Shattered image of my former self

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Dark Poetry #4

Shattered image of my former self

vampiana
Member

since 2004-09-08

Posts 296
Nothing and Nowhere

0 posted 2004-09-26 07:41 AM

Used to stand out
Among my peers
Confident and secure
Eyes shining, back straight
Neck held high, face beaming
For the world to see.
Ready to achieve, ready to conquer.

Somewhere along the way,
The crown slipped from my head
It lay in dejected shards
Scattered among the tiles
Crownless, I carry on.

Darting eyes, hide from the crowd
Are they all judging me?
Do they notice my thunder thighs?
Can they see my splotchy pimple?
Neck low, posture bent
Arms folder, I avert my eyes.

Take one look back
At the crowd.
A single girl stands out,
Smiling, laughing, enjoying herself.
She is my former self.
Hang my head,
I am a mere,
Shattered image.

*quick note: um..in case people think im really stuck up about the whole "crown" thing, i just used it as a metaphor, to represent my self confidence and what-not, i didnt mean it literally.*

"Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?"-Frank from Donnie Darko

Hollow_Emptiness
Senior Member

since 2004-02-01

Posts 715
New Zealand

1 posted 2004-09-26 08:58 PM

I can't think of an intelligent reply to this one, all I am thinking is intangible psychobabble. I want to give you inspiration and advice, but it doesn't come. But I feel this poem, and I lost myself too, somewhere along the way.

Hollow.
Courtney.

I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad. The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had. - Gary Jules, Mad World.

kissa~rachelle
Senior Member

since 2003-11-27

Posts 988
nowhere special

2 posted 2004-09-26 10:09 PM

yes...i think we have all lost ourselves at one point.

You portrayed this brilliantly. I can definetly feel this one.

Amazing.

Karissa

I ask why, but in my mind,
I find i cant really rely on myself.
~~~Linkin Park~~~

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