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		<title>A few random ideas&#8230;unfinished</title>
		<link>http://celestefurnell.com/2010/06/07/a-few-random-ideas-unfinished/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 06:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I could lie in bed all day
tracing your lips and touching your face
Have we gone too far
for this to be all that we are?
My finger goes a walking, and your open smile, it follows
to satisfy the itches that I haven&#8217;t learned to find
And my fingers do the walking
While your body does the talking&#8230;
***
Carseats and bedsheets
backstreets [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I could lie in bed all day</p>
<p>tracing your lips and touching your face</p>
<p>Have we gone too far</p>
<p>for this to be all that we are?</p>
<p>My finger goes a walking, and your open smile, it follows</p>
<p>to satisfy the itches that I haven&#8217;t learned to find</p>
<p>And my fingers do the walking</p>
<p>While your body does the talking&#8230;</p>
<p>***</p>
<p>Carseats and bedsheets</p>
<p>backstreets and baths</p>
<p>blindfolds and bloodstains</p>
<p>ice cubes and mind games</p>
<p>***</p>
<p>I&#8217;m feeling the hot tears</p>
<p>roll down my cheeks into my ears</p>
<p>and I can hear you only faintly</p>
<p>Just enough to know you hate me</p>
<p>now</p>
<p>and I feel the breath</p>
<p>of each  word</p>
<p>but I know I&#8217;ve only half heard</p>
<p>what I told myself Id have to face</p>
<p>and find the strength to leave this place</p>
<p>But Oh</p>
<p>These words are still your voice</p>
<p>I make this choice</p>
<p>and I will never see your eyes</p>
<p>as they look back at me, don&#8217;t lie</p>
<p>you don&#8217;t mean it</p>
<p>This fight that you have joked about</p>
<p>I&#8217;m choking now</p>
<p>on what I should have said, But I just</p>
<p>laughed along instead</p>
<p>***</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll let them love me to my bones</p>
<p>And in the morning, be alone</p>
<p>With me lips, my hips, my ribs and thighs</p>
<p>But at least I&#8217;ll still have pretty eyes</p>
<p>***</p>
<p>My head hurts when I think of it</p>
<p>Like trying to imagine a forever and ever and ever&#8230;</p>
<p>***</p>
<p>And you gave me cardboard cutouts</p>
<p>With finger-painted suits and noses</p>
<p>Jewelry boxes with cerial box rings</p>
<p>And milk crates filled with paper roses</p>
<p>We&#8217;re snuggling into crunchy leaves</p>
<p>And building bears from melted snow</p>
<p>Racing to bed before we get caught</p>
<p>and blue-tack buttons, Cause I can&#8217;t sew</p>
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		<title>Red Leather</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 06:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You and me
on our little red leather couch
sitting on  a goldmine
and digging for change
Sailing away on crimson waves
on our little red leather couch
Talking bout the weather
how it&#8217;s good to be together
in our own little clever little way
Here we go
On our little red leather couch
Talking bout tomorrow and the years to come
The sun goes down, and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You and me</p>
<p>on our little red leather couch</p>
<p>sitting on  a goldmine</p>
<p>and digging for change</p>
<p>Sailing away on crimson waves</p>
<p>on our little red leather couch</p>
<p>Talking bout the weather</p>
<p>how it&#8217;s good to be together</p>
<p>in our own little clever little way</p>
<p>Here we go</p>
<p>On our little red leather couch</p>
<p>Talking bout tomorrow and the years to come</p>
<p>The sun goes down, and we&#8217;re still sitting round</p>
<p>In our over-sized sweaters</p>
<p>Oh it couldn&#8217;t be better</p>
<p>and my feet will never ever, never touch the ground</p>
<p>Where&#8217;d you hide</p>
<p>From our little red leather couch</p>
<p>My feet have gotten cold, and I&#8217;ve nobody to hold</p>
<p>My sweater fits well, and the weather is hell</p>
<p>And I shouldn&#8217;t have cried when the leather couch died</p>
<p>But you made it what it was</p>
<p>with your body shaped to fit</p>
<p>Me, all alone</p>
<p>on my cold wooden floor</p>
<p>with a piece of red leather and the weather is hell</p>
<p>Does it make me strange, If I&#8217;m terrible with change</p>
<p>without a little red leather</p>
<p>and a goosedown pillow feather</p>
<p>Well I guess it could be better</p>
<p>but you never can tell</p>
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		<title>Mean Martini</title>
		<link>http://celestefurnell.com/2009/12/30/mean-martini/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the sun

That will not set on questions]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Only one</p>
<p>Has ever said they loved me true</p>
<p>And she</p>
<p>Was just a little out of my straight line</p>
<p>But I was sure</p>
<p>I had to search for something more</p>
<p>I found it there, and let it grow</p>
<p>But couldn&#8217;t face the questions, so</p>
<p>I&#8217;m here, standing here</p>
<p>Is it what you always dreamed of</p>
<p>or you feared?</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not so simple</p>
<p>I may be the mess</p>
<p>That sets you on your way</p>
<p>This is the sun</p>
<p>That will not set on questions</p>
<p>So today</p>
<p>Make me your answer</p>
<p>Curiosity won&#8217;t kill you</p>
<p>Only two</p>
<p>Have ever felt the same way I did too</p>
<p>But they were just a little</p>
<p>Too much skin for me</p>
<p>Although</p>
<p>I know</p>
<p>That three&#8217;s a crowd I&#8217;ve grown to like</p>
<p>I&#8217;m daring to hope that you don&#8217;t mind one on one, on one</p>
<p>I&#8217;m thinking that you&#8217;ve thought it through</p>
<p>the ups and downs, and downs and ups</p>
<p>And I&#8217;m in between</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll help you weigh it up</p>
<p>I make a mean martini</p>
<p>I&#8217;m here, standing here</p>
<p>is it what you always dreamed of</p>
<p>or you feared?</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not so simple</p>
<p>I may be the mess</p>
<p>That sets you on your way</p>
<p>This is the sun</p>
<p>That will not set on questions</p>
<p>So today</p>
<p>Make me your answer</p>
<p>Curiosity won&#8217;t kill you</p>
<p>Only I</p>
<p>Can tell you how it feels</p>
<p>To love the skin</p>
<p>That&#8217;s just a little thin</p>
<p>To withstand the pain that came</p>
<p>With living in this glasshouse</p>
<p>Trace your fingers down my wrist</p>
<p>The place you&#8217;ve always loved to kiss</p>
<p>I&#8217;m here standing here</p>
<p>Is it what you always dreamed of</p>
<p>or you feared?</p>
<p>it&#8217;s not so simple</p>
<p>I may be the mess</p>
<p>That sets you on your way</p>
<p>This is the sun</p>
<p>That will not set on questions</p>
<p>So today</p>
<p>Make me your answer</p>
<p>Curiosity wont kill you, I don&#8217;t think&#8230;</p>
<p>So how about that drink?</p>
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		<title>Blank Canvas</title>
		<link>http://celestefurnell.com/2009/07/15/blank-canvas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Unfinished...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The little things that never change</p>
<p>Growing on me, chasing strange addictions through me</p>
<p>Dreams, Romantic fictions fill my inspired silences</p>
<p>And I am creatively stale.</p>
<p>Whatever it is you have stirred inside me</p>
<p>Blots out the ink, instead it hides me</p>
<p>Locked in a world of exclusive recluses</p>
<p>I can lose myself</p>
<p>And not lose you</p>
<p>Until we&#8217;re lost</p>
<p>With no excuses</p>
<p>No more desires of explaination</p>
<p>Gone are the days of aesthetic creation</p>
<p>Those falsities of which I knew nothing</p>
<p>But when painted well, it was hard to tell.</p>
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		<title>I Write This</title>
		<link>http://celestefurnell.com/2009/07/15/i-write-this/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I write this with the knowledge of receiving eyes, ears, without the time or awareness to resist. My captive audience.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I write this Dirty</p>
<p>I write this with distraction, at a loss for complete attention or clarity.</p>
<p>I write this with the knowledge of receiving eyes, ears, without the time or awareness to resist. My captive audience.</p>
<p>In this state, I write. Not in wait for a quiet park, sunny courtyard or lonely evening; but in revelation of little time, with no true purpouse or emotion.  Are these moments worthy of written thought?</p>
<p>I write this as one, influenced by none, though fully aware  that no truth goes untold, no story unwritten, and cetainly no rhyme repeated in it&#8217;s artificial compensation, without additional sketches, or floral inflections.</p>
<p>With this knowledge in mind and at heart, I write. Doubtful of sincere praise, without expectation of polite observation- none which will go unnoticed as the true favours which they are, that is.</p>
<p>This is nothing.</p>
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		<title>I have tried</title>
		<link>http://celestefurnell.com/2009/04/02/i-have-tried/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have tried a few times, to write blogs about everything. What I do, Where I go, What effects me.
The only problem, which I feel is more of a positive consequence than a problem, is that these little writings often turn into artistic expressions, as opposed to factual recollections. Creative writing is an enormous part [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have tried a few times, to write blogs about everything. What I do, Where I go, What effects me.</p>
<p>The only problem, which I feel is more of a positive consequence than a problem, is that these little writings often turn into artistic expressions, as opposed to factual recollections. Creative writing is an enormous part of who I am and how I have learned to express myself, and I find these colourful twists make my experiences all the more personaland universal.</p>
<p>There are blogs and journals floating around, with scattered thoughts and memories of my own, so if I ever happen to come across one that relights a flame or inspires something new, I will be sure to put it up.</p>
<p>For now, my experiences are open for interpretation through the poems, songs and stories found here.</p>
<p>enjoy <img src='http://celestefurnell.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Turning</title>
		<link>http://celestefurnell.com/2009/04/01/turning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And now the wound is fresh again
It’s tearing at my flesh again
I’ll never rest my head again]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This second, my second of silence<br />
Uninterrupted by the tension,<br />
This tension of remembering<br />
What’s come before</p>
<p>As I am barely conscious<br />
This blissful, sweet fragility<br />
I’m empty, It’s perfect<br />
Juts melting in my sheets<br />
Just one second, til I roll over<br />
And then I’m turning back again</p>
<p>How did I sleep with the heat in my shoulders<br />
The absent resolve that I’m yearning, I’m craving<br />
Where is the sandman? He stole all my bitterness<br />
And now the wound is fresh again<br />
It’s tearing at my flesh again<br />
I’ll never rest my head again</p>
<p>I’m dreaming, my dreams in<br />
My not so stable mind, but still<br />
I’m moving, I’m feeling<br />
What little I can find until<br />
I hear you, I hear it<br />
The heat it shakes me, burning wakes me<br />
One sweet second more</p>
<p>Try not to think<br />
Don’t blink<br />
Just sink<br />
Don’t think<br />
It’s gone<br />
It’s been and gone</p>
<p>I’m moving, I’m turning<br />
There’s only so much apprehension<br />
Only, one second<br />
Before I change my mind, but still<br />
This second, my second<br />
of silence, you’ve stolen it<br />
And I won’t let you run this time<br />
I won’t keep holding on<br />
I swear to God this has to end<br />
Why can’t I sleep in peace<br />
And wake the same<br />
For more than just one second<br />
When you’re mine</p>
<p>For someone who is always on my feet<br />
You keep me on my toes</p>
<p>These memories of rolling down hills<br />
As we capture the moments where everything’s fine<br />
For a time<br />
Til I’m turning again, with this fear in my head<br />
That today is the day where the seconds roll by<br />
And I’m losing my mind<br />
And we’re wasting our time</p>
<p>This second, my second of silence<br />
The longest second I’ve had to endure</p>
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		<title>I Am Dancing In The Dark</title>
		<link>http://celestefurnell.com/2009/02/24/shortcuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[something that captures how it feels to dance
without painting a perfect picture 
of the prima ballerina that I am not]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-38" title="Kaleidoscope" src="http://celestefurnell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/1157661657_20461.jpg" alt="Kaleidoscope" width="500" height="333" /></p>
<p>I am dancing in the dark<br />
and it seems, to be seen<br />
by the roadside, barefooted<br />
as I twist and I lean<br />
in my dance in the darkness<br />
With blindness and beauty<br />
my senses are led<br />
When even the owls, in the knots of the trees<br />
choose to woo at the moon<br />
instead<br />
Still, I go on dancing<br />
not a question in mind<br />
for the quiet that moves me<br />
the silence, my rhythm<br />
is felt in the beat of my skin<br />
and I find<br />
as it sweats through my veins<br />
quick and heavy<br />
the energy swims<br />
and the silence remains<br />
as headlights, a blur<br />
and the streetlights above<br />
turn to inkblots<br />
in the lids of my eyes<br />
and I’m gone<br />
turning, spinning, absorbed in the nothing<br />
that I have become<br />
as it fills me<br />
this static that lurches and leaps<br />
in my chest<br />
in my hands<br />
in my feet<br />
as I dance<br />
in my world of black ink<br />
with the owls and the moon<br />
and the filth on my feet<br />
with a curious heat<br />
burns my skin<br />
from within<br />
and I’m gone<br />
one, two, six<br />
one, two, nine<br />
one, two, one<br />
holds the time<br />
and it’s mine<br />
in my dance in the dark</p>
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