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let me live
August 31, 2009
let me
wake, with the sun on
my lids, rays caressing
and warm.
let me
stroll, barefoot through
dewy grass, the slippery dawn
between my toes.
let me
indulge, eat
ice cream for breakfast
and pancakes for lunch.
let me
sob into pillows,
or laugh in your face, my cries
polluting the air.
let me
dance,
in the rain, catch snowflakes
pink tongue to fresh white.
let me,
screw my life. dye my hair.
pierce my tongue.
and at night,
when stars appear
when crickets sing
and sleep descends silently
upon the world,
let me,
just let me live.
© Anonymous
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This article has 9 comments.
Crazywolfiegirl2 PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 6 2021 at 1:00 pm
This is so well written, the imagery is so amazing.
Treblemaker BRONZE said...
on Apr. 7 2020 at 10:04 pm
I feel like this could be lyrics to an amzing son as well. Love the image you paint in this too :)
theskylarksings GOLD said...
on Dec. 9 2015 at 2:13 pm
"the slippery dawn" I love this :)
Nella.Girl97 BRONZE said...
on Feb. 18 2014 at 9:06 am
Great job writing! I loved this poem and felt it within me! My favorite lines were the last "and at night, when stars appear when crickets sing and sleep descends silently upon the world, let me, just let me live." very very beautiful! Keep writing!
TheSkyOwesMeRain GOLD said...
on Jan. 14 2014 at 8:54 pm
Amazing work, well done!
rustyemotions BRONZE said...
on Feb. 23 2013 at 10:36 am
This feels like a modernized Sylvia Plath's poem.( I say "feels" because we donot hear poetry, we feel it inside of us ) It is nonetheless, beautiful. My favorite line is "pink tongue to fresh white."
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