Fairytales

By SummerCoat

Anxiety and fear.
Nervous anticipation-when I'm still inside.
Alone. run away. I have to hide.
Lay in the backyard-swim in grass. Let the ground surround me.
No one is searching-so no one has found me.
I'm frozen. Un-moving. Muted and paused.
I watch the world spin around me-the effect for which there's no cause.
No progression of time registers in my mind.
Has it been days or only hours? with each mouthful I swallow, my disposition further sours.
In a daze (must have been days) I pluck the heads
off of tiny blue flowers
Until there is enough to cover
the gilded ring from my lover.
I want to cry but my eyes remain dry-though my heart is flooded.
Sadness and tragedy come down in showers
-like the petals of our flowers
as I let them fall from my hand.
They go under like the fairytale I had planned-burn out
like the flames of a fire you fanned.
Maybe nice folks do finish last and maybe True Love is becoming a thing of the past.
And I always knew the truth, so the question I didn't
ask.
But even still, I heard the answer.

I'm screaming LA LA LA with my ears covered
And I can't hear you!
But Johnnie, I still love you.
Your wall is a barrier
I can't even shove thru.

I gave it my all and it never mattered.
Like porcelain on glass,
I've shattered.

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Copyright 2012 SummerCoat
Published on Saturday, January 21, 2023.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • Slingnasty On Wednesday, March 7, 2012, Slingnasty (138)By person wrote:

    I love Like porcelain on glass I've shattered know what that feels like Great write thanks

  • A former member wrote: good write,.

  • Magdalena On Sunday, March 4, 2012, Magdalena (616)By person wrote:

    Excellent write....

  • A former member wrote: Beautiful...sweet and wonderful. Keep writing.

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