can’t pretend.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Music is the only thing that feeds my soul which has blackened. By all the asses from 6 feet under who try to rise above me only reach my feet. Rather than using them as fucking stepping stones, I trip. Over. Every. God. Damn. one.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Falling face forward anticipating the pavement, expecting to crack my skull on the ground in which I used to stand on which now I can barely keep my balance. I keep falling, don’t know where I’m heading to. I forget.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I just forget.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I become at peace with endlessly falling, deeper into something I don’t know.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I remember.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I remember what it used to be and what it could have been and what it should be.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And I remember.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Save me! Catch me! fucking do something, for I’m remembering.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Memories blocked out, shut off, stashed away, have been released.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lights which have been turned off are now turned on yet doors that were once open are now shut.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I’m not sure who the monster is. I used to think it was you, but the monster I have created within myself is schizophrenic.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Her name is Lola. and no she’s not a fucking show girl.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lola constantly throws party in my head, her and her 6 fucking friends.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;i try to tell them not to trash anything, but they don’t listen. Breaking shit, moving things around, they are fucking with my mind.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I snap. or have I snapped already. I’m blinded by the sorrow which turned into pain which used to hurt but now feels so good. It becomes addicting for my addictive type a personality. I fiend for it. Like a fucking crack head. I want to bleed. Mentally it’s not the same anymore; this is why it doesn’t feel normal. How can I mentally feel like such fucking garbage and physically I’m ok?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I want to bleed on the outside as much as I have bled internally. Hit me from the point of where I it turns from pain to numbness. Make me numb for that will be my new defense mechanism. Like an ass,I seem to let everyone in.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I always let everyone into my god damn home. The home I created, that I’ve worked my whole life for. That I have set to be picture perfect like that of an IKEA fucking catalog. After letting you and all of THEM in, I have finally been robbed. Robbed of everything I’ve worked for.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But that wasn’t enough I was rapped too.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rapped of my sense and understanding.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So all this time i was being used. At least I wasn’t useless.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But that’s what I’ve become.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For you used everything useful in me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sucked me dry like a fucking whore&amp;#8230;YOU FUCKING WHORE&amp;#8230;..you robbed me, fucked me and sucked me fucking dry. You are a fucking whore. I say it again to try to understand it, for it all came together piece by piece as if it were detective work.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I try to understand and now I slightly feel better. So I guess this is me signing off, for the time being. I’ll try to ride out this acceptance for as long as I can, until Lola decides to come out and play again.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yours truly,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;schizo&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/8000070713</link><guid>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/8000070713</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Rapist</title><description>&lt;p&gt;I think i went through the whole day today thinking it was Wed. Today  is Thursday and if you&amp;#8217;d like to get technical, its friday morning.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I dont remember the last time I was asleep or was truely awake for  that matter. I feel like I sleep with my eyes open and the only time Im  awake is when they are closed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My emotions have become so exaggerated. there is no longer such a  thing as happy, sad, or angry. They have become more so Ecstatic,  Miserable and Furious.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It was a connection. something that could maybe be explained  scientifically, although a scientist i am not. Completely one  sided&amp;#8230;so i think to myself.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My thoughts do not process anymore. They are stuck in traffic.  Stumbling upon other thoughts that cannot be explained.they line back  to back in a crooked line in my mind. The light is green,but they  dont seem to go anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I need happy pills. I think that would make it all better. Thats what  I have resulted to. Alhough my form of happy pills have diluted into  liquid form that is served in a snifter glass and tastes a lot like  alcohol. Drinking until I am in an oblivion and nothing makes sense.  Even the nothingness i try to make sense out of.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What the fuck is happening to me? How could i have lost myself again.  You know, it seems to happen once a year. Around spring time i lose  myself. The birds start to chirp, the weather gets warm and i am  physically here but im really gone.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Falling off a cliff, my mouth open wind gushing into me filling my  lungs so full. i am filled with nothing but air. Like a fucking blow up  doll who lies there flat with no emotion but that which you give her.  You&amp;#8217;ve taken all of me. Raped me from my sense &amp;amp; Fucked my mind. How  to recover?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#8217;ve become another product of society. Me&amp;#8230; i definately am not.  you might as well shove your hand up my ass and talk for me like the  puppet i have become.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rape me again for it felt so good, when you penetrated my mind and  left me hanging there like a whore wanting more. Fucking with my  feelings you kept me on my toes. I was a part of your game. You  continued to fuck me without a rubber, no protection for my feelings.  It wasnt your fault, i should have supplied the rubber by not wearing  my heart on my sleeve. You&amp;#8217;ve infected me with this fucking disease  that is new to me. I spread the word to see what i can do to get clean.  no one understands. Im a fucking addict, a product of your disease, a  whore.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;im an idiot. I should have protected myself. Now im infected. And these symptoms. Oh god the fucking symptoms&amp;#8230;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;a minor case of insomnia mixed with narcolepsy, lets call it narsomnia.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oh and lets not forget the hallucenations. Imagining im seeing shit everywhere that fucking reminds me of your dumb ass.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All this time you were fucking me&amp;#8230;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;i really should of just fucked you.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/8000218985</link><guid>http://bitsandpiecesoftheupsanddowns.tumblr.com/post/8000218985</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
