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Snow Globe

January 8, 2015
By AlexTheGreat PLATINUM, Morganfield, Kentucky
AlexTheGreat PLATINUM, Morganfield, Kentucky
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Favorite Quote:
"And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it…"


- Roald Dahl


Lifeless tree limbs prick my tongue
With every word I speak,
And snow melt fills my eyes.

I live in a world of wonder, they say,
But I am a narcissus; I see only my own life.
And I know myself more than most-
Enough to look inside.

I peel myself open with a rigid, little feeling.
I pick myself up, and I heave myself inside.
I shiver, not from cold
Or snow or rain or ice.
I shiver from the beauty and fear
That echoes somewhere deep inside.

I think that maybe sorrow is at my core.
I stand in eternal winter, as I stare at it now;
My heart is a snow globe
With endless gray skies.
I revel in my sadness,
Because I know it’s real.
It feels so very good
To know that I am numb enough to feel.

I long for no fire,
No spark to light the way.
I’ll lose myself here,
And here I will stay.

The outside is never pleasing,
So I choose to live alone
In this wilderness inside myself
That I am happy to call home.

My heart bleeds a staggering red,
So stark against the white.
I travel farther still, of course,
For I have no will or hope or time.

This is who I am:
White, gray and red.
This is where I go.

My heart is in a freezer,
Preserving its dreaded love.
I stay here to keep it company
As I sit here in the snow.

 


 


The author's comments:

Well, I tried to be as honest as possible with this one. I really do revel in my own sadness. Sorrow is just so...nice.


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