
I remember…
I Remember — Life As Me
I remember…
I Remember — Life As Me
Disclaimer: This cartoon is not for people who are easily offended and/or don’t understand humor.
Disclaimer: This cartoon is not for people who are easily offended and/or don’t understand humor.
Steven Cuenca’s emotionally deep poem, ‘I Think I Was Perfect’!
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i think i was perfect when i was diving deep,
like diving deeper than i’ve ever slept.
‘sleep’ rhymed better, but nonetheless
i think i was perfect two summers ago.
i think i was perfect when life and love
were broken by lack of sleep,
and a poor diet,
and the only love i found was in myself
and it was rich like dark chocolate
with almonds for the crunch.
i think i was perfect when everything was falling apart
and my body went into fight or flight.
every night was the morning,
every morning, a night,
i chose to fly instead of fight.
i think i was perfect when my eyes
succumbed to muscle memory
and they poured just like my drinks did.
nights of flashing, flashing lights,
and a spirit hardly lifted.
i think i was perfect when i was closest to christ,
my hands and feet…
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This album is experimental and very simple (vocals + bass guitar), but more than anything it was something that helped me get through some very dark times. The first track I wrote, heat, was short but packed with inescapable emotion. Practicing it, honing it, singing and playing it over and over not only gave me an escape but a channel for my emotions. My grief, sorrow, anger and ptsd were all things I didn’t feel I could share with those around me, not wanting it to negatively effect them. Instead I wrote song after song, and ended up with this album.
I’ve only included some of the tracks (hence the EP), the ones that I felt were the best and most unique. They were also most representative of the story I was telling. My favorite track (the fool) comes at the end because of this, bringing a sort of closure to the plot, maybe even a slightly optimistic tone.
I hope that my pain speaks to others. You are not alone, that’s the hardest thing to figure out sometimes. Isolation is natural, hard to shake, but it is by no means necessary.
Please enjoy the lyrics and album art below!
Many Blessings,
Meno Silencio
Album Art and Lyrics/poetry
Original Cover Art:
Track 1: The Tower
Lyrics:
The heart beats slowly,
The heart beats fast
I am still
In this my coffin
The pain is crawling up my spine
Tearing out the connections
The heart beats still
The heart beats frantic
I cannot escape
This my coffin
I cannot wash away memories
Every neuron is soiled
The heart beats like deaths drum
The heart beats, drenched in hopelessness
You have created
This my coffin
The tower is burning
Sending hot ash into my eyes
The heart beats slowly
The heart beats faster
The heart beats slowly
The heart beats faster
I try to tear off my skin
I want to tear out my eyes
I want to die
But I fail
Still….
The heart beat slowly
The heart beats faster
The heart beat slowly
The heart beats faster
Track 2: Heat
Lyrics:
The heat wells up from the earth
Touches my soul
And we burn
Like autumn
Like flame
Like fire
The earth is welling up
To take me home
Into its arms
Though I fear
It is calling
So shake my bones
Make me quiver
The earth is welling up
Burning like autumn
Like fire
Like flame
The earth is welling up
Destroying my fear
Burning my reason
Like autumn
Like fire
Like flame
Track 3: I’ll See You In Hell
Lyrics:
The sky comes down
Takes your eyes
I am laughing
From the solar eclipse
Safe in the suns dying glare
Its tail is like a knife
The spine of a bleeding rose
Taste my blood on high
I send it down
Cutting my wrists on shards of the moon
The sky comes down
To engulf you
I am laughing
From the broken universe
Riding in the swirling stars
Their tails are like knives
The spines of bleeding roses
I’m biding you farewell
With cut fingers
Dripping sorrows blood
I have cut them grasping stars in my escape
The sky comes down
Upon you like a storm
I am laughing from the dust and debris
Safe in the universes womb
Its tail is like a knife
The spine of a bleeding rose
Protect the blood of my womb
From your touch
I have cut myself already
On fear and hopelessness
The sky comes down
Takes your eyes
Know my name
You have called me Nemo
In your own way
But I’ll see you in hell
Track 4: The Fool
Lyrics:
Got my sack in hand
Standing in the cosmic void
Edge of the universe
Saturn swings around my thumb
I miss home
Pluto is about my head
I miss breathing
[Chorus:
Take me away
Take me anywhere but here]
Got a stick to fend off the wolves
Could I fend off my heart
Howling savage in the night
The milky way is my shroud
I miss your touch
I exhale the planetary dust
I want to live inside of you
[Chorus]
Got the sun to my back
Stepping into the abyss
Edge of the universe
Don’t half mind
The planets align
I miss beginnings
The stars are all dust
All I have is lost time
[Chorus]
Got my sack in hand
Standing in the cosmic void
Edge of the universe
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Something perfect about this poem by Henna Johansdotter over at hjdpoetry.wordpress.com
Check it out, and check out her awesome blog!
Meno<3
Another awesome and useful writing post by Jan over at ‘writingyourfirstnovelblog’!
Writing your first novel-Things you should know
I just read through and edited my novel for God knows the number of times, I’ve lost count. That’s a problem in itself. I should be more efficient and effective with my time, but I’ll save that issue for another blog.
While my work is grammatically and structurally sound, the scenes flow, and there are no obvious plot holes, something’s missing, and I need to figure out what it is.
I followed all the rules, but it takes more than rules to pump up that novel and make it interesting enough for someone to want to purchase. You need to cover all of the basis, not just the technical ones.
I went back and did something I haven’t done in six months. I hate to confess, but I haven’t been reading. I love historical romances and have at least twenty sitting on a shelf that I haven’t read. Why? I…
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Love this poem from thedarkestfairytale!
Very nice meet and greet post from https://phoebemd.com/ great way to meet new bloggers in the new year!!!
Meno<3
PhoebeMD: Health + Inspiration
Dear Friends,
As 2018 comes to a close, let us usher in the New Year by coming together once again to connect and to support each other’s blogs. You all made the last Meet & Greet a great success; let us make this one even more wonderful.
To share your blog, find new blogs, and connect with other bloggers.
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A piece of me lives in you
We are, after all, just broken little children
Shudder.
The night is long.
A piece of my darkness is bleeding away
I am, after all, just a broken soul
Weep.
Life if futile suffering.
I want to take all these pieces from you
Give them to me
Give.
Pain is not meant for you.
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