I live on sorrow, breathe in hurt,
drink waves of pain and bleed out words.
I am the ache in your heart,
the constant tug and never-ending throb.
I am the girl you left behind,
the child you miss like an open wound,
the blemish in your memory,
the one regret of your life.
I leave no traces of where I’ve been,
where I’ll be, and where I am.
I am the shadow of your pain,
dogging your heels wherever you’ll go.
I am the stone-cold moon on a winter’s night,
the grinning face of the wily witch.
I long for the day that the eternal and ephemeral
collide in a gigantic, dazzling cosmic bang.
Know that you’re living on borrowed time,
know that whatever you have
does not belong to you anymore.
You lose, you win, you lose.
Life gives, and life takes.
Life makes you scream, and yell in joy and fear.
Everything’s equal, nobody’s better.
I am you, and you don’t even know me.
I am the promise that you made,
the words you left unsaid.
I am the yearning in your heart,
that comes awake when everything breaks into shards.
I said I love you,
I said I’ve been to hell and back.
I hold the key to Pandora’s box,
do you believe any word I said?
I am the magical realm in your mind,
the fantasy world of your childhood’s dreams.
I frolic amongst buttercups and mountain dew,
with nary a care in the world, nary a dent in your memory.
I am the forgotten,
the darkest recess of your mind,
the memory you kept in a locked box,
with the glass key hanging from your neck.
The essence of your pain is raw like
the fire of the molten lava burning your flesh.
The ache in your heart is as real as the cries of a newborn,
and it is mine, mine, mine—all mine.
A contest entry
- Abuse?.... by live-laugh-love.
540 points, ended November 10, 2008, 38 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Thoughts & Emotions by albinoblacksheep720.
700 points, ended November 27, 2008, 43 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - read the rules, then WRITE! :) by etoile.
700 points, ended December 12, 2008, 30 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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since you didn't put your AP name in your author's notes you cannot win my contest, but I'll still comment on your poem anyways.
i love the 3rd,4th and 5th stanzas. to me, those are amazing. the imagery is beautiful and i love the way they were written. this is a great poem.
thanks for entering -
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Bravo! I love it. You hit the nail completely! You put thought and emotion in it! My only question is what are you teaching me? -
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Er.. "teaching" you what is pain?
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thanx 4 ur entrie
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wow this is one wonderful poem. So much feeling in this. Your imagery is wonderful and it flows wonderfully. This is perhaps one of the best writes I have seen in a while. Great job writing this. I like it a lot.
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wow. this was amazing. i especially liked this stanza "I am the forgotten,
the darkest recess of your mind,
the memory you kept in a locked box,
with the glass key hanging from your neck.
it seems the most powerful one in the piece.
this was an amazing poem.
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Sounds like me. Every day of every second, of every hour. But I wont admit it to people, they wouldn't give a damn anyway no doubt.
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