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Clipped Wings MAG
September 11, 2009
You murder me
Another butterfly
kept pinned to a corkboard
Label me
Classified to a stereotype
Ignore my screams
Ignore my pleading
Leave me to dreaming
Of soaring free
You're murdering me
Keeping me caged like a canary
Ignore my screams
Mistake it for singing
Forced to
Silently fume
About small things
like wingspans and elbow room
You're killing me
like how you kill time
Slowly
Hours of cursing your kind
Find me wide-eyed
and foaming
At the mouth
At the beak
Or whatever insects use
To speak
© Kayla C., Burlington, NC
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WriterGirl1197 SILVER said...
on Oct. 12 2012 at 3:33 pm
There are no words that can describe how i feel about this. Well maybe one, INCREADIBLE! It flows and it really makes me think! Keep it up!
Tongue_Blep PLATINUM said...
on Dec. 23 2011 at 8:02 pm
BEAUTIFUL!!! :)(:
R5andParamore BRONZE said...
on Dec. 18 2011 at 7:23 pm
really love this
rockstardream GOLD said...
on May. 25 2011 at 10:16 am
I like the metaphors used to portray this.
HeatherBee BRONZE said...
on Dec. 22 2010 at 7:24 pm
wow, oh my God, you are veryy talented to have written this! its really good... the words felt real passionate n meaningful.. Awesomee job!! :D
meganleigh122 GOLD said...
on Oct. 28 2010 at 11:32 am
THis is really good :) congrats on making the magazine, and keep writing :) beautiful
GoogleYourFace PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 5 2010 at 9:14 am
I absolutely understand and love this. great job.
Lover_that_Hates DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 30 2010 at 9:17 am
Brilliant!! absolutly brilliant!!
Phantom_Girl GOLD said...
on Aug. 28 2010 at 3:54 pm
Very good metaphors. I like the windspan and elbow room part. The theme is a little overused, but you put your own spin on it, so it hardly matters.
Kilikilakia2012 GOLD said...
on Aug. 12 2010 at 3:43 pm
that was kind of random lol i liked it
Ashley Milner BRONZE said...
on Aug. 7 2010 at 9:00 pm
this is so creative! the first lines/first verse just caught me!
Authorgal98 GOLD said...
on May. 16 2010 at 8:54 pm
Beautiful!
Drama_Queen13 DIAMOND said...
on May. 16 2010 at 2:30 pm
Truly Insipiring
invasion-of-the-asians BRONZE said...
on May. 12 2010 at 11:45 am
i love these lyrics. they are so true
NervousBreakdown BRONZE said...
on Apr. 24 2010 at 2:44 pm
this is honestly my #1 fav that i've read so far. its fantastic lolz....
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