Skeleton Girl

By Moonflower

I saw you laugh

at my reduntant eyes

a silent falling of sober tears

Holding close those moonlit moments

I folded my hands into my breast

to feel the heartbeat there

 

One by one

You plucked my feathers

casting them to the embers

A mockery of silken promises,

ashes burning away my freedom

I always knew you would

leave me helpless

 

Charred skin

oozing liquid flesh

Shadowy eyes bore deep

into my weak, broken soul

tearing down the walls

that could not withstand

your eager embrace

 

I held

my hopes up to the sky,

let it rain down in a sickening lullaby

No one will ever find me here

among the filth and debris

 

My faith

was scattered in the wind

My cries

seedlings that shall never land

 

Carry my body

in soft deliverance

down to the cool water,

 dip my feet into the reflection

of our world, because good bye

was all that I could ever

hope for


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Copyright 2010 Moonflower
Published on Wednesday, December 15, 2010.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: It never ceases to amaze me how far someone can fall when it comes to love, a tragic, but majestic write.

  • Devilish On Thursday, June 16, 2011, Devilish (2657)By person wrote:

    How beautiful... I have one major rule in life... Fuck love! but for those who still feel it, I feel you... Scholar

  • A former member wrote: Beautiful! It was so haunting, I love it :) Scholar

  • lupus tenebrae On Wednesday, December 15, 2010, lupus tenebrae (872)By person wrote:

    "One by one you plucked my feathers casting them to the embers" a lasting image. A sorrowful piece, write on. Scholar

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