Iris To Ashes

by Baby Rainbow   Jan 22, 2013


Burn my eyes

white with

concentrated bleach

so I cannot

see the past.

Iris to ashes

as my vision

becomes a blur.

And a blank canvas

covered with

emptiness

is all that

shall remain.

Saffie
21

19/1/13

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  • 11 years ago

    by Chelsey

    Holy cow Saffie.....YOUR TITLE has got to be one of my favorite titles Ive ever seen. I had no idea what it meant, then when I read that first stanza I was like, ok ok this is cool where is she going with this...I adore this write....so short, but so incredibly profound, so raw, and serious...You'd think that talking about burning the eyes would be gruesome but you have remained very poetic in this piece and made your poem very easy for us to understand..who doesnt want to erase some aspect of their past? I get that.

    Loved this!