Gazing at my distorted reflection,
My eyes are met with a face not my own.
Memories lose me in recollection,
And I stop to think on how I have grown.1
I always seem to be running away,
Things left in shambles, never coming back.
Everything I touch starts to decay,
And I know it won’t be long ‘til I crack.2
Shadows steal past, creeping up behind me,
Set to strike as soon as my back is turned.
A tumult of waves brings me out to sea,
Where I drown in what for which I once yearned.3
The river of my tears has long dried up,
My life nothing more than an empty cup.
Author notes
My username is Lover of Stories (for poetry contest)
A contest entry
- MAKE ME DEPRESSED by Springs.
235 points, ended June 4, 2008, 52 entries
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Please let me know what you think. Thanks! ^.^
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This is really full of emotion and the last line seems to be the apidamy of the whole thing. I know the feeling oddly enough. I like these kinds of poems myself. I can't write happy poems or anything else to save my life. It starts out happy but always ends in ruin. A wonderful poem. Thank you for entering my contest and good luck.
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Thank you. ^_^
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Whoa.
You're kind of getting me depressed, Gracie =|
Such a STRONG poem. It's touched me and banged my heart with a frying pan xD
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Banged your heart with a frying pan?!? XD Lol!
Thanks for commenting, and sorry if it made you depressed for a second. ^^; Sad poems are easier to write than happy ones, at least for me.
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I completely understand! I agree with you. SO much easier.
Don't worry, banging my heart with a frying pan is not bad
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Exactly...when I try to write happy poems, they turn out kind of cheesy... Lol
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