The Creeping Fear

by sibyllene   Jan 30, 2011


Sometimes I wonder
if I'm nothing more than
a curio cabinet,
rambling and rattling,

holding only
people's discarded objects,
their stolen moments,
their lost memories
rolling in a drawer.

I wonder if I'm all
unmatched socks and
loose buttons and love letters
found trampled in the slush.

I wonder if I'm held together with
wood and echoes,
and nothing else besides.

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  • 12 years ago

    by Poetic Grunt

    Good poem.... not my style but its still pretty damn good

  • 13 years ago

    by Jordan

    5 words.

    how
    do
    you
    do
    it

    I know all to well what would inspire you to pick such a topic. You're a human. A very intelligent one at that. What I can't figure out for the life of me is how you would ever use a curio cabinet to embellish a topic which is naturally invigorating to begin.

    My mind is not blown in the slightest by the concept but rather your unwavering ability to take something so ordinary and manipulate it just so.

    Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

    Refreshing. Fantastic. Have my babies. (Just kidding about the last part. Sort of.)

  • 13 years ago

    by Sungrl And Mrs Whatsit

    Well.....Wondering is good...however..
    Trust me, you
    are held together
    by wood,
    and by echoes, yes,
    and
    So much More
    I personally cannot name but-
    I Know.
    '-)

  • 13 years ago

    by Courageous Dreamer

    I loved this, I saw a lot of potential meaning though. The first I saw was a metaphor being used. We all have that drawer that's cluttered with useless, random objects. I really loved that you used that as a metaphor here to advance the message that you really don't mean much to someone or anyone, for you question if you are those unmatched socks, etc. I also got another thought from this poem, that you feel like so much gets thrown at you, almost like if you're too nice you always get the bad end of the deal kinda thing. You feel discarded I suppose. Forgotten. I don't know. This poem really made me think although it was really straight forward. I like poems with potentially more meanings than one. Interesting to try to discover the true meaning. Thought provoking. Excellent.