Slumped over the broken chair
Wearing nothing but an oversized T-shirt
With a ketchup stain near my heart
You tell me I need to get on with my life
You ask me why I gave up on my painting
Shrugging my thin shoulders I frown at your
incessant nagging that leaves me heavy
and feeling lifeless and emptier then ever
I tell you that I am Lady Lazarus
and that dying is my new art
You call me ridiculous and ask me
If this has anything to do with "That Man"
Ignoring you I twist the fabric of my shirt
Near the reddish brown stain on my chest
"You should change your shirt
that stain makes you look like a pig"
I like the stain it seems to fit that its right
on top of my wounded heart that beats
at a frenetic pace inside me chest cavity
"Callie! are you even listening?"
Ignoring you once more I try not to cry
I am a plant without roots to hold it in place
Floating around in this hellish planet
I feel scared and alone and misunderstood
They say that nights in late November
are when suicide rates start rising
now I understand why for sure
I am dying and like everything else
I do it exceptionally well
I do it so it feels like hell
Author notes
my favorite word is frenetic which is an adjective that means: Wildly excited or active; frantic; frenzied.
the poem I referenced is Lady Lazarus by Sylvia Plath
A contest entry
- Poetry Checklist by Polaja.
1200 points, ended December 2, 2008, 12 entries
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Please tell me what you think
Comments
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This is an interesting poem and I really like that you have written it from a distance so to speak - the only part I didn't like was the rhyme at the end - it stuck out in a glaringly obvious way that didn't fit the rest of the poem - but other than that this was a well-written piece and I especially liked the "I am a plant without roots" part
Thank you for your entry
Polly
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Excellent write here
When one falls from a life so wonderful to below the very depths of life refusing to hear others about them tell me why this is .Why do you shut your mind off to people who can see what is wrong and knowing this is bad for you and can cause problems why would one shut themselves completely down refusing to listen .Life is a dream we often enjoy yet can turn into a nightmare through acqaintances and failures not brought on by ourselves yet fed when feeling lost refusing to take anothers hand that can lead them through it to find peace again .
Angels are about us all every day of our life some people say angels cannot be seen yet I believe that God send us and helps us find each other through real life situations he sends us friends and strangers and through them he helps us do his work . He spoke I sent many to help you feel this love why did you push them away . Think about it honey people meet for a reason what angels have you refused to help you help yoursef
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