and in that moment, when you looked
out the window, I knew you were gone,
like a kite ripped out of my grasp
by the inadvertent north wind;
so I wanted to be the sky, to be
the puffs of cumulus and the
clammy breath of the coming storm.
I knew your kisses were destined to
float on rivers of champagne and fly
into the breeze’s barren smile.
I felt in my atoms the futile sense
of half-eaten stars and spit-up
galaxies, possibilities of split seconds
excreted beneath the light of this
farce.
That night, in my dreams, I saw
a vestige of your shredded skin,
stretched out on bony rocks and
covered in my arctic, porcelain
blood.
Author notes
inspired by
http://dancingwiththedead.deviantart.com/art/Empty-Inside-12094882
A contest entry
- Rounds Contest - Round 1 of 4 - Open to All by Heavens Child.
600 points, ended September 8, 2007, 20 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - AP Book Contest-- get published! by tinuelena.
900 points, ended September 19, 2007, 30 entries
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Comments
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A creative composition. There is some very original but excellent imagery through out this piece. My favorite is the second verse. Thank you for the entry.
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Thank you very much!
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This is interesting. I liked the some of the phrases in this, shows creativity. Thanks for entering and good luck.
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Thank you for your kind words =)
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