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Damsel in Distress

greenie's picture

I am cloistered here
and for once
in my life,
no one is arriving
to pull me out
with bells and whistles,
ropes and boquettes
of peonies.

I appear
to have tossed
all the bedsheet ladders
out the window
in favor of the
stairs,
only to find
that there are none.

Silence
is a lonely word,
a still one,
and it seems
to me that jumping
out the window
would be
very silent,
in the end.

mixedmusic333's picture

I'm pretty bad at

Submitted by mixedmusic333 on June 26, 2008 - 15:06.

I'm pretty bad at constructive criticism. After reading this I came up with the word "elegant", which is completely is.

I also love the phrase "bedsheet ladders".

perspiciens's picture

this is very beautiful yet

Submitted by perspiciens on June 27, 2008 - 15:29.

this is very beautiful yet melancholy at the same time. i like it.

--perspiciens--

Ú i vethed nâ i onnad. Si boe ú-dhanna. Ae ú-esteli, esteliach nad.
-Evenstar

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