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The smile on the face of the girl in pain
She’s looking out the window,
Waiting for the rain to fade.
From black eyes, everything is shades of gray—
Lifeless, meaningless—but classic.
–Hiding inside every chamber,
Running through every stream,
Lurking in the hollows—
Tear it apart and destroy the scene.
Strip mining of the skin
To feed the flame that makes you live
But supply’ll run low,
And it’ll be death you hold.
The land is dead and there’ll be no fuel
The rain’ll muddy the destroyed earth
Dirtying all the beauty that withstood.
But even then, there’s a irksome smile
Behind all this pain.
If you really try you can see the good
Just have to look through twisted lens
And a crooked heart
Then you’ll imagine a light in the dark.
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kk127 said...
Jun. 14, 2009 at 8:39 pm:
Jun. 14, 2009 at 8:39 pm:
Wow, great poem, actually all your poems are amazing.
dragonofwords said...
Dec. 26, 2008 at 6:50 am:
Dec. 26, 2008 at 6:50 am:
I think that this one actually has some emotion in it, instead of 'emo' kids trying to get attention. Depressed is and overused word, and no one really understands what it means. This is excellent, you have a real talent!
love.lasts.longer.than.life.itself. said...
Dec. 22, 2008 at 10:27 pm:
Dec. 22, 2008 at 10:27 pm:
I think that you are very creative person. Keep writing.
dreamwriter said...
Sept. 1, 2008 at 5:12 pm:
Sept. 1, 2008 at 5:12 pm:
You did amazing on this, and you have really good wording, but it seems like it needs less depressing emotion, and more almost happy emotion, otherwise, it's a really good-worded-sad-emotioned poem. No offense though. Just constructive criticism.
lovelara said...
Aug. 21, 2008 at 6:22 pm:
Aug. 21, 2008 at 6:22 pm:
eh. its just a depressing poem with good wording. come on, people! where the creativity?!?!?
thehurricane said...
Aug. 11, 2008 at 3:01 am:
Aug. 11, 2008 at 3:01 am:
it's real dark and has a depressive mood to it.
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