A ghost ship
I sway to my hearts content,
You can't catch me
For I am no longer an STD-
Or a perminent fixture in this climat.
I could be angry, but I don't know how to
Unstick my face from this touch-me-I'm-pretty
Smile. My emotions are no longer my own
They're table scraps fed to me through a straw
When you've decided to recycle them into my air.
I lie
More often than you've caught me,
I cry out for expectation
For I am a routine.
I-hate-you-hate-me-hate-you-hate-me
I do believe that this constant
Back/and/forth mentality will destroy
The patterns on the tips of my fingers.
I've torn out my hair
Because I look better inside
A two way circus mirror
You can't see me
But I can see
I'm you now.
Strangle me with your bedsheets, I can't sleep [here] anymore.
I want to tell you about the night I slept inside the graveyard,
and how cold I was when the fan didn't have a cover.
I've "never" felt like this before,
So-real//I don't have a choice but to be alive
Tonight.
I want to rip out my vocal chords
And sell them to you on Ebay,
Under false pretenses.
Trust me
I will let you
Down.
Author notes
You'd probably cringe, I'm not a collectors item.
From The Vault To Your Eye Sockets
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This is just wow. There's no other way to describe it. Such a simple dirty-preety poem, I hardly recognized it, but the dashes and slashes work perfectly all the same. This, again is fantastic.
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You grip the senses and pound the heart of your reader.
The layout works earthly wonders. So delicious and originally descriptive. I'm in love with this, so thankyou. I will read more of you.
Slug
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Fantastic!
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Sweet Visuals!
"I've "never" felt like this before,
So-real//I don't have a choice but to be alive
Tonight."
so much subtlety on the verge of what seems like uncontrolled emotion
honest to the hilt...as per your usual.
thanks for this
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No illusions.
The term "bare my soul" was intended for just such a write as this. I gather this is the companion piece to "A Girl Called Betrayal." Both are excellent, powerful performances.
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WOW
This is AWESOME I lovie it!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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griping
Well, It takes a lot of reality in a poem to make the reader tear up. You have done that for me here. Not trying to pour out some sappy review, just saying your words caught me off gaurd. I was not expecting to face my own feelings when I sat down to read tonight.
People put on false faces for each other, uncovering them at different speeds during a course of time. We lie to ourselves, hoping it will make the bad stuff go away.
KoS
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Wow. What an excellent poem! The first stanza caught my attention immediately, I wanted to keep reading, get to the end, though I was a bit sad when I did. I wish it were longer, so I had more to read. You have a way with words, that's for sure! I love the title, its what originally made me want to read it when I stumbled upon it. You used such vivid imagery, I was amazed by how well I could picture what you were saying. I really think you could win many contests if you were to enter this in. It's wonderful, and filled with emotion.
" I could be angry, but I don't know how to
Unstick my face from this touch-me-I'm-pretty
Smile. My emotions are no longer my own"
I liked this part a lot, I'm not sure I completely understand what it is saying, but I liked it.
"I-hate-you-hate-me-hate-you-hate-me
I do believe that this constant
Back/and/forth mentality will destroy
The patterns on the tips of my fingers"
I think that part was my favorite, though I liked the whole thing, I don't think you should change anything about it, unless you're going to add more [=
Keep writing please.
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Very effective imagery. A reflection on the incredibly frustrating merry-go-round of societal expectation and the associated unrelenting disappointment that value judgment creates and nurtures in the heart - all summed up by the first and last lines.
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wow, some how i think that is could go on like a series or be turned into a group of short stories..lots of emotion here.
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I love this poem. It drew me in from the start, it kept me interested until the very last line. Every verse seemed to tell a different story, but it was all part of the same book.
I loved it.
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Nice job!
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I loved this! I'm in awe of the seamless flow and vivid imagery you used here. Keep up the good work!
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BRILLIANT
With this, i remember why i envy your writing so. This is absolutley gorgeous. I love your cold descriptions. They leave me amazed and wanting more.
Love you hun.
~~IvoRy
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Boffo!
I love your stuff.
Period.
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BRAVO.
WOW. This was really AMAZING. LIKE...I'm fascinted by your style and your way of putting things together. It's very interesting. I LIKE THIS ALOOOT.
wowwowo!! You should enter it in a contest! I'D VOTE FOR YA 
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