Paper Flowers

By xZombie Poptartzx

She opens her eyes to greet the day,
her heart aches and throat fills with bile.
She fixes her face, not one hair astray.
Then plasters on her famous fake smile.
 
Frown lines hidden with such perfection,
but her mind is overwhelmingly blurry.
To just anyone she must radiate direction,
yet her eyes fill with such fear and worry.
 
Beautiful as ever on the surface,
not unlike a small Paper Flower.
So fragile inside, she’s without purpose.
Losing petals like sanity by the hour.
 
No one will notice just one new cut,
and soon it will fade with all the rest.
It will be fine, probably just a rut.
Not that anybody would have even guessed.
 
Every last petal has expectedly now fell.
This poor Flower left nothing but torn.
Throughout the years she’s learned not to dwell,
besides she still has her sharp paper thorns.
 
Still, there’s this boy who sees through her pain,
and promises to try his hardest to fix her.
Fully convinced that the girl is still sane,
and that his love can surely be her cure.
 
He tries to put her heart’s puzzle together,
fitting each piece with patience and care.
Promising to stay, even if it takes forever.
He feels it’s worth it with a love so rare.
 
So afraid to let anyone get anywhere near,
pushing him away for that familiar sting.
She begins to cry as she looks into the mirror.
Self-destruction is such a pretty little thing.
 
 

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Published on Tuesday, June 4, 2013.     Filed under: "Personal" and "Poetry"

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  • dwells On Thursday, June 6, 2013, dwells (4288)By person wrote:

    A cry for help and the white knight has arrived, good for both of you and be good to each other, cheers!

  • blue angel On Tuesday, June 4, 2013, blue angel (877)By person wrote:

    Wow, I loved this one too! , "frown lines hidden with such perfection" You gotta give me your secret for that, ~^_^~ Powerful write*

  • xZombie Poptartzx On Wednesday, June 5, 2013, xZombie Poptartzx (334)By person wrote:

    Thank you :) and my secret is just years and years of practice Dear. You get sick of hearing "what's wrong?" after a while lol

  • haunted On Tuesday, June 4, 2013, haunted (851)By person wrote:

    wow! this was intense to read and the ending really kicked ass! awesome miss zombie!

  • xZombie Poptartzx On Tuesday, June 4, 2013, xZombie Poptartzx (334)By person wrote:

    Thank you ^.^

  • A former member wrote: Smiles... The most widely successful deception in the world. Help is not so easy to accept, few people really get that... Damned good write.

  • xZombie Poptartzx On Sunday, July 21, 2013, xZombie Poptartzx (334)By person wrote:

    Thank you ♥

  • Devilish On Tuesday, June 4, 2013, Devilish (2662)By person wrote:

    Wow baby girl.. there you are.. long time no see.. i love your poetry as i love you ... glad your back.. Scholar

  • xZombie Poptartzx On Tuesday, June 4, 2013, xZombie Poptartzx (334)By person wrote:

    Thank you Dev ♥ I missed your sexy ass. We still have yet to write a collab haha one day.. xoxox

  • Star On Tuesday, June 4, 2013, Star (920)By person wrote:

    being pricked by a flower is a devilish thing... it'll send you away sleeping... love the last stanza, by the way. it's so true, well to me it is... beautiful write, chels (:

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