nothing.
feeling nothing,
except the broken expanse of dreams
and silence...
everything in black
as if a funeral paraded down my street,
until first audio
of ceiling fan.
and then, terror.
panic runs as slick as
the sweat on my sheets,
my eyes adjusting to dark
but shapes aren't clear...
blind.
I feel my way to the bathroom
to turn on the light switch...
the face
reflected
isn't me.
but leaning forward,
under close scrutiny,
the fuzz de-pixelates,
and I
appear
at just the right squint.
and then I wake up,
wondering where my spectacles are.
~~~
Author notes
Bit of humor at the end there, hehe.
1. Name [Real & User]: rockerchkpoet/ Cassie
2. Age: 15 (16 in a month)
3. Amount of Poetic Experience: umm... Well, I've been writing since middle school, but I joined AllPoetry in 2006. I guess that's when my real "experience" started... I never really WROTE poetry until AP.
4. Typical/Strongest Style: I write romance and nature most often, but I'm better at nature.
5. Unusual/Weakest Style: angst, dark, anything of that nature. I like those styles, but I just suck at writing them.
6. Favorite Type of Inspiration: Usually I just write about whatever comes to my head, but if I had to pick a form of inspiration, I like picture prompts.
7. Amount of Multiround Experience: I've been in a couple rounds contests, but none of them major. One exception... I'm participating in a rounds contest called "Teen Idol", which, in my opinion, is very VERY major. I am currently in the Top 7!!!
8. Some Accomplishments: Well, there's the Teen Idol contests I mentioned above. I have 76 trophies, including my 4 blue class trophies.
9. One Fact I Don’t Know About You: I'm absolutely totally obsessed with the band Bon Jovi.
10. Additional Comments You’d Like Me To Read: I'd love critical comments on my poetry. I need to know what I'm doing well and what I can improve!
A contest entry
- project poetry season one [multiround contest auditions] by blackday.
300 points, ended March 21, 2008, 16 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - The Ultimate Goal by N e a r.
20000 points, ended June 2, 2008, 946 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Comments
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I love it! I love a twist at the end of a poem. I thiought this was going to be a dark poem then you made me smile at the end.
Love,
Amera
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I personally didn't care for this poem. It felt a bit cliche to me. The whole 'look at myself' in the mirror thing, just doesn't do it for me. It seems like you're a better poet than this.
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would you like me to enter another, or was this my only chance?
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Of course you can enter another. :]
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Well, thank you Meester Blackday Sir, I shall have another one up, hopefully before the weekend is over!
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