Waking up to Screams

by Anthony Duvalle   Mar 21, 2008


Can you see them?
Burnt disfigurations on my fingers
Dancing across the strings of my guitar
Playing a song suitable for a hopeless soul
That wishes more to be saved than to breathe
But I cannot find the button to release the hands
That so beautifully wrap around my neck and heart
I did this for you
Can you see that?
To show you I really can feel
I love you
But what has that done for me in the past?
When the sun doesn't rise
Ill give you my heart back
But every morning the light shines through my window
So I pick up my lighter
And I make another scar
It's the only thing that shows me
I really can feel

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  • 17 years ago

    by DreamingOutLoud

    Very creative poem; i like your choice of words.

  • 17 years ago

    by dollwithafrown

    I'm not really sure how I feel about this. It kind of kept me numb, and left me confused as to what I should be feeling. Sympathy is definitely evoked from the reader for the narrator, but there's also a kind of hopelessness there, which is deeply saddening.

    It made me think, however, and for that, I enjoyed it.

  • 17 years ago

    by sweet escape

    1. this poem is really deep.
    2. i think it need a few comas if a few places.
    3.it draws in the readers attention very well.
    4. over all i loved the poem. so i am giving you a 5/5 because i could really care less about the comas and shi* . what matter the most to me is the feeling and meaning behind the words and your had it. GREAT JOB.

  • 17 years ago

    by KemistryKia

    Different but daring im into it
    keep writing cuz i will be reading

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