Dreamcatcher

By Malice In Wonderland

You

Steal my breath
Replacing it with iron winged butterflies
Corroded and beautiful
Flitting around in brilliant shades of rust and decay


Mangling mental storms
With sharpshooter prescision
You
Held me captive
In screaming shades of inertia


These arms are branches
Yet longing for home
In shades of seafoam linguistics


I break


And tremble
at what you make me
aspire to be.

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Copyright 2011 Rain In The Willows
Published on Monday, August 22, 2011.     Filed under: "Tribute" and "Poetry"
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  • BetaWolfinVA On Sunday, February 3, 2013, BetaWolfinVA (791)By person wrote:

    i love the way you wrote this Scholar

  • A former member wrote: Replacing breath with butterflies, nervous flutterings...branches long for home after being spread beyond their territory...eloquent words- the first stanza my favourite, but the end was the cherry on top. Well done. Scholar

  • A former member wrote: very well composed...it read in tones of amber and tiel music to my souls ears...i apologize for not reading your work in awhile...you are simply amazing in the way you exhale your beautiful creations for release...and for us to read...thank you so much kya...much love and respect....chris Scholar

  • A former member wrote: I can FEEL the tempo in this. "I break And tremble at what you make me aspire to be" a hell of climax to the building crescendo. Mmmm...I need to go somewhere and think privately. This is inspiring. Scholar

  • A former member wrote: ... beautiful. i feel the emotion in this Scholar

  • A former member wrote: "And tremble at what you make me aspire to be." Oh if only I could write like this, pin pricks of loneliness, solitude, and sadness. Ouch. Scholar

  • Devilish On Monday, August 22, 2011, Devilish (2633)By person wrote:

    Wow! Wow! I can't think of a good enough comment... That's unusual for me... This is Awsome... Scholar

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