Episode 002: A Pale Orchid Kiss

Guilliean reads her self-penned poetry. Stream the episode below and read along with the author.

1. Pale Orchid

happy people are sickening 
no one is ever that happy 
all the time 
it feels so good 
to be bad
fighting against the pure 
I let the rage Fester 
poisoning my conscience 
blistering pustules – The  Fear – infect my exterior 
it used to make me sad 
to do all the things that I have lost 
I have become hardened against the good 
in order to restore what was gained. 

2. Ayy…

a small of a soul 
a symphony of scrap 
a scoop of stupid 
a smattering of syrup 
a scorch of Sunshine 
a sash of silver 
a shell of a smile 
a slash of sadness 
a shape of a star 
a star of the sea 
a stroke of Sky 
a stab of snow 
a speck of a spot 
a spike of sentience 
a Sound of Silence 
A Song of Songs 
a science of Seduction 
a street of sex 
a Slither of a snake 
a shake of a seed 
a shingle of a side 
a source of skill 
a surface of spies 
a summit of semantics 
Association of science 
a saint of satisfaction 
a sweetness of sixty 
a slide of a scout 
a shed of skin 
a scuffle of a shot 
a side of Sorrow 
a snatch of Separation 
a slip of a spark 
a scene of strength 
Assured of Solitude.

3. The opposite of a kiss

the opposite of a kiss is the thing you'd rather Miss 
it's the cut in your skin when you think you're over him 
it's the hollow of memory when you can't let yourself be 
the opposite of a kiss is dreaming of another tryst 
so what you do when it's all a LIE 
look yourself in the mirror 
take a deep breath 
and kiss the fucker goodbye.

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