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I Am Your Pawn

July 19, 2011
By littlelilith SILVER, Dallas, Texas
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littlelilith SILVER, Dallas, Texas
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For you, I put on this smile
And pretend to be happy for a while
I put up with all of your s**t
Why do I even try at this?
In your game, I am your pawn
To yell at and tell what I did wrong
To maneuver where you please
You have deadened me, you see
So now it's my turn to strike a blow
Wanna see how far I'll go?
Maybe it'll be like before
Or maybe even something more
Maybe this time you will see
What it's like to feel like me

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.Izzy. BRONZE said...
on Jul. 22 2011 at 9:56 am
.Izzy. BRONZE, Broadview Heights, Ohio
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This is really sad, but really good. I loved the metaphor of you being a pawn, maybe you could add a few more references. Overall, very powerful and very well written
leafy said...
on Jul. 22 2011 at 8:40 am
leafy, City, Other
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along with everyone else, i love this poem too :). the only thing i can suggest is like thethruthawaits94 said; to make the metaphor to chess stronger. but its still awesome, keep up the nice work!
redhairCat PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 22 2011 at 12:17 am
redhairCat PLATINUM, Pebble Beach, California
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I like this one a lot. I really love poems when the "pawn" puts the king in check! Ha! This is great!
poetic.eyes PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 21 2011 at 10:34 pm
poetic.eyes PLATINUM, Everson, Washington
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Very powerful!!!!!!
ohheyyyelli SILVER said...
on Jul. 21 2011 at 9:58 pm
ohheyyyelli SILVER, Woonsocket, Rhode Island
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I like the metaphor of you being the pawn!
NinjaGirl BRONZE said...
on Jul. 21 2011 at 9:12 pm
NinjaGirl BRONZE, Valley City, North Dakota
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That's a lot of emotion packed into such a short poem!! I love the title and rhyme scheme. Great job. Five stars!
Hazel-daisy GOLD said...
on Jul. 21 2011 at 6:59 pm
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i really understand where your coming from and i can feel the emotion running throughout the poem. I think its really well written and i like the title, its different and the poem wasnt like what i expected it to be! i really like it 5/5 :) 
thetruthawaits94 SILVER said...
on Jul. 21 2011 at 6:34 pm
thetruthawaits94 SILVER, Duncan, Oklahoma
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i understand exactly what you are coming from here. I can feel your emotion thoughout the poem and i appreciate it a lot. Since you say I am your pawn, maybe you could change it a bit. Like whenever you say now it's my turn to strike a blow, instead you could say something like now it's my turn to pick my move, as a reference to chess. But you know I'm totally nit-picking just to find something to critique because this poem is very good as it is. That's just something to think about! :) `"" thumbs up!