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Persecution

July 18, 2012
By KalliopeS BRONZE, Jonesborough, Tennessee
KalliopeS BRONZE, Jonesborough, Tennessee
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Favorite Quote:
"Poets are always taking the weather so personally." J. D. Salinger


A murderer parts cracked lips
Dispensing precious oxygen
to snip the last tie that held us.
The thin-woven thread appeared to be of steel,
but was gold; beautiful, but easily broken.

The killer shivers a chill in their vocals,
no longer caring of scars made or tears fallen;
not even of the leaking bottles of sunlight
harbored deep in our memory.

They realize as their tongue dances across sharpened teeth
that each word is acid,
deliberately dissolving the flesh of our love
drop by detrimental drop.

My lungs contracted,
the air inside choking out a wet gurgle.
Slitting the neck of our false truths
had me drowning in my own dead blood-
my body screaming for a relief that would never arrive.

The very essence of me quickly withered,
dimming into the moonless night of delirium
becoming another dying star.

Pain echoed with the final words,
each reverberation another shot to the skull.
And with ebonizing vision
I cannot conclude if this is
homicide
or suicide.



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Mella PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 2 2013 at 8:27 pm
Mella PLATINUM, Natchitoches, Louisiana
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Favorite Quote:
" All the World's A stage, and all the men and women merely players." - Shakespeare's "All the Worlds A Stage" poem.

Wow! This is amazing! :) I like how you had to read between the lines to understand what this is about. This is perfect. I won't tell what it is about because I don't want to ruin it for everyone else :P

on Jul. 26 2012 at 2:32 am
TraceBatWingsAndBrokenStrings DIAMOND, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;This gun has stopped time in its tracks, has altered the course of our fate. Destiny is shattered and timeless. Closed eyes feel the cold winds embrace.&quot;<br /> -Avenged Sevenfold

Wow. I'm speechless. I'm not sure if I fully understand the true meaning of this poem, but I don't think I have to. Fantastic job.