PAST

by jescelle   Apr 7, 2009


Slip. Fall. Crash.
Land inside the PAST.
Relinquished light, an instant flight-
Re-opened wounds to gash.
Invisible tapes reel in rewind,
Living in reverse to find,
Missing pages, Can't erase it,
Need it just to calm my mind.

Floating. Sinking. Breathing hate.
Doting. Winking. Teasing fate.

Spindle's pricking, clotting love.
Loathing every part but blood.
Watch it crumble, never stumble,
Kiss goodbye what never was.
What's hidden in ash was placed in flame.
Extinguished soul in a tiny frame.
Keeping. Weeping. Sweeping away-
Raped. Escaped. But still remains.

Forget to remember the steps in slow motion,
Move back to move forward, make love to this Ocean.

Coax it tender; expect regression.
Hide the marks and fake perfection.
Corrupted. Erupted. Obstructed the path.
Blinding, boiling inferno's of wrath.
Lava burns cold on heartless skin.
Turned black by tar, flashbacks of sin.
Make up the game but never win.
MOVE and the gravity pulls you in.

One false step, reveal what's kept,
Hidden. Forbidden. Slip. Fall. Crash.
Quicksand's gate permit's the fate,
Death; A breath of volcanic ash.
Let the Ocean Douse the dust,
Cement to prevent whatever you must.
Preserve a spot that stays untouched,
And forget to remember the PAST.

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  • 14 years ago

    by Lemma

    Wow check out that awesome rhythm! It's like "punch punch pow!" Very very effective with great use of vocab, rhyme and varied stanza length. One line that jumped out at me for a reason I can't put my finger on was "make up the game but never win." It was just awesome. If I could give this a 6 I would. Definitely going into my list of favourite poems and you're now on my list of favourite authors. Thanks for this one!

  • 14 years ago

    by Teria

    Love it

    Especially;
    "Extinguished soul in a tiny frame.
    Keeping. Weeping. Sweeping away-
    Raped. Escaped. But still remains."
    And, the last line is like BOOM

    Very catchy. Very Nice. Amazing poem

  • 14 years ago

    by Michael D Nalley

    Amazing flow rhythm & rhyme sharing in a general way mostly the dark past

    You really have great style
    5>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

  • 15 years ago

    by Kristina

    Wow! This is a really good poem. I enjoyed reading it very much. I think you did a wonderful job on it. Keep on writing! 5/5

    ~Kristina

  • 15 years ago

    by Karl Wild GG23

    My style in almost every poem is to rhyme and keep the flow perfect. I feel the great writers can get the same message across while rhyming as others do without. This was a unique poem and the word play was excellent. anybody can write a 6 line poem and have somebody give them a 5/5 but this one earns it nice work

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