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Nothing But Touch
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TITLE (EDIT)
Nothing But Touch
DESCRIPTION
Haven't had inspiration lately, so I picked ten random words and wrote around them.
[239 words]
AUTHOR
Rae
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Scars were her poison
always ugly in day
ripped her own heart out
as if to say:
sing not to me
I care not at all
I am who I'll be
or I'll be not at all
[May 2006]
AUTHOR'S OTHER TITLES (66)
A World With You (Poetry) - [49 words]
After Dark (Poetry) I used to really like the nighttime... [74 words]
As Bad As I Make It (Poetry) - [51 words]
Bad Answers (Poetry) It's ok on the surface. [60 words]
Beauty Of Horror (Poetry) - [87 words]
Begging Forgiveness (Poetry) - [60 words]
Broken Tears (Songs) Had a weird afternoon... inspired a song... I hope this one is less confusing to everyone than the last one I posted! [279 words]
Canyon (Poetry) More adventures in cutting. [18 words]
Caress (Poetry) Took excerpts from In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan and The Knife by Richard Selzer and made them into a poem. really focused on style in this one... [76 words]
Comfort (Poetry) - [120 words]
Coming Together (Poetry) For now I am calling it a work in progress, but would appreciate feedback on whether it sounds incomplete or not. [109 words]
Daybreak (Poetry) - [75 words]
Devil Screams (Songs) I don't like it. maybe you will. or maybe i'll just delete it tomorrow. [130 words]
Doomed To Be Free And Fanciful (Poetry) - [75 words]
For Leah (Poetry) Because I now know why one isn't sainted until after death. [61 words]
Forcing Eternity (Poetry) I'm so impatient. [93 words]
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Going Down (Poetry) - [224 words]
Hand-In-Hand (Poetry) - [53 words]
I Hate Making Titles 2 (Songs) Song. [128 words]
Identity (Poetry) - [134 words]
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Soft (Poetry) - [115 words]
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Wschod Slonca Krwawy (Poetry) - [95 words]
Nothing But Touch
Rae

The sky is red. I sip my coffee and hold the mug tightly so I can feel the diminishing heat of it against my palms. Memories of that night flash through my mind. Dim, at first, like far-away lightning. I know it's coming back, but still the sky is red and still I taste the coffee. A longer flash. Still I feel the warmth in my palms
Carnal. More, I had said. I had said it a lot. More, between gasping breaths and cringes. Like I were an animal. Like I knew nothing but touch. Light touch, hard touch, desperate touch. More.
Not so red anymore. It changes quickly.
Eyes say so much. They speak of morals, and the lack thereof. They give directions. No, they command. They soak up the body and present to the outside world what is happening inside. Here it is. And I know I should be caught up in that and I know I mustn't speak. But more he can't see it and more he's not looking and more he's not seeing.
Pain. The touch builds it up. The touch sets a trap and it lures and it tempts and the pain is just an animal that is just doing its part. And touch captures it and pain is surprised and it fights. It fights, but it's a gracious loss.
The sun is up. The night is over. Here is proof that the time does pass.

      

 

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"I just don't know how u do it Rae, every piece of your work i have read, is SO SO good! you amaze me, its that simple, keep up your great writing. p.s. for random words, it came out great!!!" -- Josh / AxeY.
"thanks so much :)" -- rae.
"Rae, OMG! This is brilliant. Its also very frightening. I'm in awe of your talent." -- km.
"WOW!" -- mattie.
"Quality writing, for the amount there... This work says so much, and so well. Im amazed and thankfull I read this..Keep the good work coming!" -- Buxton.

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