Another Name For Freedom

 There are no locks

in my life

No chains

prohibiting change

No bars

creating boundaries

You see small

I see solitude

You see stagnant

I see safety

I am free

as free as my darkness allows me to be

31-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 31 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

Solitude For Two

 You want me

Come and get me

Be prepared though

Just because you caught my attention

does not mean you will keep my attention

You must be

sexier

sweeter

softer

louder

harder

and ultimately

more joyful and peaceful

than my solitude

30-July2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 30 of 31 CampNaNoWriMo2024

Of A Certain Age

 I am of an age

where all that can be

taken from me

are notes

and warnings

29-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 29 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

His Sinfully Sexy Wand

 He was all kinds of magic

Dark

and

dirty

and

beautiful

magic

and I was more than willing

to be his cauldron

28-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 28 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

Hell On The Fritz

 One by one

the columns of your life

so carefully placed

lovingly and solidly built

fall

Some clip you

others drop right in front of you

forcing you to take the long way around

and the last just roll off to the sides

And still you walk on

collecting any useful bits

for rebuilding

You are walking through hell

Be thankful your hell is still working

27-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 27 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

Sent Me

 Oh, now, sweetheart,

did you think there wouldn't be a price

You called me

from the corners of your quiet living room

and the darkness of your still bed

You didn't want pastel

You wandered

So, I gave you claws

I sharpened your teeth

And you walked in everywhere

like you were God's punisher

You took no prisoners

You showed no mercy

But you had the shadows

turned around and inside out

I didn't come to inflict you

on everyone else

Give you some schadenfreude shivers

No

I cam here

to ruin your you

and wreck your life

God sent me

26-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 26 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

Name Desire In Blood

 No, baby,

I don't want to make you scream my name

You do not inspire

such a pedestrian desire

Baby, I'm going to fuck you

until your pores bleed my name

25-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 25 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

The Wrong Spice Of Life

 You stirred us up with

curry conversation

and rosemary romance

It didn't take long for us to burn

in a bed of bay leaves and basil

Unfortunately

the soup of your life

is an empty bowl

you always need someone else

to fill

The memory of how you taste

has become an over-salted bad decision

24-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 24 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

To Stare To Scream To Turn Away

 The abyss is for staring into

when you cannot stand the sight

of yourself

The void is for screaming into

when you cannot hear

your song

Darkness

Darkness will not stare back

Darkness will not scream back

Darkness you do not greet

Darkness you do not feed

Darkness you do not acknowledge

for if darkness knows you

it will know nothing else

for the rest of your days

23-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 23 of 32 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

Paint Brushes In A Jar

Some soft

some corse

hard handles

long grip

Unbent

Unbowed

Untouched

Pristine

Forgotten

Art never consummated

unbirthed

Now just a decoration

in the corner

of a colorless life

22-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 22 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

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White Light (What Kind Of Light Are You)

They are intense

Full of everything

They act as a prism for ideas

as they see things a little distorted

they can show similiarities

where there was thought none

Not alway practical

but a survivor none the less

flourishing on little

with no shadows

21-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 21 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

White Light

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Fluorescence Light (What Kind Of Light Are You)

They stay hidden

until found by a special light

Then they come alive

Vibrant

Somehow beyond natural

yet still carrying the darkness on them

20-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 20 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

Fluorescence

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Infrared Light (What Kind Of Light Are You)

Always under pressure

Always on the move

with the energy

and the heat

to bring you along

They can bring everyone together

Change the climate of a room

They will forever see you better

in the dark

19-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 19 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

Infrared

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Ultraviolet Light (What Kind Of Light Are You)

Greater energy than most

Helps others glow

You feel refreshed

after being with them

Too long in contact

and they will burn you

No good in commitment

the perfect short term companion

18-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 18 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

Ultraviolet

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Neon Light (What Kind Of Light Are You)

 They'll give you all the signs

the colors of their character

the shapes of their happiness

the forms of their tears

Their artistry is often

blindingly bright

and once settled

becomes inert

17-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 17 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

Neon Light

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Moonlight (What Kind Of Light Are You)

They're like

sunlight turned around

upside down

and inside out

So much more than a reflection

Romantic and animalistic

They bring out

the primal

the passionate

occasionally

the perverse

Their emotions run deep into shadows

Depending what phase they are in

they can eclipse others

With them

even when you can't see

they will always be with you

in the night

16-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 16 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

Moonlight

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Sunlight (What Kind Of Light Are You)

They're beautiful

but may burn you

Energy seemingly inexhaustible

Power enough

to nourish

or starve

Leaves you wanting in the night

15-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 15 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

Sunlight

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Starlight (What Kind Of Light Are You)

Nyctophiliac

stay mostly hidden in the day

At night

they are alway distant

enough to light your way

yet to far to feel the warmth

No matter how much you love them

they will remain out of reach

14-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 14 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

Nyctophiliac - someone happy and comfortable in the dark

Starlight

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Northern Lights (What Kind Of Light Are You)

 They're like bits of sun

drawn closer

disturbing the air

They are erratic

Sometimes they are

closed curtains

covering everything and nothing

or

shooting rays with no targets

or they land everywhere

or

dynamic flickers

spirals

and you never know

what color they will be

in each moment

They're such a cold bit of sun

pulled so close

and still so distant

and so shockingly

stunningly

achingly

beautiful

13-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 13 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

Northern Lights

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Lightning (What Kind Of Light Are You)

They're airborne

or at most

half grounded

Always volatile

Never really know

when or where

a strike will come

and will it be

a bolt of passion

or a slap of anger

Only know

they always bring static

they will always bring fire

12-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 12 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

Lightning

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Street Light (What Kind Of Light Are You)

Civilized

They're made for traveling

yet are never in motion

Their power

is deep underground

They'll make you feel safe

When you are lost

they help illuminate the way

Sometimes they waiver

in support of your journey

But they will always show up

They are alway close

So you are never alone

in the dark

11-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 11 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

Street Light

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Candlelight (What Kind Of Light Are You)

Created to dance

Fast

Hot

Flickering

Inspiring at times

Romantic always

Seductive

Yet slightly unsteady

Near sighted in their vision

Shadow filled

You end on your knees

in a night vigil

Always

they will be gone

too soon

10-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 10 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

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I Say No To This

 I don't say no to this

No

I don't say no to this

and the body of my actions

is all mine

I see red

Yes

I see red

There was no gun to my head

I never dreamed this dream

not once

in days gone by

there was no high

and only worthlessness

The body of my actions is all mine

but that doesn't mean I should spread

for you

today

tomorrow

I don't say no to this

because I don't want you in my mouth

9-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 9 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

Necrohistriophilia II (But Really I)

 Spoke louder in silence

than most did with words

Told stories without music

Operas

without even a single bell

Faces in the dark

expressed all emotions

yet he

was never seen

He pulled a thousand men

out of his artist's box

and wore them for us

swearing it wasn't magic

The first Master Of Disguise

in his short journey

created a long path

for others to follow

and then continue onward

into the deafening sound

8-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 8 of 31 CampNaNoWriMo2024

My neologism:

Necrohistriophilia

(neck-row-hiss-tree-oh-fill-ee-ah)

from - 

Necro: those that are dead

Histrio: actor

Philia: abnormal liking for

meaning -

obsessed with a deceased actor

Lon Chaney (also known as Lon Chaney Sr)

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"The Hunchback Of Notre Dame"

"The Phantom Of The Opera"

"London After Midnight"

"The Unholy Three"

“The Miracle Man”

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I created the word Necrohistriophilia for NaGloPoWriMo2017

Rude Awakening

 It goes silent

hours

days

longer

until you forget to move to the other side

and even then

not every time

Doesn't appear to be a pattern

not

just hot

not

just cold

One day it just wakes

or

one night

Yes

usually night

Like a punch to the lower jaw

thrown by a drunk angry little man

Instantly awake

stuff down pills

swish a little salt

build up support

try to sleep in an uncomfortable position

a fan in the face

attempting to blow away the pain

7-July-24

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 7 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

A Meal For A Lifetime

 I can still taste you

your sweetness on my tongue

your zest on my skin

like a middle eastern spice 

never heard of

added to a familiar dish

turning it into something

warmer

deeper

a red desert that

quenches thirst

even as it creates the desire for it

my hunger

just fed

begins to rise again

a perpetual state

of starvation

and satiation

Let us

feed

and

satisfy

one another

6-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 6 of 31 CampNaNoWriMo2024

Red Flag Means Go

 

Deeply ingrained

do not act on physical impulses

stay away from those who would

She had a start with a bad boy

but didn't get going

until the bad man

in the tortured good guy disguise

Impulse became ignition

running down

and

running over

not just childhood indoctrination

but adulthood inhibition

He ran roughshod over her skin

and she did not apply the brakes

5-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 5 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

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Flag Color Blind

 

One of the most unattractive of men

Nosferatu would be a step to the side

With a grating personality

The living embodiment of the expressions

"Ugly as sin"

and

"Annoying AF"

After a decade of bare tolerance

he

somehow

looked good

Looked like desire

Looked like love

She should've looked around

She should've stopped and thought

She should've been suspicious

of who

she wanted

4-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 4 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

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She's Always Hungry

 The one with the glow

that's what they call her

She has a terrific appetite for life

that's what they say of her

No one notices her enter

but they feel her move about the room

like it's a buffet of energy

and she must sample every dish

She'll chew on every thought expressed

devour the stories

consume the laughter

and

of course

wash it all down with the tears

And when she's gone

everyone feels both

malnourished from her presence

and ravenous for it

So they send her

the most gluttonous of guests

invitations to dine at their tables

even though they know

she will leave them starving

Even life will serve itself up to her

3-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 3 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

Starving Heart

 Broken ego

a rapier facing inward

scrapes her eyes

and she walks away

from all she felt she couldn't do

completely blind to all she could

Vision impaired

she never looked back

pain hidden away

behind scars

A quarter of a hundred years later

and the lesions are being washed away

by a voice she could not ignore

cleaning sight

making clear the painful foolishness

she blinded herself with

and slowly

what she had been doing

what she had been capable of

becoming visible

Allowing her to finally tend

finally clean

begin to heal

the real wound

that had festered

and poisoned her

for far too long

2-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 2 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024

"Broken" by Ramin Karimloo

"Til I Hear You Sing" from "Love Never Dies" ~ Ramin Karimloo

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Cremains Of The Heart

 She thought it would feel forever

so much so

that she didn't think about it at all

and that's what stopped it

Color fades

with every chance untaken

Motion slows

with every change not grown

Touch long since forgotten

and now slightly feared

Sedated in a homeless house

her body becomes used to immobility

false tranquility

until any fire within

burns away

and there is only ashes

attempting to pump blood

to stay alive

though the ability to live

is no longer even a memory

1-July-2024

Tressa Lee Breen

Day 1 of 31 CampNaNoWriMoJuly2024