Like a Skyscraper

[Dusky]

Like a Skyscraper

when i was nine years old i


wanted to be everything and


i was afraid of the dark and


of getting lost. ten years


later, little has changed.


when You


speak, every word


is a step to the guillotine.


clockhands spin three quarter time


and the free verse poet begins to rhyme


these things do not permeate my thoughts, nor


can i explain myself to You. i only know that i have died


many times over since late august, and that another girl grows


in the dark and ugly womb of my heart. she is not me, and i am not me.


we are a doll subject to the evils of innocence, curiously torn apart so a child


may find i am hollow. i was magnificent, do You understand? and never once did i


write poems scattered and unhinged. scrape me out, pour into me. it is just too late to be


whole without a core full of You, when i am just an origami girl. build me up, and tear me down…
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[Ashurbanipal]

I like it because it's shaped like a Triforce.

 

[Dusky]

-explodes-

 

[Sir Raime]

It's dangerous to go alone, take this!

 

[Ashurbanipal]

Jokes aside: I like the poem overall. The imagery is clear and evocative, and there's a very nostalgic quality to it, like an adult looking back on childhood fantasies. Mournful without being sad.

 

[Wrath Of Athena]

Yeah uh, what Ash said, but, smarter. Yeah. I would totally say it in a more literate way, with more understanding of how to critique poetry.


No not really I don't know shit about poetry but I think it's really good.