blink away my melancholy
tears of solitary envy
countless ways to shutter
the images my eye holds
each second of every day
never without and always
certain to perform with
closing honesty
a reflex may be brief and
commanding but I cannot
lubricate without you
Author notes
prompt: blink
A contest entry
- Blink by Tigris.
450 points, ended June 8, 2008, 17 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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The is was beautiful. I loved how you used the prompt here. Thank you so much for your entry.
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beautiful take on the prompt, and a lovely vocabulary. It sounds great when you read it out loud. This was a great write hun, good luck in your contest, and keep on writing.
-Danneh<3
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