Glass Wedding

by Whiskurz   Aug 30, 2012


She sits all alone in an empty room
And silently watches it rain
She draws with her finger, a bride and groom
In her breath that's on the pane

Only seven years old, and already grown
The chemo caused her to age
She'll never grow up and live on her own
She feels like she's trapped in a cage

She searches the window for locks of gold
Her reflection announces her shame
Her hair is all gone, she starts to look old
The cancer alone is the blame

Her breath once more, covers the glass
As a tear escapes to her cheek
She draws with her finger a stone in the grass
Her body keeps growing so weak

With one last breath she closes her eyes
And listens once more to the rain
She doesn't exhale, the little girl dies
Overcome by her horrible pain

A groom stands alone, frozen in glass
His bride was laid in the ground
Beside him stands a stone in the grass
Where the bride on the window is found

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  • 3 years ago

    by Paul H

    Truly superb storytelling! Utterly enthralling read.

  • 12 years ago

    by Darren

    This is superb, such detail and such sadness, It's a shame I have used my 3 votes this week as I would have nominated it.
    So I will add you to my favourite authors and keep an eye out for anything new.

    The pace and flow of this is fantatsic, it is so tight there are no words that don't earn their place and you tell the story really well.

    definate 5/5

  • 12 years ago

    by myonlymoon

    Very well written! 5/5

  • 12 years ago

    by Hellon

    This is such a sad write but the idea was very original IMO....I know I used to draw smiley faces on the window years ago but...to combine this within the story of someone who will never be old enough to get married was just amazing. I loved the flow throughout the verse...very well done with this one!

  • 12 years ago

    by Lyndy

    Wow this is really nice..the flow is great and the rhyming is wonderful
    a sad story though..I almost cried while reading it..is this a true story?
    nice choice of words and metaphor
    I can't really make corrections because I think it's great the way it is

    good job
    keep writing

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