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Open Poetry #38

tick tock daylight's eyes

elisalie16
Member

since 2006-07-12

Posts 118
new jersey

0 posted 2006-08-22 12:08 PM

you're spinning in circles, doll
why can't you see
that the swirls of color your eyes keep catching
are nothing more than your head playing tricks on you
and forgetting to focus in time
to paint the real picture of all that's before you.

your white slivver hands keep clinking on glass
as your sight locks with the mirror in front of you
and those glasses keep cracking
as the mirrors shatter
and all's you can do is take handfulls of hair
and curl to your knees.

those lips are red but not from life
you can't keep biting the blood out of you, darling
i know those words in your head
just never sit still
despite the retreat to your dimmed blurry bed
that you're welcoming with arms gripped tight to your chest.

all those screams, all those echoes
they're nothing but silence
and i know it comes loudly
but sing a soft song and it might go away.

the clock to your left never symbolized time
and the sun through the shades never meant day
but the black that you see despite date or hour
is all that you want
and all you can hold in your hand, baby, isnt it?

spin like the second hand that's ticking to a crash
you'll wind up in a bed
you never wanted to be in
being shined on by lights
more harsh than the ones you're escaping through locked doors.

marcel
Senior Member

since 2003-03-02

Posts 660
az, usa

1 posted 2006-08-23 09:54 PM

An iteresting a creative jaunt through loneliness and pain--but somehow, I see a small sliver of hope...

elisalie16
Member

since 2006-07-12

Posts 118
new jersey

2 posted 2006-08-23 10:49 PM

hmmm thanks marcel

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

3 posted 2006-08-24 08:26 AM

Your poem is rife with quotable and memorable lines! i.e. "spin like the second hand that's ticking to a crash"

I feel like giving you a big hug and saying "Everything is going to be all right."

elisalie16
Member

since 2006-07-12

Posts 118
new jersey

4 posted 2006-08-24 01:56 PM

haha thank you eart angel

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