Snowglobe

Written Fall 2008

I hold my breath and wait

To know why I am here

Why my velvet passion flows

Over the undeserving who see right through

My transparent shield

An attemt to hide my inferiority

And sadness

 

Familiarity is my desperate goal

Though all that has been beloved is gone

Dissolved

Like salt into hot liquid from the tap

And I myself will fade

Like clouds

Like stars

Like life into a blank white stare

 

Colors bleed as if entwined with humanity

And my fingers shake

Pale and piercingly cold

Straining forth to touch the outside of the globe

Glass does not bend

But break

And my fragile heart and very soul

Break with it as I push to leave

The realm of isolation I have entered

 

I am reaching for an unknown comfort

An unseen hand

An answer to a question

That has not yet been asked

Happiness is an illusion

Unattainable within fragile confines

That no one is willing to challenge

Reviews

[Girlintheworld]

Happiness is an illusion

Unattainable within fragile confines

That no one is willing to challenge

Those last three lines really sum up my existence as of late. Very touching poem. Easy to relate to. A work of art!

[Everchanging Disaster]

This really gave me goosebumps...Just the fact that someone who can pour their soul onto paper the way you do, complementing me-makes me feel 10 times more accomplished. Your choice of words-i could think of none better. The way you explain small details with vivid imagery like this stanza:

"Though all that has been beloved is gone
Dissolved
Like salt into hot liquid from the tap
And I myself will fade
Like clouds
Like stars
Like life into a blank white stare"

You have the abilty to take my breath away. I feel grateful that I even know you.
*What are you doing at Results...you should be famous.