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Blackened Hearts MAG

September 20, 2009
By SaintJamesHallow PLATINUM, Sequim, Washington
SaintJamesHallow PLATINUM, Sequim, Washington
26 articles 1 photo 12 comments

when i was young
i believed my heart was shaped
just the way they portrayed it
on the television
and it was painted red
like a brick house

but lately i've learned
it's been sprayed black
from the bruises it's taken
it's shaken
i was mistaken
you make it pulse at times
but without you it's dead
without the beat it used to have
the chains have held it down
from falling out of my chest
it can't hold on any longer
it's dead and blackened
from your disgusting way
of loving me

mayday mayday
i'm going down
i was shot with an arrow
the engine has failed
i'm burning! burning …
someone explain
the pain
it's a shame
to have to ask you
to tell me the truth
do you love me?

was it fate?
is this a joke?
am i a fool?
for loving you?
am i doomed?
why can't you answer me?
i haven't even sewed your lips shut
to stop the lies
not yet
so answer me!

lately i've learned
it's been sprayed black
from the bruises it's taken
it's shaken
i was mistaken
you make it pulse at times
but without you it's dead
without the beat it used to have
the chains have held it down
from falling out of my chest
it can't hold on any longer
it's dead and blackened
from your disgusting way
of loving me

love me
kill me
just shoot me
i'm burning in your eyes
throw me the gasoline!
watch me burn!

lately i've learned
it's been sprayed black
from the bruises it's taken
it's shaken
i was mistaken
you make it pulse at times
but without you it's dead
without the beat it used to have
the chains have held it down
from falling out of my chest
it can't hold on any longer
it's dead and blackened
from your disgusting way
of loving me



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on Mar. 9 2010 at 1:05 pm
princessXcupcake SILVER, Brownsdale, Minnesota
5 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
A kid in my grade told me this one day in gym..."okay Mr. My Pants Are Too Tight." One...too bad I'm not a Mr. and two, my pants are skinny jeans, of course they're tight! lmao

I am so jealous! I wish I could write poetry like you can. I just dont have the great talent like you have. ♥

on Mar. 8 2010 at 1:06 pm
ClockworkLightbulb SILVER, Nottingham, Other
8 articles 5 photos 36 comments
This is really good :D well done for getting in the magazine

2britt13 said...
on Mar. 8 2010 at 11:43 am
2britt13, Parkesburg, Pennsylvania
0 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Life sucks, and then you die." Jacob Black-Breaking Dawn
"Stupid is as stupid does."Forest Gump
"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."Forest Gump

I thought it was very good. It says a lot about life.

Lonleydandy said...
on Mar. 2 2010 at 8:35 pm
Congrats on making it into the magazine :D

on Mar. 2 2010 at 1:39 pm
PoetOfNyx16 SILVER, Port Angeles, Washington
8 articles 0 photos 13 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."

wow, i always knew it was something about sequim that produced great poets. thats my home town!! great poem ST. James

bmmseb said...
on Mar. 2 2010 at 9:37 am
great poem idk hw you cn reit sumfin dat good i wish i could write sufin dat pimpin ha great poem i luvvv it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bmmseb said...
on Mar. 2 2010 at 9:35 am
great poem itz amazin idk hw you could reie sumfin dat good i luvvvvvvv it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BMMSVJ said...
on Mar. 2 2010 at 9:31 am
I LOVE THIS POEM IT SHOWS HOW ONE PERSON COULD CHANGE THE HEART OF ANOTHER !!!

on Jan. 26 2010 at 4:36 pm
rebeldiamond1313kd GOLD, Franklin, Tennessee
18 articles 0 photos 143 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If you look in the mirror and don't like what you see. You can find out first hand what it's like to be me!" -"The End." -My Chemical Romance

Wow this is very good. I marked it as one of my favourites.

on Jan. 21 2010 at 5:15 pm
thank you, (that is really good)

on Nov. 16 2009 at 12:37 am
Wow brother, you have a way with words. I love you Stevo!

on Oct. 3 2009 at 11:57 am
Titan12339 SILVER, Bellbrook, Ohio
7 articles 0 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I dwell in chaos, for love is madness." Jason Storm, son of Chaos god of darkness and madness In a Camp Half Blood RP.

I like it, great theme and choice of words. But they need to add a genre for the songs, if i read it i make it sound klike a rock song almost, but what if you had thought of it more as a slow saong, just a thought

but nonetheless good would love to read more

mladdissa said...
on Sep. 30 2009 at 1:23 pm
We think that you should make the begining more interesting. But still it's good!

on Sep. 29 2009 at 10:34 pm
Very powerful. I feel related to it but can't find the words to describe it. It takes you by storm with emotional feelings you've felt before but have never realized you had. Great Job.