Such a pretty face.
What lies beneath it?
Hands tied,
Caged inside her pain.
Whimpering for no one to hear,
It’s so useless.
Water pools at her feet,
Those silent drips of anger.
Sometimes she screams
For all the hurt to leave.
His face haunts her every move,
Controls her every emotion.
Sliding down the cage wall,
All she feels is the cold, hard bars,
Locking her in.
In the beginning,
It was fine.
She shouldn’t care anymore,
Should’ve known that it wouldn’t work.
Off in the distance,
Crying reaches her ears.
Wondering, but not wanting to know,
She tries to sit up.
Her efforts are fruitless.
Even if it was him,
He wouldn’t care.
Lying to herself,
Trying to gain freedom.
Stupid girl.
Why did you ever believe it was true?
Over and over she fell for him,
Landed before him.
He only ever walked away.
Pulling her deeper,
Pushing her away.
The more she thinks,
The stronger she gets.
Standing up,
And falling again.
Her face hits the ground, hard.
Struggling to get up and push forward,
She feels someone helping her.
Not bothering to see who it was,
She lets them.
Falling again,
She won’t give up.
Chase her dreams till there’s nothing left.
She won’t be consumed again…
Anissa Sapp
4/4/07 2:20 PM
A contest entry
- Life is a Metaphor?? by WhenWillsCollide.
300 points, ended April 16, 2007, 22 entries
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Comments
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I love this poem. It's very moving. I can feel the emotion you put into it. Keep up the good work.
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immm very moving. I love the mass feeling here. great job thanks for the entry.
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Very dark poem. You have managed to show the feeling really strongly in this poem, as well as allowing empathy with the character and strong imagery.
thanks for enterin
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very metaphoric. this piece truely gives out emotion in torrents of sadness and understanding. well done!
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