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January 31, 2010
By HaHmAh12 GOLD, Toledo, Ohio
HaHmAh12 GOLD, Toledo, Ohio
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Favorite Quote:
"At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since." ~Salvador Dali


My mouth pressed shut
Air, speech everything
Builds up
In a silent scream meant for you

Fingers stretching, extending, aching
For your hand
Yours snatches away
From their light touch

I am your shadow
Ignored
Shoved back
Into my corner, what little right
I have to exist

So strangle me
Your invisible stalker
Disdained follower
Caught in light, in form
I am real
But rejected by you

I know you want to rid yourself
Of me, the shadow,
Stealing glances
Tearful, painful expressions
That brim with of fake guilt

Do you know pain?
Do you want to?
Then strangle me
As you do, with each degree
That you turn away

Know my passion –
My cast aside heart,

Your joke
Know my fear –
Sneaking up my spine,
Controlling my mind

It's a sad thing
Pitiful
But I want to follow
Walk beside you even

You have made me
Such a withered, grey, invisibe
Thing
That I can only realize
You would never allow it

So allow me
To grudgingly put gloves over my hands
My yearning wisps of fingers
Tie a mask tight over my shadow lips
Closed shut, clamped, locked
While the words pile up
How they want to spill out

--Sad, slow trudging behind
Framed by glaring, withering light
Or cast in doubt-ridden shadow
I'll follow you,
I promise
You'll never even know I'm there


The author's comments:
This was an english assignment that was supposed to combine repressed homosexuality with "For What It's Worth by Buffalo Springfield. Odd combination? Yes. Fun? Except for the whole being graded on it thing.

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Zolenz DIAMOND said...
on Sep. 6 2013 at 8:57 pm
Zolenz DIAMOND, Musquodoboit Harbour, NS, Other
65 articles 0 photos 173 comments

Favorite Quote:
The pain that have cost us, the evils which have never happened.
- Thomas Jefferson

really really good, haha  

on Mar. 18 2010 at 6:01 pm
fzakeri1205 SILVER, Toledo, Ohio
8 articles 7 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
\"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.\" - e.e. cummings

i LOVE IT. and you. abigail.

on Mar. 5 2010 at 11:22 am
Anna-TheDarkOneInTheCorner, Salem, Oregon
0 articles 1 photo 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I dont know why I cut myself, god, give me a sign or help, I won't cry it'll be fine, I'll take my last breath, push it out my chest, 'till there's nothing left."
"I just wanna say good bye, dissapear with no one knowin'."- hollywood undead

Beautiful. I love it!

INnaturegirl said...
on Mar. 4 2010 at 6:47 am
wow... i love this! amamzing poem great job :D