My arm is red and bleeding1
I'm sore and I'm in pain2
But I just keep on going3
And the blood falls down like rain4
There's bruises on my face5
A cut just above my eye6
And another deep inside me7
It makes me want to cry8
The scars are breaking open9
I'm dying from within10
And I want to let it outside11
But instead I keep it in12
No one understands my pain13
They don't know my lies14
They'll never understand what lays 15
Behind my painted mask16
So I sit here 17
Crying18
Dying19
From something I never should have started20
And I could end at any time21
A contest entry
- Anything! by NinjaMegami.
180 points, ended November 28, 2008, 34 entries
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Comments
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the thing about rhyming poems is that you have to have a good flow of how you rhyme throughtout the entire poem unless you start typing the poem different. line 16 and the last line dont really flow with the rhyme of the rest of the poem.. but, the whole thing was good, and i like how you talk about your painted mask that had you hide our pain from other people.. very good :

