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Shot Glass Heart

January 4, 2011
By Shybabes DIAMOND, Burlington, Vermont
Shybabes DIAMOND, Burlington, Vermont
52 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We love the things we love for what they are." - Robert Frost


I stride to a rusty playgroud set,

a haven, but not a safe one.

I, much more eager to welcome the shifting shadows

creeping to meet me,

Than the ones at home which scratch

at the door to greet me.

I swing, feeling small once more.

Legs pumping infantile and wandering,

Innocence limp in my sneakered feet.

My face reaches the cool night sky, supplicant.

Knowing this is the closest I’d ever be to god.

The street lights interrogating,

metal chains groaning,

bearing the memories of a thousand children.

Me still pumping my legs

In a futile gesture

to forget.

These invisible bruises.

Years of senseless crying.

Feet sore from aimless wandering.

Hands numb from rarely being clasped.

Pour back that glass

and become just as empty.

Me with the empty shot glass heart.

Denying the anger,

choking back the springs that leap

crushing the innerworkings of my soul.

The cogs and screws tick backwards,

a clock counting down to the seconds of

my expiration.

My expiration date has passed.

Perhaps this clock can now tick forward.

Better to suffer in the silence of one’s own agony,

then dredge up a poisonous past for all to drink.



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on Feb. 4 2011 at 10:17 pm
remembermeplz PLATINUM, Friend, Nebraska
36 articles 10 photos 230 comments

Favorite Quote:
"when the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace" -- Jimi Hendrix

this is so amazing!

on Jan. 26 2011 at 12:27 am
Shybabes DIAMOND, Burlington, Vermont
52 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We love the things we love for what they are." - Robert Frost

Thank you all for the wonderful comments. It's encouraging to know that there are people listening out there. <3

on Jan. 15 2011 at 2:53 pm
bahannahpeel PLATINUM, Bloomington, Illinois
27 articles 0 photos 73 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Schools corrupt the mind.&quot; The Loco Focos

amazing. Should be in the magazine and more.

on Jan. 14 2011 at 11:26 am
Alexandrathepoet PLATINUM, Leesville, South Carolina
35 articles 0 photos 119 comments

Favorite Quote:
If nothing else, believe in art.<br /> ~Unknown

Wow, such a passionate poem, vivid vocabulary, a written with such power. It easily provokes thought, and we feel the pain you're feeling, and want to help you at the same time. You are an absolutely amazing! 

on Jan. 13 2011 at 9:03 pm
StaticHeart SILVER, Waltham, Massachusetts
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We&#039;re so trendy, we can&#039;t even escape ourselves.&quot; - Kurt Cobain

This is very catching and it caught my eye, including the title. The emotions leap off the words. My fave line was:

"My face reaches the cool night sky, supplicant.

Knowing this is the closest I’d ever be to god."

Well done! :)


on Jan. 13 2011 at 4:45 pm
FlyleafFreak DIAMOND, Loveland, Colorado
51 articles 0 photos 203 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I have faith in fools;self confidence my friends call it&quot;~Edger Allan Poe<br /> &quot;In this world of infinite insanity, your friends are the best psychiatrists you will ever have.&quot;~Me

Wow, this was absolutely breath-taking. Amazing word choice, for one, and I loved...well I loved ALL of it. Great job. I hope you find legitmate happiness in your future if you haven't already. Shot glass hearts can alwas be repaired. :)