i.
last night i broke off both my wings and thrust them at someone who needed them more. last night my songbird was sobbing about loneliness and oxycodone. last night my songbird got tuberculosis and it's lungs swelled with sadness. i wanted to divulge i was sad too. but sometimes cytoplasm needs to be kept in its barriers and sometimes cell membranes need to do their fucking job. sometimes i need to stop slacking off.
ii.
today i told my drug of choice that silence won't protect us. i told my addiction that sometimes its better to do something about it than to stand by and watch the genocide of every emotion to course through your veins take place. today i tried to learn sad acoustics because i just realized you can't teach a paraplegic to walk. today my eyes watched you smile and i fell in love with tuning things out like a horrible songs or long lectures about where we are supposed to be.
iii.
you taught me that love is like racing a five year old;
you act like you want to win,
but you really don't.
iv.
i tried pressing a rainbow to the eyelids of a blind man.
i tried to give a lesson to an infant about evolution.
i tried to synthesize the sound of music to a deaf common-law wife.
i tried to give light to how much i actually love you.
i was eighty percent successful.
i do everything i can to jam the brakes on roller-coasters to stay stuck on the top for fear of plummeting down.
v.
it's one of those inevitable things. you know it's on its coming. you can feel those quiet sighs pressuring your throat. but still, you try to shove it to the back of your mind with things like what you had for supper about this time last week, how many minutes you spent sitting in that oven of a cop car, and how many ceiling tiles you counted in history before falling into wonderland. sometimes you just have to cry.
vi.
i'm made of hills
and i'm watching you run from me.
Author notes
sorry. this isn't very good. but i felt really happy i was invited to this contest; i didn't want to blow a shot. even if its not a very good one. too many amazing poets. hahaha.
e m m a - d i l e m m a
A contest entry
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wow. you definitely deserved gold here girl. this poem is amazing compared to my measley honorable mention. haha. i love love some of these lines.
-you taught me that love is like racing a five year old;
you act like you want to win,
but you really don't.
this is absolutely brilliant. great concept. wonderful idea. lovely. <3
-i do everything i can to jam the brakes on roller-coasters to stay stuck on the top for fear of plummeting down.
wonderful! i loved this! this is such a beautiful way to word this! great job!
Way to go. You deserved the gold definitely.
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wow. (:
thank you.
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Damn, damn damn! This is gorgeous, so painful.
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beautifully written prose! I love how honest it is =D
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Yesyesyesss.
I love your writing.
Enough said.
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this is incredibly good. so beautiful and full of emotion. i love the imagery and language, it's vibrant.
<3333
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this is exceptional...you are a fantastic writer.
"you taught me that love is like racing a five year old;
you act like you want to win,
but you really don't."
--that made me laugh lol. Only because i read it and said to myself, "really? I would want to win"
i don't like to lose, even to 5 year olds. i liked that metaphor though
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Not good?
Yea, right. I'd KILL to be able to write like this. (:
Great job, hun. I betcha you'll win. (;
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oh man, this is amazing. I can't believe you think this is bad. I also can't believe I don't have you on my favourites haha.
I love your imagery sooo much. ii. is so sad, along with the rest of this but that part really hit me. and I really like iv. as well. that last line in it is so powerful.
this whole piece is stunning.
oh and btw, the name emma is pretty darn amazing
goodluck in the contest
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i like this... and because you say it isn't very good, i'm going to read more of your stuff tomorrow..
i liked the third stanza. it made me smile, kind of, in a sad way.
good write =)
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