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I am gem-eyed imperfection.
I am lies at their fullest, and I'm most certainly incomplete in the most ambiguous way.
I am half hearts, cut out before they had time to be fulfilled. I am porcelin truths, breakable and changeable.
I'm frosted plastic; Easily bent...
But within, I'm ice cold.
You are truth.
You are hearts cut out of construction paper, I thought you'd only be a half; Just as I am...But really, you're whole.
I envy you in every way. You're strips of molasses trickling down my throat, thick and sweet and beautiful.
You're a sun-harvested clementine; You're paper bags and ribbons in shades of crimson;
And more importantly, you're perfect.
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I never thought I'd meet you. Honestly, I never really wanted to.
Honestly, that was just another lie I told myself.
I saw you walking down a sidewalk; Umbrella in hand and her in another.
I was under a tree.
The leaves were emerald, the sky sapphire. The ruby of her eyes when she saw me glancing at you fit perfectly.
You were a wastebasket. You were just like me; Needing something else that you though you could never have. Something you couldn't even name. A faint imperfection tainted to the point of insignificance.
You were emptied milk cartons; ripped silk and hidden betrayals.
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I was something far worse.
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A week later, I knew that I must meet you.
I knew that I couldn't live another day knowing that I have nothing waiting for me, and more importantly knowing that you felt the same.
I was hues of fuchsia; Drops of water falling from rooftops and cascading amounts of fear.
I told you that I loved you and that I had since the day I was born and that I just didn't know it yet.
I told you that I'd been sitting under a tree waiting for something that would never happen; and then all of the sudden, it did.
I breathed to you that I needed you the way I needed life, and that I couldn't go on without knowing that I can keep you.
A tear runs down your cheek, and you wipe it away before you thought I could notice.
Your heart has increased it's pace, yet all you can bring yourself to do is to make me notice the fourth finger on your left hand.
Gold has never looked so ugly.
I choke in understanding, and walk away.
You try to call me back, but you don't know my name.
All you know is that this is wrong, and against everything you've ever been taught. You know that this isn't good for anyone, especially you.
I turn around briefly and take one last glance at your topaz eyes; with top-notes of toffee and caramel.
One last thought crosses your mind, and that's that you need me too.
More than I need you.
Though it doesn't change your mind.
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Tear-stained, life-drained, soul-pained; I walk away, for the final time.
Author notes
AP NAME: Angeladowns
1) Have you ever been in love with or liked someone who is taken?
angeladowns
Ugh. Not my best, at all.
Hahaha.
I'm not good at love stories.
xP
Hope you like anyways.
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Comments
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OMG THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!
FINALIST!
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Your words are wonderful...
although you went back and forth in your sentences...
poetry to prose...
Still a great entry! Best wishes in the contest and always!
Write on!
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Thanks for entering.
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Thank you for your beautifully spoken entry, good luck in my contest, Josie
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I really like this. Some of your lines are a little too long, IMHO, but it still held the interest.
I love your wording and images - most unique! And the story was unusual.
Nicely done!!
thank you for your entry
best wishes
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wow. this is an awsome write. perfectly fitting into the ofrbidden catergory. nice work
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I simply loved the descriptions you used, and the flow of your lines: beautiful vignettes, and a touching story. Very well-crafted!
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This is such a good poem. I LOVE Your metaphors and your imagery. It was as if I was sucked into the poem.
I almost never read it due to length. Short attention span. I do horrible with long poems. But I'm so glad I did.
Splendid. I think you did great at this love story. I love the line "Gold never looked so ugly". The metaphors were just so unique. Good luck.
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Thanks so much!
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No problem. It's always a pleasure to read unique pieces of poetry.
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Aw, thanks!
Most of my newest poetry is just for contests.
"Pursuit of Happiness" is my newest that I actually wrote because I felt like it and am proud of.
Haha, I think you'd enjoy it. =] -
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I suppose I should read it then, shouldn't I?
A lot of what I write is contest inspired as well.
But as of late it seems as though it's more from me feeling like it rather than wanting to enter contests.
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Please put the option you chose and your AP name in A/N, message me when it is done with the name of your poem and I'll come back n comment properly.
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All done!
I did it with "Shooting star", too.
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long but very nice, i feel the appreciation in this poem, good luck in the contest
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Nice flow and heart felt. Blessings.
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DEEP. those words were FAR beyond my vocabulary but the flow was good. keep it up!
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this is beautiful i enjoyed reading it and u really did use a colorful vocabulary hehe
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Wow! This is very impressive and so full of wonderful and unique metaphors. Beautiful imagery also throughout this poem. A very nice write indeed! Blessings, Patty
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I absolutely love it and i especially love the way you use gems in the place of color names.
You may not think this is one of your best but i think its pretty much amazing your metaphors are brilliant and i really liked stanza one.
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Aw, wow thank you!
That means alot. =]
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Yes it can be absolutely anything you want.
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What topics interest you most? xD
I've lost my muse and I need some inspiration. D: -
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Well i like poems about love but not cliche nothing typical and anything about imperfections.
Try doing a freewrite, write absolutely anything that you can without stopping give yourself a time limit like fifteen minutes it usually helps me when i lose my muse which is very often. -
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I do alot of freewrite/prose on those subjects.
I can trryyyy.
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