i am a toxic flower
with petals made of ash,
blowing away in the breeze
into unsuspecting lungs;
they cough and
i am once more pushed into the universe,
broken up and apart,
used and reused
in the deaths of so many empty dreams.
&& i pull myself apart now
because i am scared of the summer,
of that moment when our bodies fall away from each other
and i fold myself and my possessions
into a car too small to house a love
that seems like it's meant to last.
some nights i wish i was an exploding star,
taking my last lonely breath
and blasting stardust through the nighttime skies,
littering beaches with the sparkling gemstones
that make up my insides --
saying goodbye to everything i once knew and loved
and retreating into the emptiness of a black hole,
at least for a summer.
because maybe the abyss would pull the poison from my petals
and i would reemerge in a shower of rainbows,
shimmering with all the perfection you still think i have:
i would fall straight into your arms
and things would be beautiful again.
so please put me on a pirate ship and push me out to sea
and i'll take every heart at every port
so i can forget about the fact that mine is in the hands
of a love ten hours too far from me;
let me float away on the sea breeze
and we'll meet again under autumn trees.
Author notes
what do i do when summer comes? i don't know where my home is anymore. i feel like i'm poisoned sometimes. i hope this is decent.
A contest entry
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1200 points, ended December 22, 2008, 7 entries
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Comments
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Much heartache and sadness are in these lines. I am sorry you are having a bad time of it. Thank you for sharing your poetry with me.
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some nights i wish i was an exploding star,
taking my last lonely breath
and blasting stardust through the nighttime skies,
littering beaches with the sparkling gemstones
that make up my insides --
your imagery blows my mind.
seriously, I don't understand how some people have so much talent.
beautiful.
this, you, whatever.
it's all beautiful. -
oh, jesus babe....
thanks for this. i mean it. <3
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much, much more than decent my darling!
I LOVE IT.
"so please put me on a pirate ship and push me out to sea
and i'll take every heart at every port
so i can forget about the fact that mine is in the hands
of a love ten hours too far from me;
let me float away on the sea breeze
and we'll meet again under autumn trees."
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