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Won't You Break For Me?
Scratching my lungs Deep under the sun I crawl until it aches Falling out of love Won't you break for my waves? Pray for me at night The dawn bleeds for days Into this multicolored life I'm finding my way Twisting my arms Get this heart back in shape Still under the gun I'm under the weight And up with the weather Plotting my escape Just waiting to run It itches my brain All of these regrets Get carried away Until I can reset Let the chemistry change The tragedies recent Turn

Paul Clive
Aug 281 min read


Tired Earth
A naked dread
Silently built
Preternaturally indwelt
But seldom understood

Paul Clive
Sep 16, 20241 min read


Ezekiel
Uplifted wings of living beings
Creatures turned again like wheels
Folded spaces, in-betweens
Spun like webs where thunder reels

Paul Clive
Aug 8, 20241 min read


Elysium
A machine-man brought to life. Built in a world submerged. Industrial. Used. But brought to life by something unexpected. The spark, like...

Paul Clive
Jan 26, 20241 min read


Lash or Leash
Self-control asleep at the wheel Buried in the kind of task That carries only a sick appeal Back to sleep At arms length Never withheld Anxiety, the lash or the leash Another mouth to feed The sullen sun a soured star Growing to consume It has to be there Dirt under these nails Peel it all away Layer by layer of fear Far from the belonging sought Yet this isolation is a wish Hoping that you'll fall apart Completion a curse run from More selfish pursuits Burying the lead to be

Paul Clive
Mar 23, 20232 min read


Ingredients
Sometimes we mix ourselves a potion of memory and regret and find ourselves wondering what might have been. There is something a bit like...

Paul Clive
Sep 8, 20222 min read


Manufactured Heart
What happens in a world where love is a commodity and we are forced to sell ourselves like products? Cut out the vulnerability, brush...

Paul Clive
Mar 18, 20222 min read


Wildflower
Different people thrive under different conditions. Sometimes we meet someone or spot someone who doesn't seem to belong where they are....

Paul Clive
Jan 14, 20222 min read


Miles from May (Full Circle)
Life moves in cycles, cycles of change and cycles that stay the same. Things fall apart, things come back together, and the dissolution...

Paul Clive
Aug 19, 20211 min read
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