A Life To Dream, A Dream To Live [Acrostic]

Ambitions run through her wild eyes,

Living in the ghetto of her hometown, she`s
Isolated to conformity, vying to break
Free of this one-horse-town and
Escape; become all that she`s ever wanted

To be. The words play over and
Over inside of her head, her

Dream is dying, crystallizing to dust in her
Rapacious heart -- she`s gotta have it all, have
Everything within her grasp. She was one to
Always say she learned the way of life, that
Many don`t have anything at all to live for,

And sometimes, nothing was just enough.

Dusty, cracked-up windows don`t show a
Real enough view of the outside world; suffocation`s
Enveloped around her hazy room, screaming
Ambiguous thoughts into her pounding head. "But
Maybe this beaten down trailer is exactly what I need

To make my dreams come true" she argues under her
Over intoxicated breath; of course, who wins win you`re

Laden with excuses, arguing with yourself? Sturdy
Ivy branches wrap themselves around her wrists,
Vines holding her down, scrambling on the ground, she
Ecstatically slurs: "I need a life to dream, a dream to live."

-Jenna Elphick
September 22, 2007

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Acrostic Poetry is where the first letter of each line spells a word, usually using the same words as in the title.