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hearts for me

i keep my secrets .....................................................folded up
in the red of my heart, where there is no boundry.
You can dream until your bones ache
and dream until your vision blurs.
but my ............................................................................secrets
escape to my skull
where they stomp
and yell
where they........................................................................ beg
to escape.
stupid girl,
keep it contained.
you have.....................................................................this heart
in your pocket and another around your neck.
let your head explode
and hearts will whither
and hearts will bend.
i want.......................................................................................to
unfold my dreams
and lay them out in front of me
but my skull is a jail cell
locked up and those
hearts...................................................................... have the key

About This Poem

Last Few Words: well that's that. Not very happy with it yet. editing tips would be fabulous.

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Region, Country: New York, U.S., USA

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Eduardo Cruz

Eduardo Cruz

13 years 2 months ago

Star,

The heart seems to have its own mind
And if we ware it around our neck
We are even more valnerible to all the aches

You still have so much love and disappointment
To live, but I know that some great poetry
Will come of it.
Very beautiful write, I just don't like the existanded
Lines, but that's just me.

Chicky

Starlight

Starlight

13 years 2 months ago

thanks!

and the extended lines is just how i write, It just comes to me that way, no idea why. :)

Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

13 years 2 months ago

Is this a dance in words,

Is this a dance in words, where you hesitate just like the foxtrot before plunging on?
The only extended word that was disappointing was the 'to,' where the 'folded up'
was so visual and neat. I haven't seen a poem written in this manner before and
am not sure about it either, but leave that to experts to decide.

Interesting poem idea, I shall have to look a little longer to suggest anything.
For now cheers
Nordic cloud.

Starlight

Starlight

13 years 2 months ago

Thanks:)

thanks for reading. i tend to feel most comfortable writing in this strange an odd form.

emogothgirl

emogothgirl

13 years 2 months ago

oooooh, guuurrrrl

okay. i know being cryptic is oh so much fun, but now i see how annoying it is for everyone else :) you make me wonder!!!
mag

Starlight

Starlight

13 years 2 months ago

pffft!

. i make the great magma wonder? hmm imagine that >:)