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Your Loving Words



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Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:14 am
SwallowedByInsanity says...



Your loving words,
Coated with care and the scent of sincerity
Are empty beneath their attractive packaging.
Hiding under a thick layer of make-up
Resides the most hideous face
You enter through the door
And lungs become absent of air
Holding back breath with unspoken prayers
That by some miracle the corners of your lips will be upturned
Yet they remain in a permanent frown
A grimace displaying the angry soul that writhes within
Lurking beneath the plastic of your skin
Pushing, tearing, ripping at your hardened exterior
Til’ one final blow releases the demon
And because of these words you’ve said
Tears have shed
Wrists have bled
This lifeless family lies dead
Your poison seeped through like acid
The needle that pierces my heart pulled by a single thread
Hastily fixing my wounds only to have them reopened
Cut at my scars and leave me choking
My desperation for others to admire me is at an all time high
Your lack of love has left my barely beating heart to die
It starves for affection
Overdue for the swell of happiness
I’ve developed a defection
It eats away at my soul, gnawing at my very being
And lathers on a sickly infection
One that causes for a blood-curling scream to escape my vocal chords
Every time I see my reflection
The hatred towards myself growing like a fungus in my brain
Every cruelty your lips have spoken banging inside my head
My spastic acts of anger portraying me to be insane
Tied down forever by your chains
All because of your loving words.
Those empty promises that left me deranged.
Love is a poison, but it is also the antidote.

The insanity at my fingertips is not even slightly coherent.
  





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Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:22 am
Gg127 says...



Oh my god I love this poem! I'm serious. It left me breathless. I loved the ending about unkept promises. I can relate to that so much. I know how hard breakups can be. There was one line
..the blood-curling scream to escape my vocal chords
that did not quite flow. Try something like "the blood-curling screams that dare escape my strained voice" or "that ring in my ears". It would flow much better. Otherwise, it was truly amazing work!
  





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Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:02 am
Misfit says...



Hello, I'm Misfit and I'll be reviewing this piece today.

Your loving words,
Coated with care and the scent of sincerity
Are empty beneath their attractive packaging.
Hiding under a thick layer of make-up
Resides the most hideous face

I love this start, although the phrase "Are empty beneath their attractive packaging," sounds a tad choppy to me. Then again, it may just be me. If so, please disregard this comment.

You enter through the door
And lungs become absent of all? air
Holding back breath with unspoken prayers
That by some miracle the corners of your lips will be upturned
Yet they remain in a permanent frown
A grimace displaying the angry soul that writhes within
Lurking beneath the plastic of your skin
Pushing, tearing, ripping at your hardened exterior
Til’ one final blow releases the demon
And because of these words you’ve said
Tears have shed
Wrists have bled
This lifeless family lies dead
Your poison seeped through like acid
The needle that pierces my heart pulled by a single thread
Hastily fixing my wounds only to have them reopened
Cut at my scars and leave me choking
My desperation for others to admire me is at an all time high
Your lack of love has left my barely beating heart to die
It starves for affection
Overdue for the swell of happiness
I’ve developed a defection
It eats away at my soul, gnawing at my very being
And lathers on a sickly infection
One that causes for a blood-curling scream to escape my vocal chords
Every time I see my reflection
The hatred towards myself growing like a fungus in my brain
Every cruelty your lips have spoken banging inside my head
My spastic acts of anger portraying me to be insane
Tied down forever by your chains
All because of your loving words.
Those empty promises that left me deranged.




Wow. This really is a great poem. In a nutshell, there's nothing really negative to say about it. Bravo. I love the haunted feeling I get after I read it, really, it's fantastic. Keep up the good work and forever may you write.


~ Misfit ~
“Destiny is usually just around the corner. Like a thief, a hooker, or a lottery vendor: its three most common personifications. But what destiny does not do is home visits. You have to go for it.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
  





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Sun Dec 18, 2011 2:49 am
thisismichelled says...



This is such an amazing poem! I love it :) You are very talented, keep writing! I have nothing really critical to say, sorry.
  








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