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Escape

December 25, 2013
By author_musical PLATINUM, Torrington, Wyoming
author_musical PLATINUM, Torrington, Wyoming
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Favorite Quote:
Sweetie, if you're going to be two faced, at least make one of them pretty. - Marilyn Monroe


You strum my strings
If I pluck on your heartstrings
Will you strum on mine?
I don't want to feel dead anymore
I'm not afraid anymore
Tonight I'm breaking out
Of this old haunted house
The ghosts of the past
Haunt my every step
Someone measures every move I make
All the way to point B from point A
And I must please them
I must be perfect
Fix your posture
Fix your hair
Pull out your music and sit
Chat and make nice, these are your friends
I don't like reality
Thank goodness I don't live there
It's a lovely place,
But wouldn't you rather
Visit a ruby redwood tree?
Or meet climbing velvet ivy?
Strong, smart, pretty
Weak, crying, broken
Which would you like today, madame?
The truth or a lie?
How about both?
I'm fine
I'm lying
As pain is to me like you were to her
I will be the newest angel
You go save galaxies
I'll wait right here
Until you soar back to me
Let me grab the tickets
I'll be Bonnie
You be Clyde
We can steal the snow
And build a snow house
With no ghosts
And easy escape
We can escape
Let me pack my things
Let me shake off the dust
And break the chains
We'll escape


The author's comments:
A compilation of emotions, Plant Life by Owl City, and Guitar Notes. Just kind of wanting to escape being mediocre.

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on Feb. 25 2014 at 11:03 pm
author_musical PLATINUM, Torrington, Wyoming
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Favorite Quote:
Sweetie, if you're going to be two faced, at least make one of them pretty. - Marilyn Monroe

that pretty much describes me, by the way. i realize that it jumped a bit, but so do my emotions. so while you might think it's jumping around and confusing, i think it's perfect.

on Jan. 11 2014 at 5:02 pm
EmmaClaire0823 GOLD, Bay Minette, Alabama
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Favorite Quote:
"Be the change you wish to see in the world."

This poem was a bit confusing for me, because it went from instruments and heartstrings to ghosts and haunted houses. You seemed to jump around a lot in my opinion, and I couldn't quite follow your train of thought. At first it seems you want a boyfriend, because your lonley, and then it appears that you are tired of being someone you aren't and want to leave reality. It just seems very jumpy to me.