http://thehorrormachine.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Danielle A. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:56:43 GMT 2010-01-01T16:56:43Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977827252 Sometimes muses are not the ones that fill the emotional voids in your soul that are screaming for love; sometimes they are the ones creating those irrevocable holes. Why is it . . . Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:02:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977827252 Danielle A. 2009-09-26T13:02:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977338305 That faithless night still haunts the corridors of my mind. White exposed as sharp points descend. My colour will call together all the creatures of the underworld, orchestrating their revenge. . . . Sun, 04 May 2008 14:26:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977338305 Danielle A. 2008-05-04T14:26:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977332478 You destroy our yesterdays just to set the sea on fire. You're crossing over my enemy lines and re-inventing my boundaries. Moments like these, few and far between. I remember nights . . . Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:20:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977332478 Danielle A. 2008-04-26T05:20:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977325735 Oh these bloodletting games of calculating the moments between love & hate. Only to find nothing more but negative space. We're leaving tracks in the ones and zeroes that make up . . . Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:07:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977325735 Danielle A. 2008-04-17T13:07:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977300795 He moves along destruction calling his name. He steals the breath of the ones who wish they would've survived the wreckage that his existence constructed. The harder you look the . . . Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:49:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977300795 Danielle A. 2008-04-03T15:49:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977274612 You inflicted this disaster. Once fervor enchanted this romantic collision but you pay no regards to the fresh rotting flowers that this communion has become. Industrial . . . Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:05:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977274612 Danielle A. 2008-03-03T22:05:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977274592 Starless nights//// broken down hearts. Waiting at the edge. You count the waves As I number my scars. I'm as endless as the sea. Cold air fills up your blackened lungs As . . . Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:44:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977274592 Danielle A. 2008-03-03T21:44:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977259769 Shutting down // collapsing in this broken down soul No way in - no way out. There is a motion in the chaos of this sound. A tunnel but there's darkness at the end of the light. Your . . . Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:45:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977259769 Danielle A. 2008-02-16T16:45:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977235914 The eyes are burning, a representation of the soul on fire. Nothing calms it down; nothing can put it out. The soul burns faster than anything I know. . . . Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:49:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977235914 Danielle A. 2008-01-21T15:49:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977201139 Flying overhead. Tracking the composition of destruction while the elder trees begin to fill up the spaces that used to be the growing wounds inside our vacant hearts. The voices from . . . Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:01:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977201139 Danielle A. 2007-12-12T03:01:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977187509 The breath of uncertainty & i nsincerit y is my own. I spent the last sleepless nights reading spoken word [crammed] onto year old filthy paper. Your voice is still the only thing . . . Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:03:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977187509 Danielle A. 2007-11-27T04:03:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977186505 You think I'm insecure, I think you're insecure. Chipped black nail polish with a blur of pale hands. Our open hearts shoved into our empty hands. 34 (plus) love letters . . . Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:32:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977186505 Danielle A. 2007-11-26T03:32:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977182494 It's the tape in the cassette player that keeps you wishing it wasn't still you and him in your bed; sprawled across dirty sheets and surrounded by too-white walls. The fan kicking itself on & . . . Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:47:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977182494 Danielle A. 2007-11-20T17:47:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977182481 Its funny how the tables can turn without your heart even knowing it. Oh sweetheart, my heart is a graveyard... but I swear your emotions died before they could ever make it out of your . . . Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:28:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977182481 Danielle A. 2007-11-20T17:28:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977182473 Last night I found those scars the ones that crowned your arms when we were younger- when two hearts were laced as one. You placed your hand on my head but before a tear could roll . . . Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:20:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977182473 Danielle A. 2007-11-20T17:20:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977182441 My father is an amazing street muscian, James Daniel Simmons. His performer name is Rain. These pictures were taken by me and in October of 2006. Enjoy the pictures. Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:09:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977182441 Danielle A. 2007-11-20T17:09:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977182459 It's after the lights go out when she's on top of you trying to win her way into your heart. But it'll never be like the way I am buried in there. Underneath muscles, veins emotions & too many . . . Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:08:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977182459 Danielle A. 2007-11-20T17:08:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977181649 Keep telling yourself that I'm the one to blame when in reality you were the one who caused all this heartache. Make me, break me, Love me, hate me. Make up your mind cause meanwhile I'm . . . Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:35:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977181649 Danielle A. 2007-11-19T17:35:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977180938 It was dark as she finally reached New Orleans. She shut her car off after twenty minutes of trying to find a parking spot that didn't have a meter. She braced herself for the cold night air. She . . . Sun, 18 Nov 2007 23:19:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977180938 Danielle A. 2007-11-18T23:19:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977180633 When letters are tucked inside books in between pages that properly explain the events that took place years ago is when you realize that he didn't make the greatest first impressions on others as . . . Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:44:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977180633 Danielle A. 2007-11-18T16:44:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977180613 Depression takes his flowers of decay slowly running his fingers over the petals, r-i-p-p-i-n-g them to delicate pieces that merely fall to the ground and die. As she sat . . . Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:10:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977180613 Danielle A. 2007-11-18T16:10:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977176067 That night I swore I wouldn't rest my head on your shoulders or have your hand slowly run its fingers over the side of my neck My head in the crook of your shoulders and my breath slowing . . . Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:01:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977176067 Danielle A. 2007-11-13T17:01:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977176063 Lacerating knives flesh ripping exploding bullets bones shattering chests collapsing stealing breaths engulfing darkness blinding ambulances racing traffic failed resuscitation in questing death sorrowful . . . Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:57:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977176063 Danielle A. 2007-11-13T16:57:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976918424 Since you’ve left I have memorized the way the light is cast onto the floor. How sharp and bright it is and how it almost reaches to where I am sitting alone in half-darkness. And before I realize . . . Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:03:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976918424 Danielle A. 2007-02-26T00:03:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976910005 I thought I would have more perspective, the way I always had in the past…. That I would have something more to say than all these cruel intentions spinning around in my head. Or that I would . . . Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:22:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976910005 Danielle A. 2007-02-14T00:22:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976909995 I never thought that I could feel this way again. To be this in love and share such a connection that I haven't felt in more than years. When you're gone nothing feels the same and I swear that when . . . Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:07:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976909995 Danielle A. 2007-02-14T00:07:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976909994 I have bruises on my right; and cuts on my left. So when you get home tonight don't call me over. Don't soothe my pains. Don't call me lover. Don't play those games. These bruises will fade. These . . . Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:05:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976909994 Danielle A. 2007-02-14T00:05:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976909992 These skeletons crawl out of their cage like coffins ripping apart soil & ground haunting those who broke their hearts and destroyed their lives. While bats grimace through skeleton key holes . . . Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:03:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976909992 Danielle A. 2007-02-14T00:03:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976909892 Its in every line that I've ever written, in every poem, in every unspoken part of my mind. It is engraved into my heart--- this constant notion that our lives will undoubtedly c r a s h into one . . . Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:58:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976909892 Danielle A. 2007-02-13T21:58:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976909889 It's where edgewood crosses & cleveland heights goes north to form a dead end at where we left our hearts. Palm trees line my drive as I'm stuck on the thought of you. I cannot speak - I barely . . . Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:48:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976909889 Danielle A. 2007-02-13T21:48:56Z