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Kept within your thoughts

June 24, 2022
By EmilyTheKiwi PLATINUM, Flemington, New Jersey
EmilyTheKiwi PLATINUM, Flemington, New Jersey
30 articles 1 photo 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Picture a wave. In the ocean. You can see it, measure it, its height, the way the sunlight refracts when it passes through. And it's there. And you can see it, you know what it is. It's a wave.<br /> <br /> And then it crashes in the shore and it's gone. But the water is still there. The wave was just a different way for the water to be, for a little while. You know it's one conception of death for Buddhists: the wave returns to the ocean, where it came from and where it's supposed to be."<br /> -The Good Place


I hope that I am kept within your thoughts

Where all your dreams and aspirations stay.

You took my heart and tied it in a knot.

 


I look towards the empty parking lot,

And if I saw you here I think I’d say,

“I hope that I am kept within your thoughts.”

 


My heart that once was loose feels oh so taut,

I feel as though there is no other way;

You took my heart and tied it in a knot.

 


Sometimes I think it best that I forgot

The things that we have talked about in May.

I hope that I am kept within your thoughts.

 


Your voice has left me feeling so distraught.

And if I see you here I hope you’ll say,

“You took my heart and tied it in a knot.”

 


It’s true that your attention I have sought,

And often I look for you in the day.

I hope that I am kept within your thoughts.

You took my heart and tied it in a knot.


The author's comments:

This is a villanelle! I had a lot of fun experimenting with a different type of poem when I wrote this. It’s always a fun challenge to try and be aware of the meter and rhyme scheme of your poem when trying certain forms of poetry, but the result is always worth the time spent on it. On that note, forgive me if my iambic pentameter isn’t perfect!


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on Jul. 26 2022 at 12:28 pm
nooneatall BRONZE, --, California
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Favorite Quote:
"Hats off to the past, coats off to the future."<br /> - American Proverb<br /> "Why do you keep hiding behind your mask,<br /> When even the scars formed by your mistakes <br /> are you own constellations?"

this is so beautiful and relatable. Your expression style is so creative :)