dauthi
03-18-2008, 12:19 AM
I'm trying to come up with a title for this poem.
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Hope is as hollow as fear.
You've got nickels for eyes,
A broken fishbone for a nose,
Stitches where your mouth should be.
Your smile magnifies under the glare of the telescope.
The mummified corpses sway to your rhythm,
Crooked and angular,
Just like you.
The mirror has no stories to tell but you lose yourself anyway.
You've got great white wings but all the feathers have fallen out.
You play at life but you play to win.
You could fly but instead you meditate.
When you're floating across the abyss look down.
Are you more eternal than the wind?
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Hope is as hollow as fear.
You've got nickels for eyes,
A broken fishbone for a nose,
Stitches where your mouth should be.
Your smile magnifies under the glare of the telescope.
The mummified corpses sway to your rhythm,
Crooked and angular,
Just like you.
The mirror has no stories to tell but you lose yourself anyway.
You've got great white wings but all the feathers have fallen out.
You play at life but you play to win.
You could fly but instead you meditate.
When you're floating across the abyss look down.
Are you more eternal than the wind?