After That

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2014

One of us was innocent.
It was the only thing
I knew

 

Closing in
you choke
me

 

My stomach
falls, leaving
dust behind

 

A crash in the
sky, it lights
as fast as fire

 

And you don’t smile.

 

This confuses me.
My mind muddled
in a million memories,
I’m buried deep
And I remember
you smiling.

 

Aren’t you supposed to smile?

 

But you leave my
questions unanswered
I’m falling
flailing
flying through a mist

 

But a tiger with its back to me

was suddenly transformed
It turned around
claws outstretched
Ready to snatch my soul
Snarling a reality
straight into my face

 

Without any warning
the monster appeared
I tell myself
I should have known…

 

A Venus flytrap
Enticing me
Turned on me at the
last moment

 

A flower, faking its rainbow
finally faded to
crackling coals
Needless to say
They don’t keep me warm
anymore.

 

I grew up fast.
After that.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Written 4/9/14

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  You are quite brilliant. I

 

You are quite brilliant. I can't stop reading. 

 

I really loved the second to last verse, the bit about a flower faking its rainbow. Great job. 

 


"It is a terrible thing to be so open. It is as if my heart put on a face and walked into the world" -- Sylvia Plath.