My Eraser's Gone

The thing I kept so close to me
is gone,
misplaced,
I don't know what happened to it
my eraser has disappeared,
now I have to be perfect,
and make no mistakes;
all because my erasers gone
I must live a dull life
without color
or spark!
because I can't erase
bad decisions from my past,
without my eraser
I'm boring like waiting on
paint to dry,
my life is like a slow breeze,
a horrible memory,
that can't be fixed,
all because my eraser's gone

Author's Note

A friend on another writing site suggested to write about losing a(n) eraser, and I came up with this.

Reviews

[Blue Moon Ice Cream]

Interesting take on your friend's suggestion. I like the idea of having to be perfect because you can't fix your mistakes. It seemed like the lines "I'm bored like waiting on / paint to dry" were separated in a weird place, which made them kind of choppy.

[dreaming dame]

I really liked it. all your writing all seem to be almost random, but you always put a story or experiance in it. Love it! :)

[EdgeOfDark]

That was pretty interesting and unusual. I'd say you came up with a good piece ... for having no eraser!

[The old me]

very interesting way of putting this, very good job.

[Elijah Gleaves]

That idea of having to live a certain way and live life error free is very intriguing. It makes one think of how life is and how the decisions we do make influence our future. Nice work

[Shawn Pfister]

I'd tell you that you forgot the apostrophe in eraser's in the 8th line, but what does it matter, you've lost your eraser.

Very cute poem, very simple and yet very deep. Whimsical yet meaningful, not an easy balance to achieve.

[guiltyascharged]

You put new meaning to erasers! You're very creative and I never owuld have thought about this. I love this, because it shows some things can be erased by happier things and when the happier things vanish, you don't have anything to conceal bad memories. I really enjoyed reading this and this was a good write!

[Clay Feet]

You shed a new light on erasers. I find myself too stupid to use them and rush in where angels fear to tread. Seems as though I've chewed the erasers off all of my pencils.

Really a nice concept and quite original thinking in your excellent writing.

[Jake Staffeld]

This is a cool view on losing an eraser. I like how the eraser stands for so much more.

[Coffee Vampier]

You are quite a lovely young writer. I love to see new perspectives, it shows how different and special we all are. the idea of a picture representing our life shows you have a very creative mind and one to be valued. Now a mistake is only a thing that we must learn from. it is something that must happen in order for us to grow. to erase a mistake would be bad for we would never be able too look back upon it. not being able to look back on something such as a mistake would be bother some for we all would continue to make the same mistakes over again

[November Gold]

Some mistakes are meant to be made, so that we have an opportunity to learn from them and create something more beautiful the next time ;) So sometimes losing that eraser is a blessing in disguise. Nice write :)