these *tears* keep f a l
l
i
n
g
and I'm just a g.h.o.s.t. of myself
hollow shell with no hope
no hope of l♥ving you
you're lost... to me
and you're NEVER coming home
I w!sh I could be /fixed\
but their's no hope of that either
*flashing* fake =]smiles[=
as empty as your soul
these l.i.e.s pour from my mouth
as s/m/o/o/t/h/l/y as they did from yours
Author notes
[x] Love. Lost love, broken love, you love each other but you don’t
my name is XxtragicaffairxXMCR
this was my second attempt at dirty prettys so i hope its ok by your standards.
i think dirty pretty is taking a dark subject (ex. cuttin, suicide, rape, etc.) and throwin in punctuation or odd spacing between letters to add more imagery and beauty to the poem. an example of this would be how i wrote the word falling in my poem. another good example would be "\/down\/" or "*stars*". i hope that answers ur questions and i hope you enjoy my piece.
A contest entry
- What is Dirty Pretty? by Madison Mary.
300 points, ended July 20, 2007, 16 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - [Baby Tug The String On My Back, Maybe I'll Breathe A Little Longer.] by SarahEatsAirplane.
343 points, ended August 21, 2007, 57 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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Short and simple, yet tragically powerful. This is an exquisite piece. Well done!!!!
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I really like this.
Especially this part:
"*flashing* fake =]smiles[=
as empty as your soul
these l.i.e.s pour from my mouth
as s/m/o/o/t/h/l/y as they did from yours"
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