Monday, October 06, 2008

Breakout

I just loved him out of habit.
Regular routines of romance,
my part only,
I played,
my role of rejection
to perfection.

And now I am alone,
I realise
I've been this way for years.
So many tears,
wasted words,
and love
that ricocheted off deaf ears.

No more of not enough,
No more want, unwanted,
Invisible no more.

No more.

He's opened the cage door.

I'm out, I'm up,
in terrifying shades of blue.
He looks so small from here,
can hardly see him now.
My wings are stronger than I knew.
Gliding, climbing, falling, soaring,
I sing to the sky,
dance with the clouds.
My broken heart still beats,
it pounds,
and sounds,
like destiny.

2 comments:

steven.nash82 said...

Wow! You really are back. This is a really, really strong piece.
My favourite line's got to be:

I'm out, I'm up,
in terrifying shades of blue

That's gorgeous.

This is frightening, sad, optimistic and inspiring all at once - thats an impressive combination to pull off laydee.

The final stanza has an awesome sudden rhythm to it too (i've never been good with that), it really makes you slow down and emphasise each word, so you read with the beat.

You can hear that pounding heart in each syllable.

Congrats dood - ur back x

hodgehedge said...

Meeeeeeaaaaaaaooow!!!
I just loved him out of habit.
Regular routines of romance,
my part only,
I played,
my role of rejection
to perfection.

Go sylvia haha just keep your head out of the oven x