Painting Our Wallpaper Black

by Selfrejected   Mar 15, 2012


We are all memories old
Someone's shadow in tow
Parts of a whole some wish to not let go

This night a truce in our treason
A dark street in the sun light
Darling, I've wasted too much time
Looking for what I seek
To have you bleed me
Woke today to talk you out of all my dreams
To shut the door and swallow the key
'Cause this song you sing, this beat you lead
It drains all but the very last of me
I've hummed along for far too long
Held on to history forgotten
But to remember where this started; now... that's disheartening

We're all shadows in tow
Memories old
Parts of a whole some wish to let go

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  • 11 years ago

    by Allie

    This is amazing, you really have a talent for poetry.

  • 12 years ago

    by Amreen

    This is beautiful! much like a song:)
    Lovely:)

  • 12 years ago

    by Xanthe

    The title: Painting our Wallpaper Black
    ---Really pulled me to read this. It's somewhat sinister. A wallpaper is most commonly light in color, and painting the wallpaper black would make the room gloomy and dark. It's like making your world dark, or submerging your whole world in darkness. Very creative..
    "We are all memories old
    Someones shadow in tow"---WOW just wow. The first lines already captivated me. I just wish you'd add an apostrophe in 'someones'= someone's.
    "To shut the door and swallow the key
    'Cause this song you sing, this beat you lead
    It drains all but the very last of me
    I've hummed along for far too long
    Held on to history forgotten"
    ---Really powerful lines!! I love this. I liken this to someone who's been following someone for far too long, and have forgotten to lead their own lives. Take a 'die-hard' fan for example. Praising a celebrity/singer/actor is quite normal, perhaps a person admires them for their success, but if you continue to 'follow' them and copy them, trying to live their lives, sooner or later, you'll forget who you really are..
    Well, sorry for babbling, but I absolutely love this piece. Keep writing :)
    -X
    PS. I'm also fond of the repetition of lines in the end. Makes this piece whole. Great job! 5/5

  • 12 years ago

    by Yrem Crish

    Beautifully written, great work",

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