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Tainted smile

December 15, 2010
By Saffron_tides GOLD, Dubai, Other
Saffron_tides GOLD, Dubai, Other
14 articles 0 photos 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
My candle burns on both ends,
It will not last the night;
But Ah! my foes and Oh! my friends it gives a lovely light.


It’s all just for me,
My secret, my mystery,
My encryption, my eternity.
It lifts me up when I’ m down;
Something in which I’d love to drown.
Energy surges through my veins,
I’m floating over the clouds;
Yet I’m rooted to the ground.
I can see nothing:
Nothing other than your tainted smile.

On days I don’t see those pearly whites;
I realize why I find it tainted.
It reflects your heart
A painting yet to be painted,
A pain yet to be shared
A love too strong to understand.
Tainted with the fear of loss
Tainted with the pain of the ones you love.
I live to see it every day
And I will see it until I die
No matter what you say
We’ll be together
I promise I’ll always be there
To see your tainted smile.


The author's comments:
Dedicated to all the soapy people out there!

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on Apr. 23 2011 at 6:43 am
Saffron_tides GOLD, Dubai, Other
14 articles 0 photos 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
My candle burns on both ends,
It will not last the night;
But Ah! my foes and Oh! my friends it gives a lovely light.

Thanks for those encouraging words Nina!

Hope you have a great senior year!

Glad to know you liked the poem :))


Nina mathur said...
on Apr. 9 2011 at 9:47 am

Sandhya!!!

This rocks!

Pity we can't put it on the school magazine now!!!!

Missing you guys here at school you were great seniors!


on Apr. 9 2011 at 9:36 am
Saffron_tides GOLD, Dubai, Other
14 articles 0 photos 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
My candle burns on both ends,
It will not last the night;
But Ah! my foes and Oh! my friends it gives a lovely light.

Thanks!

They don't do creative writing in our school.... but we have scholarships for the same. If you get one you'll get trained.


scumbagnot12 said...
on Apr. 9 2011 at 3:27 am

I normally dont comment but dis 1 is reeeeeeeeeelly gud!!!

Keeeeeeep it up!

DO dey teach creative writing in skool?


on Mar. 31 2011 at 12:34 am
Saffron_tides GOLD, Dubai, Other
14 articles 0 photos 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
My candle burns on both ends,
It will not last the night;
But Ah! my foes and Oh! my friends it gives a lovely light.

thanks... nice to know!

on Mar. 31 2011 at 12:32 am
Saffron_tides GOLD, Dubai, Other
14 articles 0 photos 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
My candle burns on both ends,
It will not last the night;
But Ah! my foes and Oh! my friends it gives a lovely light.

THANKS!!

you're right it is a Van Gogh.....

Glad you like it!


ksddf88 said...
on Mar. 31 2011 at 12:29 am

Isn't that a van gogh painting?

Somehow I think that goes perfectly with the poem!

Well done!!


Sime34 said...
on Mar. 31 2011 at 12:27 am

Hey I loved it!!!

Can you write more 'soapy' ones like this?

looks like I found my genre: soapy!!


on Mar. 31 2011 at 12:18 am

Wow! this is great!!

Keep writing...

who is this about?


on Jan. 21 2011 at 12:46 pm
Saffron_tides GOLD, Dubai, Other
14 articles 0 photos 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
My candle burns on both ends,
It will not last the night;
But Ah! my foes and Oh! my friends it gives a lovely light.

* thank 

P.S - did you really like it?


on Jan. 9 2011 at 7:46 pm
SophiaCross SILVER, Plattsburgh, New York
7 articles 3 photos 89 comments

Favorite Quote:
To love, to be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and vulgar disparity of the life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”

This is adorable! I like how it almost condradicts itself...the whole tainted smile part.