Poems

So in Washburn we're doing a poetry unit. Last year poetry was sooo ruined for me. It was boring and so cut and dried. So, i was not so excited to start this. But, IT IS AWESOME.
I hafta write:
a free verse, a ballad, an ODE, a sonnet, a limerick, a haiku, a lyric, and a elegy. i wrote my lyric today, so i thought i'd post it. just for funnsies.

here it is. it's called Once Upon a Time. (it sounds much better when i put the intended tune to it, btw.)

Kicked and torn and beaten,

My heart will never ever be the same.

It kills me deep inside, every single time I hear your name.

You look me in the eye as I pass by,

Your eyes are shouting obscenities and lies.

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I still have not forgotten,

Every time you ripped my heart from my chest.

I swear I did my best.

But my best just wasn’t good enough for you.

So please, please tell me, what did I do to you?

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I was content being invisible.

I was happy to be ignored.

But still, I was trapped in that cell,

Where you made my life a living hell.

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Once upon a time,

I had a form of release.

Once upon a time,

My heart was still in one piece.

But that story ended,

That book is closed,

And my happy ever after

Is once upon a time.

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My life, just for a while, began to cease in meaning.

I was crying and praying for real life to start again.

And I began to depend

On the memories of way back when…

It didn’t matter much back then.

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You singled me out.

You made me play your stupid victim.

So then, up ‘til now, I was subjected to criticism.

You gave me your label—didn’t matter what I thought,

Because apparently my ending had already been bought.

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I was content being invisible.

I was happy to be ignored.

But I was forced to play along.

You made me dance to the beat of your song.

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Once upon a time,

I had a form of release.

Once upon a time,

My heart was still in one piece.

But that story ended,

That book is closed,

And my happy ever after

Is once upon a time.

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And now, when I see you,

Unearned hatred in your eyes,

I remember the times when I almost told me life goodbye.

Because of you, because of you.

It was all because of you.

Your words are trapped inside my mind.

Opinions turn to fact,

And I can’t distinguish

The difference.

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My happy ever after

Is just once upon a time.

that's all for now.
lotta love,
Alyssa