images by “french__kissed” :: original post 1 2
remixed image & words by “xjaymanx”

laying in the grass

i gaze at her
laying in the grass
with her skirt strings trailing
like lazy kite tails swaying in the haze

does she realize her influence?

i smile at her
shining in the sun
as i spiral around her gravity
like icy satellites captivated by the fire

does she realize her power?

she winks at me
as sixty seconds whirl
and another sixty minutes swirl
and another twenty-four hours take flight

does she realize at all?

images by “jennyboozz” :: original post
remixed image & words by “xjaymanx”

emerald mermaid

rising
and falling
with her breathing tides

floating
and flowing
upon her caressing waves

tossing
and turning
beneath her shimmering mists

she
curls
and
unfurls
with the
undulating
elegance of an
emerald mermaid

glimmering
and gleaming
with her own little fairy tale
within her own little mystical world

images by “cardboardboxed” :: various original posts
remixed image & words by “xjaymanx”

shattered

“what’s wrong?” i said,
“i don’t understand!”

“that’s right!” she screamed,
“you don’t understand!”

“get out!” she shoved
and slammed the door behind me
yet all i could do was stand numbly in the hallway

to nurse my wounds,
both physical and cynical,
under the crackling cackling fluorescent light

she was right, after all,
i didn’t understand her

i couldn’t understand her
narcissistic loves or
monotheistic fears or
anti-depressant hopes or
self-destructive dreams or
decapitating nightmares or

her intermittent urge
to inscribe her bitter misery
onto her deftly-traced double-spaced skin

and all i could do was stare blankly down the hallway

in bruised silence.

but when i heard her cry,
her sobs shattered my doubts
and i turned to her door once more

with a determined sigh,
i shut my bloodshot eyes
and raised my knuckle to the artificial wood

and knock-knocked.

images & words by “benderrrrr” :: link to original post no longer exists
remixed image & words by “xjaymanx”

uninvited dream

you used to love that freckle. always said so.
funny how i had a dream about you last night.
i’ve never had a dream of things in the past.

you were saying that thing from ‘vanilla sky’
i kept mentioning things like ‘vanilla’ until you understood.
i loved your face when you realized i knew that quote too.

you loved to say that corny stuff.
i guess i liked it deep down,
but now i just roll my eyes at it.

the magic is gone you know.
new person,
new start,
new times
i guess.

this isn’t about missing you. because i don’t.
i actually think i dreamt this because i don’t miss you.
does that sound weird? at least confusing?

maybe the dream presented a closed chapter?

i’m not looking back. or wishing i have what i had.
i’m just praising this memory
as it popped up uninvited,
in my dreams,
last night.

scrapbook notes

• thanx to all of you who’ve made this scrapbook experiment an awesome experience!
• so, yeah, i did it! as a companion and backup for this livejournal community scrapbook, i’ve launched the new xjaymanx_remix website. so far, i’ve added the most-recent five remixes, but i’ll continue to add as i find time. enjoy!
• lots on my “remixes to-do” list: benderrrrr (2), night_huntress, 1poetic_tragedy, and cardboardboxed…
• p.s. and as always, questions or suggestions are always welcome.

images by “jennyboozz” :: original post 1 2 3 4
remixed image & words by “xjaymanx”

short but sweet

short but sweet
we’re jake and jenny
cupcakes and strawberries
we’re cup-jakes and straw-jennies!

“aaah!”
two peas in a pod

“oooh!”
two snozzberries on the wall

“eeeh!”
two three-year-olds giggling and wiggling on the floor

one playing and straying like one
another playacting and reacting like one
but both of us smirking and snickering and tickling

we’re sticking out our tongues!

i love him
his visit was
sweet but short

and i miss him already

images by “spunky_m” & “french__kissed” :: original post 1 2
remixed image & words by “xjaymanx”

never meant

“i’ll be back soon”
he said

“just a few days”
he smiled

she smiled back
“okay, you promise?”

he nodded
“i promise”

one week passed

but he still couldn’t
bear the thought

he still couldn’t
bear the heart-breaking thought
of looking into her eyes

he still couldn’t
look into her soul-searching eyes
and tell her the truth

he still couldn’t
tell her that he never meant
to keep his promise

never meant
to be with her again

never meant
to see her again

never meant
to fall for her

never meant
to fall in love
with her
again

one month passed

he was never given
more than
six