Sirens in the distant night
But we just kept on dancing
Our own world beneath our skin
One by one they dropped like flies
While vans abducted innocence
We just waved goodbye, still dancing
Sweet lullabies from silhouettes
Filled their eyes with morbid deeds
Drinks all around, the baby’s sleeping
Shrieks of terror in the night
Call for love and human touch
Warmed bottles thrown in cradles
Creatures on the ceiling twist their necks
And watch glowing eyes form tears
We plug in nightlights, still swaying to beats
Drink with one hand, smoke with the other
Feed curdled milk to wondering eyes
One more round, the baby’s sleeping
We fall to beats and drinks
Eyes still smiling for us
Blue beneath the covers
Stumbling home hand in hand
We peer in glassy eyes
Silence
Author notes
Written August 8th, 2005
By: The Mask Of Time
A contest entry
- Along on my Escapade by Sadistic Lavender.
600 points, ended September 2, 2005, 8 entries
Gold trophy winner
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550 points, ended March 6, 2008, 41 entries
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Honorable mention
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What did you think
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Great poem...would be phenomenal if you took out the last line...or last word that isn't a line really...
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This is so very thought provoking and superbly written. Plays with the mind in many ways. Excellent.
Shaz xx
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Amazing =]
This is awesome
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wow... this is absolutely amazing... it really made me think... great job and best of luck on this contest!
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Wow, I really enjoyed this piece. It's vivid, relatable, romantic. I can totally picture it. Great write, I'm bookmarking it.
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This was excellent. I enoyed the rhythm and repetition. I also favored the ominously everpresent theme of spoiled innocence. This was very creative and well put. It gave me the creeps in a good way. I enjoyed this. Please, keep writing!
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i like this in a general sense, even if it pulled me in multiple directions.
One more round, the baby’s sleeping
what's with our innocence? we've too much of it? -
Really enjoyed this. I'm kind of obbsessed with childhood and innocence so thought it was really cool and yeh
One by one they dropped like flies
While vans abducted innocence
Really liked that. But liked all of it. Yeyyy. Sorry. I must improve my comment making. Thought it was very haunting and I really liked the imagery. Yeyyy.
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