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'all that stands between' - an erasure
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be_themoon! I erased her Narnia zombiepocalypse fic, this temporary flesh and bone -- which is lovely and ya'll should read -- and, uh, now it is no longer about Narnia or the zombiepocalypse. But then again, it's freeverse so you never know.
all that stands between
Original text by Betsylicious.
The thing about the end is that it gets increasingly difficult to find.
after all, though perhaps it would be more accurate to say that winter forgot the autumn
The winter creeps up on us
We’ve exhausted this kiss
this house
has no more significance than the last.
You live on bloodstains, bright and warm,
and knives,
just to make sure.
she thought about the dark
The rare days their motions miss the balance.
a list of travelers, invariably polite, stay at these places,
away from the constant hope
the first days, ravening
buried without a word
There had been no body, but neither was his body silent.
They count blessings.
the shadows remain close, circling quietly.
winter paces, old and eternal,
his demons sharper, for the most part, that she has ever
known anything but What cannot be undone.
We mustn’t say anything on record
lying to yourself works far too well.
She laughs in warning, “Am I distracting you?”
innocently, lips against bare skin
and more than enough, but
she’s alive.
he will not protect her.
He’s a fighter, but so was she.
a body is nothing but memories
already stretching thin.
erasureathon assignment is my darlingest be_themoon! I erased her Narnia zombiepocalypse fic, this temporary flesh and bone -- which is lovely and ya'll should read -- and, uh, now it is no longer about Narnia or the zombiepocalypse. But then again, it's freeverse so you never know.all that stands between
Original text by Betsylicious.
The thing about the end is that it gets increasingly difficult to find.
after all, though perhaps it would be more accurate to say that winter forgot the autumn
The winter creeps up on us
We’ve exhausted this kiss
this house
has no more significance than the last.
You live on bloodstains, bright and warm,
and knives,
just to make sure.
she thought about the dark
The rare days their motions miss the balance.
a list of travelers, invariably polite, stay at these places,
away from the constant hope
the first days, ravening
buried without a word
There had been no body, but neither was his body silent.
They count blessings.
the shadows remain close, circling quietly.
winter paces, old and eternal,
his demons sharper, for the most part, that she has ever
known anything but What cannot be undone.
We mustn’t say anything on record
lying to yourself works far too well.
She laughs in warning, “Am I distracting you?”
innocently, lips against bare skin
and more than enough, but
she’s alive.
he will not protect her.
He’s a fighter, but so was she.
a body is nothing but memories
already stretching thin.
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a body is nothing but memories
already stretching thin.
*shivers* It's just so creepy, but so gorgeous all at once!
This is beautiful, Lass :D
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This is really stunning.
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bodies are nothing but memories stretching thin! (but she's alive.)
You live on bloodstains, bright and warm,
and knives,
just to make sure.
JUST TO MAKE SURE. <333 and there is something so creepy about that line, too. O.o
in the first stanza, I love the... the duality? of the line 'this house'. it's both an ending to the line before it and then the opening of the line after. lovely.
We mustn’t say anything on record
lying to yourself works far too well.
OH MAN.
and the sharpness of winter's demon! and that even in the absence of a body, one speaks. and the winter forgets the autumn!
LOOOOOVE IT. <3333 SUCH FABULOUS WORK, LASS.
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Gorgeous. I love it, and if taking my favorite lines would just repeat the entire thing, so won't here...but, yeah. Gorgeous.
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