The taste of moonlight upon her tongue
Intoxicates her primitive senses,
Imprints words upon her mute voice.
She sings against the smothering night,
The ebony shadows gathering the lyrics
And weaving intricate threads into them.
Her empty mouth howls to the stars,
Their omniscient eyes dancing with laughter
As they behold her self inflicted torture.
Rabid thoughts trot across her mind,
Echoing poetic phrases once she knew,
Now a distant memory in her aching ears.
Glass eyes encased behind porcelain lids
Fervently search out for the fallen ballads,
Encased in inky dark and absorbed by the night.
Lungs reach out for air long lost to her world,
Her heart strains for a tribal rhythm
That once accompanied her feet in dance.
With the phantoms of her limbs,
She extends her failing senses,
Caressing the dark that molests her mind.
She feels the words that have escaped her,
She loves the curve of their every line,
The intricate cursive design they have taken.
Fresh tears make the darkness run;
Finally, the sun reaches beyond her torture,
Just peeking upon the horizon.
The dawn takes her into its arms,
Drawing a robe wove of gold
About her every ghostly aspect.
Harmonious words roll over her tongue,
She tastes their thick radiance,
Lets them fall upon the rising world.
Then, she learns the only word
Her life ever had to offer her:
Death.
Author notes
It's not my best, but it's better than the nothing I've been not posting xD.
A contest entry
- the biggest prewrite contest ever by serenity silvermoon.
900 points, ended January 18, 362 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Purple!
Comments
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Thanks for sharing your poetry and the author's notes, some good things happening here keep writing,enjoyed
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Unbelivable words, Lovely words well done just awesome loved it
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beautiful... its so good its actually hard to comment on... lets just say, it needs no work, get this thing published! ur 15 years old jeez, ur gonna be rich 1 day (not that poets traditionally are, but ull find a way)...ill give a legit critique next read btw
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meh?
its pretty good. It's kind of obvious whats happening through the entire piece, but you spell it out in the end. that's not necessarily a bad thing. good job with the poem thingy.
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Wow....this is absolutley beautiful however I liked the first half of the poem better than the second. Still, well written poem here! Love it! -Liz
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Wow. This was not at all what I expected. I was thinking it was going to be one of those cliche depressing poems. But this is beautiful. With the first line you captured my attention and kept it throughout. I love the imagery of it. It says sad without being really obvious.
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Purple!!!!?????
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Quite good actually
This poem gave me the feeling of hope that inevitably is snuffed out by death. Bravo!!!!
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