I live in a glass castle
Where these obsolete thoughts
Race through my melancholy mind
Serenity is a scene through a wall
All the candy and heat of this world
I would gladly give - to possess
To satiate my want.
I walk the corridors with fawn motion
Gazing and needing with an obsession
Twisting and convulsing in pain
The Individuality I possess
Or anything else for that matter
I would trade for this idolized view
That stares back at me through a viscous skin
I place my hands on fragile glass
And the trauma fills me like shock
I could break the glass - I could
This world would crumble like cake
But for all the cash you could give
And every gangster that might call
I cannot bring myself to shatter it
The fear is just too great
I live in a glass castle
A frozen galaxy of solitude
I’m terrified of freedom
But horrified - I might never gain it
If I were a clairvoyance
I’d send a telepathic SOS
I’d scream it out to the outside world
See my verisimilitude
My heart is true - I so promise
Peer pressure could not steer me
There are no peers in my jail
My prison of glass begs me to look
To torture me with images of all I should be.
No-one can taint my abstract mentation
One bliss of solitude!
But my indolent behaviour suggests…
I will die here in a prison of my own making
Viewing Paradise - with senses deprived
Of a single offering - Bar sight. How harsh!
Pernicious ways may prevail outside
Harm, hurt and damnation might live there
A dystopian life in disguise
Am I doomed never to know?
I live in a glass castle
I have nothing I need
Nothing I love
Nothing but a dream
Of a future that I can’t exist in
And a past that I cannot relay
The walls are my security
They listen to my silent screams
And reflect my crystal tears
Borne of desperation
But…
I see this clock ticking
And
I feel strength growing
If…!
Only?
Author notes
I tried to use as many of the words as possible in order. WORD BANK -Obsolete, melancholy, serenity, candy, heat, fawn, motion, individuality, idolize, , Trauma , Gangster, galaxy, Petrified.,. WORD PROMPTS - Clairvoyance, Telepathy, verisimilitude, peer pressure. BONUS WORDS - , mentation, indolent, dystopia, pernicious. Sorry, totally re-edited this after a few very nice comments but felt this version was better. Thankyou to everyone who commented on this poem when it was "Gone". I have enjoyed writing this immensly
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Comments
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*chicken soup*
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Amazing with what you can come up with in these words. Very well done Net! I enjoy your talents!
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a good piece of poetry which flows smoothly, fawn motion, i like that imagery portrayed. break the glass, crumble it like cake so we can all have a morsel lol - solitude is not a bad thing, thought it does verge towards loneliness at times. the clock is forever ticking, there is no escape from that for any of us, what we have to do is embrace all the emotions that arrive whether good or bad.
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Wonderful
Such a great write. So very well expressed with so many words in word bank. Thank you for sharing
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The ending of this was really strong. I wish it would have been a little bit shorter but with all of the words you used it might have been harder to make it shorter.
Thanks for your entry
Kari -
Much food for thought is woven within your words...Wonderfully done and thank you for your entry!
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Wow, what a story! wonderfully explicit. beautiful and very powerful! Thanks for your entry!
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Yes this is a very powerful piece and I, alos love that ending!
Excellent work. Thanks so much for your entry
Gaylene
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that is so powerful! You seem to capture the mood, give us just a little snippet of the story but make us feel all the emotions you feel!
brilliant!
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I really like 'Clairvoyance was present
But Telepathy came too late' also I really like how you ended it. Nice use of the words.
Thanks for the entry.
Laura
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