I used to think I knew what it felt like to be alive:
sucking life through empty lips
losing all hope inside twisty straws
& searching for strength in cardboard boxes
[my cheap thrills are gone; b u s t e d
my secrets aren't silenced; h u s h e d.]
i started a collection inside of my head
of words, of lies, of creative break-up lines
& i used to think i couldn't tear much more
but, of course, my dear, I was wrong.
table tops are messy & coffee sits black a top of them
& egg-white napkins lay across the plates helplessly
[that used to be me..
& that was my watercolored life]
I used to think life was simple, but it all turned delicate
& erased are the words carved inside my lungs
you so selfishly scraped to fit your pleasure.
♥
tuxedo jackets & chemically tied knots
so graciously tye-dyed inside of my stomach
i'm m o v i n g forward, can't look back
& [smack] she [cracks] & falls with a [boom]
but, just like a country song,
the boy came along.
[saved me from the [hollywood] ending,
& freed me from my fate.]
he taught me what it's like to have faith
& what it truly means to be alive.
i used to think boys fed words with plastic spoons,
but all of your words flow together quite nicely
without the plastic, you have the romance down perfect.
[down to the simple conversations in my room,
in the cold, in the hall, in the rain
feelings don't describe this at all.]
this is love asphyxiation.
this is me letting go.
this is me. happy.
Author notes
i'll make you up so beautiful
LucyLightning
A contest entry
- Lovely Eternities Are For FairyTale Princesses.♥ by WishMeAway--x.
750 points, ended October 12, 2007, 21 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
happy. happy. happy.
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I can't believe I've never read this. It's so adorable!! Really cute, darling! I loved the plastic spoons bit.
oh anddddd... this was posted September 11th at 11:11.
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i used to think boys fed words with plastic spoons,
but all of your words flow together quite nicely
without the plastic, you have the romance down perfect.
you're an amazing writer.
im adding you to finalists list. for sure.
great write.
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omg hun i love this its so sweet[i know i say that about everythingbut this really is sweet] i love it its so cute
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you used one of my most fav words of all time bby
asphyxiation!!!!
so ofcourse im gonna love this to bitss && everything eles.
xx
♥
♥
ilyyy
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what a wonderful piece.
I love it.
the ending was perfect darling...
"this is love asphyxiation.
this is me letting go.
this is me. happy."
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