I wake up feeling dazed and light feeling.
I sit up in bed and I notice
that I am in my childhood bed
in my childhood home.
My mind is baffled on how I got there.
All I can remember is walking out of the store
to go back to my small apartment.
I climb out of bed and notice
that I feel smaller, but
I pay no heed for I want to know how
I got here.
It was teared down years ago.
For that is what my sister told me.
So how can this be?
I look out the window,
but I feel as if I might scream.
For out that window is a sea of clouds.
All shades of pink, red, orange, grey and blue.
They sky is a soft sunflower yellow;
birds of all sizes flying in the distance.
I notice things from my life
I see the tree I use to spend my time in
When my parents fought and fought.
That old swingset where my sister, brother,
and I use to hang out and play.
There was a little scenery of a pond
that I spent my youthful summer days in.
That is when I realize...
I never did leave that store.
A big man held a gun to the ready to burst heart of mine;
threatening me, but then
an old woman walks in and he got scared
and shot me right there.
I guess I didn't make it home.
It hits me...that I am dead.
I toss myself to the bed,
crying out my eyes
I can't believe it...
how can this happen to me?
Why would I be punished so unfairly?
I'll never be able to see my family or friends again
I can do nothing but sob
A calico kitten jumps on me
and rubs its face against me.
I gasp and hold it tight hearing its purring.
It is my cat Reeces, who was poisoned
when I was younger.
I lay there for some time, but then
I feel a hand upon my shoulder, it is a elderly native american man
dressed in some royal beaded rages...but of gold and tan
He tells me it will be alright and not to cry
He leads me to a stand up mirror
I stare at myself in awe for I am a child again.
He then leads me outside...
the most beautiful sight I will ever have seen.
We walk hand in hand to the swingset.
He tells me he will push if I want to swing.
I smile and giggle, forgetting that I wasn't alive anymore.
He pushes me higher and higher...toward to sunflower sky.
I imagine running in a field of them, picking them.
I feel rush of air I am getting so high...
I see a white bird swirl right near me...
it seems to hug me with its wide wings and I am swirling
in what looks to be white snow.
I now feel as if I am falling down
I start getting scared and whimper...
but the bird is protecting me
as I fall
to be reborn.
A contest entry
- When Your Heart Beats No More by Celticjedi.
450 points, ended August 23, 2007, 10 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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That was an amzing poem. awesome flow and rhyming scheme. great poem.
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thank you for your comment.
glad you liked it.
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oh how can I relate
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thank you for your comment, sorry its so late
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*sniffle* What a beautiful breathtaking story! I loved this one a lot! I also think it's great how you didn't use religious elements at all. The only thing I didn't like was how uneven the stanzas are...it's just my style though, to have all the stanzas even. Great job! Keep this up, thanks for entering!
Luvs,
Cj
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thanks. ^^
an with the stanza's well i was trying something different...i did seven lines in each stanza...an then you come to the long stanza an thats the important part. its like the climax in it...
idk its hard to explain...but thank you. it means a lot.
an why need to aspects of religion...when death is for every single persons wonderment in the world. not all truly think the same of the concept on death. thank you hun.
♥
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You have a unique style, absolutely captivating in its vision and the language and imagery you use to convey it. So much texture and depth of emotion. I've never read anything like it before and look forward to exploring your other poems.
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wow...all i can say is thank you. that is a very nice comment. it has boosted my ego greatly. ^,^ thanks so much for your kind and excellent words
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