I didn't know my heart was made of bone:
Forever hollow. Empty. So unfeeling.
Who knew that aching, breaking all alone
Would make me feel like I have not been healing?
I didn't know my heart was just a ghost:
Transparent. Dead. A mere illusion. Gone.
Who knew that dancing, prancing like a host
Would make me feel so lost and so withdrawn?
Who knew that you would leave me waiting here
On some small, distant shore 'til I've gone mad?
Who knew that you would whisper lies I'd hear,
These fantasies I wish I never had?
Oh yes, indeed, who knew that you would be
The very bane of I, myself, and me?
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Hey guys! 2nd part of the backlog poems is here!
This one was started a month ago, since I left the area I lived in, and I only just finished it today along with the last poem I am posting today. I just couldn't finish it cause it was hard to get back into this mindset and I wasn't sure what direction I wante to go in and also what to really put. There's some parts that don't feel as strong but I blame the fact that I was trying to fit what I had written before instead of either redoing it or just starting from scratch. But I still enjoy it in its own way and I want to post it to show my continuing journey of writing poetry. There might come a time I might go back and fix this one or I want to keep it as a capsule of my abilities who knows.
Anyways, to the poem itself. It is a kind of somber part two to the angry/reactionary blank verse 'A Crane with the Bite of a Cobra' I posted earlier, but this is a sonnet because I thought this part would be better that way. I wanted a lot of repetition and parallels in this one to reinforce all these things I didn't know (but secretly a part of me did hence the title).
For all its flaws, I still love it, especially the title that just came to me last (usually my titles are last because I try to think of a good title that goes with the piece) but this one was different from the others because normally I try to use the poem's lines as titles, but I tried something slightly different that reflect the mood of the poem but also is not exactly what is in the poem, and I think it works.
Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy my sonnet! <3
This one was started a month ago, since I left the area I lived in, and I only just finished it today along with the last poem I am posting today. I just couldn't finish it cause it was hard to get back into this mindset and I wasn't sure what direction I wante to go in and also what to really put. There's some parts that don't feel as strong but I blame the fact that I was trying to fit what I had written before instead of either redoing it or just starting from scratch. But I still enjoy it in its own way and I want to post it to show my continuing journey of writing poetry. There might come a time I might go back and fix this one or I want to keep it as a capsule of my abilities who knows.
Anyways, to the poem itself. It is a kind of somber part two to the angry/reactionary blank verse 'A Crane with the Bite of a Cobra' I posted earlier, but this is a sonnet because I thought this part would be better that way. I wanted a lot of repetition and parallels in this one to reinforce all these things I didn't know (but secretly a part of me did hence the title).
For all its flaws, I still love it, especially the title that just came to me last (usually my titles are last because I try to think of a good title that goes with the piece) but this one was different from the others because normally I try to use the poem's lines as titles, but I tried something slightly different that reflect the mood of the poem but also is not exactly what is in the poem, and I think it works.
Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy my sonnet! <3
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