Hourglass

by Alanis   Aug 24, 2012


Bring forth the sun to this place of darkness.
Let her tears be transformed in to joyous laughter.
May her ragged cloths of black be turned To a
Dress of pure gold. She may be just a child.
She may be an orphan. Look past her mask.
Her mask of fake smiles and forced out
Laughter. Look at her pain beneath her skin.
Her hurt and brokenness. She wants help
But is too afraid to ask. To afraid to be called
A liar and be ridiculed by those around her.
But what does she have in these poor times?
Parents that threw her away? Fake friends
Who would cast her aside at any given moment?
Where would she end up? For now she lives every day
Hoping death would come sooner. That her day she goes is peaceful

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  • 11 years ago

    by Xanthe

    I agree; death is never the answer. It may seem so hopeless some times in our lives but that just shows that there will be hetter times. Poetry is a really good outlet of overwhelming emotions and you did so well here.

    "Bring forth the sun to this place of darkness.
    Let her tears be transformed in to joyous
    laughter."

    in to -- into
    I love how you started this, 'bring forth' is so poetic. Yet it is somehow undermined by cliche. 'Place of darkness' and the idea of tears transforming into laughter are overused. You chose to place this under dark poems. With dark poetry, you can let your imagination wander; be creative, be unique, surprise the readers. It is like a good excuse of using hyperbole lol. But do use it subtly. Not asking you to change anything here, but just a piece of advice. :)

    "May her ragged cloths of black be turned To
    a
    Dress of pure gold."

    Cloths -- clothes?
    I'd say black is too generic, too trite. However, the juxtapostion with gold worked really well. Great job with that. I'm guessing pure gold is a metaphor for hope perhaps; clothed in hope - filled.

    ". She may be just a child.
    She may be an orphan. Look past her mask.
    Her mask of fake smiles and forced out
    Laughter. "

    I'm not sure about the short sentence structure you have here. They don't connect very well. You coupd use conjunctions or punctuation and it'll flow much better. But just my opinion..
    Not too keen on 'fake smiles' and 'forced out laughter'. As well as the mask concept; too overused..

    ". Look at her pain beneath her skin."

    This is an example of how repetition could weaken a piece. It is quite redundant. You could change the first 'her' to: the, it will be understandable that the 'pain' is hers since you state that afterwards.

    "Her hurt and brokenness."

    This could easily be connected with the previous line as you are referring to the person to look at these too, right? A semi-colon would work. Then again, I'm not sure about 'brokenness' it sounds awkward. Is it a word?

    "She wants help
    But is too afraid to ask. To afraid to be
    called
    A liar and be ridiculed by those around her."

    to afraid -- too
    this is an injection of powerful emotions. Works to a degree.

    "But what does she have in these poor
    times?"

    poor times.. hm..

    "Parents that threw her away?"

    that -- who
    parents are people.

    ". That her / day she goes is peaceful"

    her -- the

    --
    Other thoughts: you don't need to capitalise each beginning letter. It is considered a grammatical error these days, probably wasn't in Shakespeare's time lol. But it is distracting.
    Also, you could work on the structure/format of this piece because it's a little long and there are so many ideas, shifts in tone/voice, so it is needed.

    Overall, I really like this. It's saddening that a lot of people are turning to suicide these days, especially the youth. Telling them to 'look at the brighter side' wouldn't do much, would it?
    Keep writing. It helps.

    • 11 years ago

      by Alanis

      Thanx for the comment ^^ I'll fix it but would mind looking over it when I'm done?

  • 11 years ago

    by Lostlove1

    I find this full of sadness much more than darkness. You have penned your sorrow very well in this poem :)

    • 11 years ago

      by Alanis

      Thank you Lost love

  • 11 years ago

    by Janis

    Awesome work ^^ Loved your imaginary and great metaphors! Sad story, although it`s even more sad that now people get used to be like this and keeps thinking its okay to feel bad... But really you did well at portraying it, and try to keep your chin up will be okay ^^

    • 11 years ago

      by Alanis

      Thank you :D!

  • 11 years ago

    by Karla

    Death is never the answer. But I ask you: how many times do we have to die in order to be alive?Take care.