I wish I could catch a glimpse of you.
I would cradle the priceless vision of perfection in my palms
and deliberately crumple the blurred edges
because that is where you came from
and the centre is where we will be.
all I want is a nail to bite on
and a blank photograph for you & me
I peeled the plastic film off of your eyes
so that you could see the monochromatic negatives
fetter in hypoxic air as I sucked oxygen into my lungs
and forgot to feed my brain.
while the rounds of synthetic memories melted under conflict
I lit your past ablaze
and in the smoke rocketing away from my little bonfire
I saw your cheek erase plumes of time-dust with damp drops of deluged damage.
a lining of velvet violates the sky
while I soak up every pall of plush
and purpose that even a silent roll of film
can’t comprehend.
Author notes
title prompt: 104. Unspoken confessions
In a list
A contest entry
- 130 titles by xxRainbowDawnxx.
525 points, ended August 21, 2008, 40 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Glitter-Covered Masks Hide The Shame... by Silly Rabbit..
300 points, ended October 16, 2008, 25 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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I peeled the plastic film off of your eyes
so that you could see the monochromatic negatives
fetter in hypoxic air as I sucked oxygen into my lungs
and forgot to feed my brain.
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woah. thats amazing. how do you think of this?
its so unique and the imagery is beautiful.
a lining of velvet violates the sky
while I soak up every pall of plush
and purpose that even a silent roll of film
can’t comprehend.
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that last stanza wonderful as well
this entire poem is brilliant
you definitely deserved the gold
xx.Emma♥ -
awww this is just beautiful.
so relatable, it's almost as if some of these words were mine & you somehow stole my voice [or webpage, lol].
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