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Venomous Tears

August 10, 2011
By MaggieElaine GOLD, Los Alamos, California
MaggieElaine GOLD, Los Alamos, California
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Favorite Quote:
"As I hide behind these books I read, while scribbling my poetry,
like art could save a wretch like me, with some ideal ideology that no one can hope to achieve.
And I am never real; it is just a sketch of me.
And everything I made is trite and cheap and a waste of paint, of tape, of time." - Bright Eyes


A cold, miserable hand reaches through the night.
Brushing my skin, through my mind.
It steals the happiness I once knew.
I awake with venomous tears.
Incapable heart.
Unwavering hands.
Never ceasing, although reasons there are none.
That hand is all I know,
Yet I know not enough.
They try to help me, though there is no solution.
Let me suffer.
I am the only one who may find a way back to myself.
These venomous tears are mine alone.



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on Nov. 16 2011 at 6:05 pm
MaggieElaine GOLD, Los Alamos, California
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Favorite Quote:
"As I hide behind these books I read, while scribbling my poetry,
like art could save a wretch like me, with some ideal ideology that no one can hope to achieve.
And I am never real; it is just a sketch of me.
And everything I made is trite and cheap and a waste of paint, of tape, of time." - Bright Eyes

Oh, thank you so much (: And of course I will

Lexie96 GOLD said...
on Nov. 6 2011 at 4:32 pm
Lexie96 GOLD, Havana, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
Now Cinderella don't you go to sleep, it's such a bitter form of refuge, oh don't you know the kingdom's under siege, and everbody needs you. - The Killers

I like it and the title really grabbed me... I'm like, okay, it's time to get down to business :) The end is really good, as is the rest of the poem... it molds together very nicely.

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