Abyss-black hair cascaded in waves down her back contrasted with her alabaster skin.
Luscious blood red lips pulled into a tight pout.
Lavish eyebrows that outline perfect ice-blue eyes.
Undulating curves in all the right places ensconced in a second skin of green satin.
Resulting in a woman who was the epitome of perfection.
Except she was only a picture on a magazine cover.
Reaching back in time, to a point where she was so much happier
Emily flipped open her old sketchbook and perused its doodles
Winding lines solidified abstract ideas into graphite reality
It pulled at her heartstrings to see how far she had come
Now she would be aghast if her art was that sloppy, but she missed the raw joy frozen on those pages
Determined to recapture that moment, she broke out her pencil and felt herself thaw.
Celebrating how useful humans were.
As they once again put down food for us to eat.
The fact that they were useful as back scratchers was a bonus.
So why did they get so upset when tested if gravity was still there?
Being bombastic had always been part of his arsenal.
Leaving the room blown away from the energy he dropped on everyday life.
And now was no different. He was dressed in his dynamite blue suit, his white hair slicked back.
Sashaying across the dance floor, demanding everyone pay attention by pure force of will.
The moment the spotlight hit him, he busted out his dance moves and the crowd exploded!
Swaying back and forth like a drunken sailor after riding out a hurricane
Wesley enjoyed the open mouth stares as he sauntered by
Everyone was sure something was wrong with him, and he liked it that way
Reactions like that were worth their weight in gold
Verifying that he made the correct choice of donning this particular persona
Everyone noticed him, but his partner picking their purses and pockets… not so much.
Putting words in where emotions feared to tread
Out into the world, unprotected, left to fly or flounder on their own
So every time I press that button and make something come alive on the web
That is the moment where I add a bit more to the universe and wait to hear what echoes back
Finding courage to do the almost impossible mean he had to reach real deep.
Reach into depths he wasn’t sure he had.
And yet, here he was looking straight into the face of this next hurdle.
If he could just take a step forward here, his life would change forever for the good, but could he?
Looking at the parallel bars, he hoisted himself back up on them and tried to get his legs to walk.
Out of the chaos, a need for organization grew stronger
Reaching for a list and some boxes, the war began
Dedicating time to the battle, slowly the chaos was pushed back
Except they never saw the betrayal that was about to happen
Right at the moment the house was set straight, they had twins and that’s when chaos won
The look in his eyes forecast a storm of emotions about to hit
Everything to this point had been smooth sailing on calm seas
Mentioning her name, though, had brought a sudden change for the worse
Pushing himself up out of his chair, he leveled a finger
Everyone was quiet, waiting for the lightning bolt of his anger to strike
So when the finger went back down without a word, well everyone thought the worst had past
That’s when he took one step forward and a rain of fists poured down
Soundlessly floating among clouds of thought
Leaping from one random thing to the next, but trying to create a narrative
Eventually to his sleep-addled brain, it all made sense
Everything a flow of deranged circumstances distilled into a crazy story
Pushing slumber back into consciousness, the construct fades, but the emotional memory remains
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