Will you kill me in this moment
Sparing this slow and steady pace
Nicotine couldn’t do it better
Sweet vindication
My unending light
Ice against my skin
Are you healing me?
Or burning me?
My eyes can’t see the truth
I wonder if they ever could
Maybe truth itself is a lie we tell
To justify the only thing we know
That truth is in the eyes
Of the one person we can’t find
It’s taking longer than it should
To piece the puzzle together
Sometimes I wonder if I'm strong enough
Every failed attempt, every broken piece
Are you watching?
And still the moonlight roses
Even have their thorns
But is it a curse, or is it a blessing?
Unanswered questions
Too many to count
Are they too many because I ask them
Or because they’re there
Will answers find me
At the end of this puzzle
Am I moonlight roses or written lines?
Perhaps the differences left behind
Just one more broken piece
Will you require my soul tonight
Or will the joker play his card
Leaving me the silver lining
You deny me
Author notes
I've used question marks more as an emphasis here because the whole thing is pretty much a question - so please, don't shoot me. As always, feel free to be brutally honest.
Written September 20th, 2006
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Dear poetess,
Ah.... questions.... How beautiful they are. To be brutally honest, this is a great write that left me lingering to find an answer... Hmmm... unfortunately, I cannot. wonderfully done...
Ta-ta,
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"That truth is in the eyes
Of the one person we can’t find" this one quote just wow. poem blew me away. great job.
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unexpected, you have come a long way Coral, this poem's great!
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Wow, I love this piece - it is emotive, but also deep. It is amazing how you can always relate abstract concepts with everyday life, like the naked eye with the notion of truth/lies. And this phrase just struck me:
And still the moonlight roses
Even have their thorns...
Good luck in the contest! -
The questions mark add a quaint touch to such a deep piece. Right-away i could you had thought hard on this and i thank you ever so much. You entwine the moonlight roses phrase in again, but it fits perfectly...i'm just in awe how all this semi random thoughts were put together to make something beautifully nothing...in a good way OF COURSE. Thanks for entering and best of luck. This will be a hard one to judge!
Madison
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