Her skin is a map
Blue veins winding through
She is almost translucent
Through to her heart I can see
In the shadows she plays
Where you can see her clearly
The patterned sun streaming through windows
Seems to make her fade
I make her snowflakes,
Cut from paper
We hold them up,
Light hits her eyes
"Shield me, protect me"
She whispers to my ears
A thing on each side of my head
They hear her
I stand in front,
Deflect the glow
Ethereal in the sunshine
She could disappear if I dare take a breath
Or close my eyes
So I keep them open
"Shield my, protect me"
I stand in front
I wait for the light to take her away
She is translucent
I can see behind her
The life that I will lead
The life that she has known
She is barely even there
So alive, but so close to death
She fades as I step out of line
A contest entry
- translucent by Saffron.
900 points, ended July 8, 2008, 13 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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I read on your author's page that you are fourteen--this is very good, and you have really wonderful potential. I am so happy to see this here in the contest, really. I got a little cold chill reading this. Check the last stanza--should it be "shield me, protect me" instead of "shield my" on the first line of the stanza?
Thank you for sharing your talent with me in this contest.
Saffron
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Thank you! Yes, reading it again, it should be "shield me" instead of "shield my"
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so alive, but so close to death. - i used that line in a poem i wrote when i was in new cal. lol damn
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aahahahhahah.
that's... wow. funny.
idk. i think i stole it off TWLOHA.
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