And because you don't understand,
I'll start counting [onetwothreefour] all over again.
Because the days pass without Grace,
And the life we held in our hands will never come back again.
I'm counting backwards from one-thousand
[fivesixseveneight]
To see if you'll miss me when I get there.
You fight for what's right,
[nine]
And I'll eat the fruits of your imaginary insecurity-
But never again.
And when we get to-
[ten, tentententen]
Seven we'll start over again.
Because it's just repetition-
It is only repetition.
[OneTwo]
Im counting backwards from one-thousand
[ThreeFour]
To remember how you feel.
[FiveSix]
How you taste.
[SevenEight]
How you touch.
[Nine]
But you were never enough.
[Ten]
But he has you now,
And the words just won't come out.
And I'll keep drowning in this sea,
The characters of long forgotten dreams[remember, eight, nine, ten]
whispering to me.
[One, Two, Three]
We'll start over again-
It is just-it is only (repetition).
[Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen]
I hold this letter in my hand,
Silver on black.
They jump out at me[ONETWOTHREE]
And end in piles of correspondence.
With your charm,
And wit,
And luck,
It's only a matter of time,
Till you figure it out.
[One...]
It's only a matter of time,
Until you miss me.
He is nothing,
No one will ever understand.
What I am to you,
And you are to me.
[...Two...]
And the grey ashes,
Are whats left of your black letters.
Because you felt me,
Because you saw me,
Because you tasted me,
You heard me.
[...Three...]
I remember feeling your skin on mine,
I remember seeing you, so beautiful,
I remember your taste, honey and fire,
And I remember your voice as if it were only yesterday.
Only yesterday.
Feelings upon writings,
And the days aren't that exciting.
Anymore.
[...Four...]
Since you are by his side,
And not mine.
I'll forgive you,
Never forget me.
And I'm counting backwards from one-thousand,
To see if you'll miss me tonight.
Because I can still feel you,
By my side.
[Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine]
[Ten]
And the magic starts over again,
Because it is only repetition.
Author notes
WARNING: Terrifyingly long poem. =D (Not really, but it is still kinda long. =])
I'm sorry if all of this doesn't really seem to go together, but I understand it.
This is partly inspired by "Three Cheers For Five Years" by Mayday Parade(
A contest entry
- Prewrites!!! Come take a look! by CentrifugalCorpse.
1250 points, ended September 7, 224 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
I can count. =D OneTwoThreeFourFiveSixSevenEightNineTen
Comments
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Interesting and lyrical.
This flourishes with repetition and has nice rhythm to it. Some lines were cliche, though. I really like the 10th line. It had nice wording in it.
Thanks for sharing this piece & best of luck!
En sielua
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Thank-you. ^_^ And yeah, I saw all my cliche-ness after I wrote it and showed it to my friend. xD =) Thank-you for the comment. ^_^
Thank-you!
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Love it!
Love it, love it, love it! Amazing poem! I love repetition in poems, and this is just awesome!
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Thank-you!
=D I'm glad you liked it. It took forever to actually do this. And then I got an idea for another poem with Counting, or rather, Numbers. But I don't know.
-hugs- =D Thank-you, yet again.
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