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Zabira Silver's picture
Submitted by Zabira Silver on Sun, 08/05/2012 - 1:16am

 

i. i warned you that i need to be alone.

you have seen it every time you push,

a wall of dark and stone behind my eyes

that lately,

has been tightening its grip around my mind.

 

ii. every time i try and peel the shell off my skin,

all you tell me is that you are hurt.

i am exposing my true blood to you,

it turns red beneath your ocean breath.

 

iii. this is an event caused by pressure, caused by

indirect suggestion and a forward flood of emotion

bowling me over and burning saltwater into my eyes

i have forgotten which way is up.

 

iv. you have managed to squeeze my heart of its oxygen

and still whisper to it which way to turn.

 

v. i want you out of my head.

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Personal thank you from me

Submitted by doug.demaio on Mon, 08/06/2012 - 9:48am.

Personal thank you from me for these lines-- "you have managed to squeeze my heart of its oxygen/

and still whisper to it which way to turn."

That's a great description. 

 

I'm sure this thought crossed your mind, but why did you go with 4 lines in stanza iii? Kinda breaks the pattern, no? 

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