The sheath drops softly into the grass of our playground,
Footsteps hold the memories of ages past,
The green is sharp like a razor’s edge,
I fear it more than your blade.
Despite the keen of the steel you swing upon me,
An extension of my arm will make it throw sparks,
In this hour my blade grows thirsty,
I wonder who you are.
Sweeping through this transient playground,
Childhood and innocence are torn asunder,
Cleaved from the branches and uprooted like clover,
I think upon my scars.
I feel the music as it fills my bones,
Edging through the marrow of all desire,
It takes time to cleanse the poisons of regret,
Evisceration will suffice.
A hard strike and my stance drops,
I stagger and you strike,
Your smile sings a tune of triumph,
The blade sings of flesh.
I feel them fall onto the grass so sharply green,
Past my knees they slide,
Under my toes I feel the intestines writhe,
Useless to me, now.
You expected surrender when you spilt my guts,
Thinking I would take my leave,
Sheer horror cannot describe your expression,
When we sang together.
A mashing of grey folds mixes with the green,
I think upon my youth,
Running, singing, dancing, playing,
In greens as sharp as these.
These fields are no longer for innocence,
They no longer are for play,
They sing a green and red song of those,
Who were emptied out here.
I walk a hard few paces from where,
I left your skin on the grass,
I could not bear to let my thoughts end with,
“I wonder who you were.”
These last few steps take the most from me,
Rendered as I am a mess,
The red I’ve lost on this sharp land,
Has denied all hopes.
A choking gasp of my remaining breath,
Swallows the bile down,
The last memory will fade in time,
I wonder who I am.
We sing, the steel and I,
And I am not.
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WOW, Brilliant
Thnx for entering & Best of Luck
GloriousGift
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WOOOAAAHAAAAAA!!!!!!
quality poem theomatitist
i applaud you!!!
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dear theo i keep reading this and its still awesome plus its very long which that mean when i need to do something i can just do it after i finish this great poem u rock theo
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good job
good job
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hey theo we sing is the best peom i have ever read babygurrr
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amazing.
I really love the last two lines of this. -
really really amazing
i dont understand all of it but thats just because im tired ill read it again later and comment again
its a really great write though -
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thanks for bieng so nice to theo
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awesome!! but what really made this is the last two lines, truly magical kid.
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i'm still the pretty one
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i read this twice, and it blew me away both times.
well done and best of luck
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