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loser's lament

October 3, 2019
By Clem PLATINUM, Asheville, North Carolina
Clem PLATINUM, Asheville, North Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
"and nothing can harm you... unless you change yourself into a thing of harm, nothing can harm you."


i didn’t remember

i cannot forget

that old derry song of

a loser’s lament.

 

a rag-tag ensemble

with worn and torn eyes

an unfinished puzzle

my girl and my guys

 

a restaurant visit

where we reminisce

you tell me you’re married

a punch i don’t miss

 

the fight started earlier

than we’d admit

and they held me back

whilst i yelled at a kid

 

[27 years apart and yet i knew

we stay the way we are

as losers tend to do.]

 

i knew that he froze when

he felt so afraid,

like his heart would explode

if he moved any way.

 

she gave him a weapon

to keep safe and sound –

and, too, for this use

of to kill an old clown.

 

we retreated together

an unlikely pair

so close i could kiss you

if only i’d dared

 

you saved me, i saw it

you brave, stupid man

if only i’d paid a spot

more attention

 

[27 years apart and yet i lost

the chance to hold you tightly

and tell you what you cost.]

 

your blood stained my glasses

i wish i could see

for the last moments with you

are red and blurry.

 

we crawled from the sewers

my best friends and i

the light from the sun burned

our dark natured eyes

 

we entered as six and

we left sans adieu

my love’s in the rubble

my heart burns there too.

 

i wish i’d remember

i swore to forget

the old derry song of

a lover’s lament.


The author's comments:

based on it chapter 2 :)


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on Oct. 14 2019 at 12:57 pm
BillCipherTheDreamDemon, Eighty-Four, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity..."
- Edgar Allan Poe

im about to cry
what i perceive from this song is richie never telling eddie he loved him before eddie died when they killed It
perfect rhyme and emotion,this was amazing