Somewhere long after soon
I became spellbound
I was submerged into the water
becoming a wrecking ship
finally falling upon the stories of false myths
I do not ride the wings of a phoenix
When sugar gave me cavities
I wouldn't think about risks
but then my teeth became crooked
and I was so ashamed
that every day my mirror
would morph my youthful smile
The colors of the rainbow once bewildered me
but I was quick to become accustomed to black or white
and their meaning of bad or good
to avoid a let down of my own
I learned how to veil my appreciation for acceptance
over the years that would change
my techniques would quickly get better
I now choke on candy apple recipes
and I disgorge over the side of ferris wheels
the path from my house to the fair abruptly changes
it now leads me into the woods
with intoxicating weight clinking in my back pack
I don't need that ferris wheel to make me spin anymore
I can do that by myself now
Author notes
Nightmare-Anatomy
I miss the days when I was a kid.
When fucking up wasn't so easy.
A contest entry
- Shooting Stars and Eyelashes by bird-mad girl.
1000 points, ended September 10, 2007, 18 entries
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Comments
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wow. I really loved the last stanza. It was my favorite. The reason why I liked it so much was because you took your old innocence and mixed it with who you are now. You talked about the ferris wheel [childhood] and how it affects you now. Then you move onto say that you don't need it to make you twirl and go up high. I really loved that. It was my favorite part.
I could relate to this a lot. I miss being a kid. Today I kept wishing I was younger for some reason. Not a kid, but a younger teen so I could just start things over as a teenager... so I could rewind everything so I wasn't so fucking blind to the things I stumbled on at this age.
Lots of love
♥
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thanx sooo much Kendal.
i actually wrote this poem right after i read a dr.seus book.
and the book made me miss the days when i was a kid. and reading those books alone was my high enough. lol.
and then i read some other entries and saw how many other people wrote about missing their childhood =[
lol. now i've become so unorignal. ahaha.
but anyways. thanx so much for the comment love. it always means a lot to mee!!!<3
love yoou.
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