If at any moment
Your heart may utter my name
Silence it
Tear its words from your chest
And banish them
From your thoughts
Run a silver dagger
Along your lips
To stain her lips
As you tainted mine
Slip a sinful poison
Into your drink
And whither a slow
And painful heartache
May your suffering soul
Cry out in pain
A Sorrow filled scream
Strangled by my lust for you
Inspired by the poem Havisham by Carol Ann Duffy, I explored the feelings of heartache and envy, telling the tale of a girl who's heart has been shattered to many times to ever recover.
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Monday, 11 February 2013
Where We Were
If
You should ever
Need: a friend,
A sister
Or a stranger
To listen
To your thoughts
When you're: frightened,
Worried
Or Lonely
I'll be there
I'll be where
I always was
And where we used to be
Just a short poem, inspired by the poem If I Should Die Before You Do by Richard Brautigan, I was intrigued by the structure of his poetry and thought it would be fun to try and mimic this style. His work appears to flow in a rigid way like human speech, stumbling through the words as if the reader is almost afraid of what they are saying.
You should ever
Need: a friend,
A sister
Or a stranger
To listen
To your thoughts
When you're: frightened,
Worried
Or Lonely
I'll be there
I'll be where
I always was
And where we used to be
Just a short poem, inspired by the poem If I Should Die Before You Do by Richard Brautigan, I was intrigued by the structure of his poetry and thought it would be fun to try and mimic this style. His work appears to flow in a rigid way like human speech, stumbling through the words as if the reader is almost afraid of what they are saying.
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