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Nightmare Love MAG

December 1, 2013
By theweirdworder DIAMOND, Newtown, Pennsylvania
theweirdworder DIAMOND, Newtown, Pennsylvania
65 articles 49 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.<br /> -Plato


When you held me,
you were chalky with stardust
(from your failed attempts at flight).
You got some on me.
I brushed it off
for I didn't want to fly; I wanted to
stay here,
but Earth was never good enough for you.
But oh! You never flew,
however much you wanted to.
Eventually, you gave up,
letting yourself sink into the abyss.
The light offered itself to you;
you refused it,
shielding your eyes and shrinking back
into a corner,
willing yourself to wilt.
You clung to the dark and
made a quilt out of it,
shaped it to you until it was all you were.
You only wanted your own version of life,
wanted what you know,
nothing worse but nothing better.
I didn't recognize you
but I played along.
I dwelled with you
but the blackness suffocated me;
I wanted to stop the dance with darkness you started
but you wouldn't let me go
so I had to free myself
from your entanglement.
I cut the net you held me in
into ribbons
and fled to the light.

It was only then I realized
you were only a dream.



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on Feb. 21 2014 at 1:54 am
TThatkidd95 BRONZE, Palm Bay, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;I am so clever that sometimes, I don&#039;t understand a single word of what I am saying.&quot;-Oscar Wilde

I really liked the topic and the emotion of your poem. I think your rhyme scheme was a little off especially in the last few stanzas. But overall it was good :)

GreyGirl ELITE said...
on Dec. 9 2013 at 10:40 pm
GreyGirl ELITE, Pohang,Kyungbuk, Other
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Great job!  

on Dec. 9 2013 at 7:14 pm
SpidersAcrossStars PLATINUM, Hayward, California
36 articles 0 photos 160 comments

Favorite Quote:
For you, a thousand times over.

Beautiful :)

Blynn SILVER said...
on Dec. 9 2013 at 12:43 am
Blynn SILVER, Waco, Texas
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Beautifu poem. Well done