She licks the summer rain from her lips
only to have them replaced by fresh drops
glistening on her olive skin.
She speaks without a sound,
brown ringlets framed
around her face. The portrait of sin
and it is, indeed, a sin
how the momentary lustful pout of her lips
goes unnoticed by all others in the time frame.
Through veins blood drips,
she mutes the sound,
each note a freckle on her skin.
A light brush of skin,
lush on your tongue: the taste of sin.
Obsession pierces the heart, beating is the only sound
the rhythm as her lips
punctuate each rain drop
captured within the photo's frame.
Tight fit, a smaller frame--
what doesn't belong here? Decadence meets skin,
enthralled, stomach's drop.
She committed all seven sins
long before you touched lips.
The infections spread and, eventually, you grow accustomed to the sound
of a pair of footsteps rather than the sound
of a single pace. Frenzied and manic, out of the frame
you step, anticipation in the smile that clamps your lips.
Summer to winter, the snowflakes are truly skin
as the world falls apart, victim to sin.
Shame how you dropped
everything to stop the drip
of the incessant sound
as the faucet ran. No longer a vessel for sin,
left to your own devices as she frames
the big picture, one exclusion. Scars line skin
once marked by the softness of lips.
She seals her lips before the sentence drops
though, it is absorbed through your skin, and with little sound
you realize, as the frame shatters, you are no longer a sinner.
Author notes
A sestina I had to write for creative writing. It's pretty straight forward.
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we've discussed this poem, and our final answer is 'yes'.
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however angela said yes, so I'll discuss this with her and get back to you.
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yes.
I liked parts of this, though the repetition of certain words and the distracting background took away from it.
There was however some good ideas, and unique emotion.
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The only reason certain words were repeated was because it's a sestina. Sestina's lines must end with the same six words. I had to write it for creative writing.
But thank you
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Oh, sorry I'm kind of form-retarded.
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It's totally cool
I didn't know what a sestina was till I had to write one xD
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woah. this is a.m.a.z.i.n.g.
the way its written; the vocabulary; the mood it inspires, just everything about this poem screams talent.
-still left speechless.
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haha, thank you very much
I'm sincerely glad you enjoyed it as much as you did.
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