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Spineless Worm

March 15, 2013
By LexusMarie PLATINUM, Las Cruces, New Mexico
LexusMarie PLATINUM, Las Cruces, New Mexico
27 articles 0 photos 423 comments

Favorite Quote:
The more control you have over yourself, the less control others have over you.


I saw you from a distance
you did not know I was there.
You look the same as you have before,
but today there is something more.

Where to begin I am unsure
the love I used to offer you was radiant, but reflected in my eyes.
At the sight of you I tremble
my dying love I can't disguise.

In a web of thoughts my soul is caught.
I try to blot the tenderness of my missing someone heart,
but as I try I see that there is no good place to start.
The story my eyes are telling me is a book you would not read.

Your personality was something most could walk through like a ghost;
though I tried like all the rest, I found in you your very best.
Had I known then the result after our first encounter I might have given up-
I guess that I thought you might be a diamond in the rough.

As I give you my very last glance, I taste the salt of a tear you don't deserve.
The wasted time I have spent on you
the pretty lies and the ugly truth.
You are even less than a narcissistic worm.



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on Jul. 10 2013 at 10:06 pm
SoulPoetry PLATINUM, Sierra Madre, California
29 articles 4 photos 69 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I will work harder" (animal farm boxer the horse)

The third stanza<3 Call me weird but i read that stanza first. :P The entire poem really kept my attention and the feelings in the piece popped! This is one of your best works (3rd actually, other two are $50 Colonge and Dance of the Souls) I'm so in love with your poetry and they will totally be known worldwide :) keep up the wondeful job and stay awesome. We need to chat soon! well great job :D

swat17 SILVER said...
on Apr. 14 2013 at 6:19 pm
swat17 SILVER, Mineral, Virginia
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First of all, I loved how you referenced eyes in one way or another in almost every stanza. It made the entire story even more personal and relatable! Your metaphors are awesome, you're a great writer!

Mckay ELITE said...
on Apr. 3 2013 at 2:06 pm
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
146 articles 0 photos 2230 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
—Apple’s “Think Different” commercial, 1997
“Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn't understood.”
― Weihui Zhou

Very creative. The title is very original. I like it. The second stanza is by far my favorite. And the beginning of the 3rd stanza is priceless. 

on Apr. 2 2013 at 3:52 pm
laurengerhard SILVER, South Windsor, Connecticut
8 articles 0 photos 124 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I am gone quite mad with the knowledge of accepting the overwhelming number of things I can never know, places I can never go, and people I can never be." -Sylvia Plath

I'm in love with the line "your personality was something most could walk through like a ghost". Very well done!

on Mar. 31 2013 at 11:24 am
LexusMarie PLATINUM, Las Cruces, New Mexico
27 articles 0 photos 423 comments

Favorite Quote:
The more control you have over yourself, the less control others have over you.

Thank you so much! I'm glad you like it!

on Mar. 31 2013 at 10:46 am
writergirl36 GOLD, Chattanooga, Tennessee
14 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain!"

This is a beautiful piece!!! It is very relatable, and I loved your descriptions!!!