Keep It To Yourself (it's over)

I'm going to let these bitter
tears fall, because your ruthless
words finally got to my heart, leaving
blunt scars on its useless exterior

How could I have fallen so easily?
I kept our candid love in between cupped

hands, peeping at it every now and then
to heal your broken promises

Baby, maybe you need to think:
Who would fall for our charade
where the only crowd-pleaser is to
put on your pathetic facade?

So I'm going to shut my ears and
pretend I never saw you.
Your sorries just pick the dirt on

the walls I built around me.

So keep your love to yourself

Author notes

TheGreatestLove

A contest entry

It's Poetry Time! =) Musical Inspiration For You! by KyleBerg. 1225 points, ended October 22, 2008, 16 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
To say goodbye by BleedingBlackTears. 600 points, ended December 3, 2008, 80 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest

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By me, right now

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BleedingBlackTears
November 26, 2008
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i love it
KyleBerg
October 11, 2008

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Wow! Such an miserably bitter poem.. not exactly what i would have anticipated for that quote, but i do like it. I like the way you change lines mid-sentence, it puts emphasis on the important words - nice technique.

"leaving
blunt scars on its useless exterior"

-- those were my favourite lines -- fantastic imagery.

Thanks for the entry and good luck in the contest