Recoil.

by Poet on the Piano   Mar 24, 2015


My body isn't a pinball machine,

but I can't know you without loving you. I can't
live between worlds where you cling to me then
singe my fingers on those open lips. Where I flip
between light and night, electrocuting reality
and writing new fiction to institutionalize
myself in.

Can I keep myself down like the third pot of coffee
on an empty heart that's learning to live without
your rebounds; do I have the aptitude to choose
my own happiness without your shadow tracking
me, without your love drowning me in an abyss
where even the angels have never traveled.

I'll stay within your memory, for now, until
you revive my spirit and choose to gamble

on me.

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Written 3/24/15 @ 12:53 PM

Inspired by this quote: "I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad. Or I can go mad by ricocheting in between." - Sylvia Plath

Thanks Saffie for challenging me!

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  • 9 years ago

    by GB

    Weekly contest April 6th
    Judging comment:

    Very interesting perspective, especially with that controversial introduction "
    My body isn't a pinball machine, ".... the quote is interpreted in a very well written piece where the writer used some very interesting vocabularies in the first stanza, and depended on the question in the second stanza to reveal her thoughts, neat layout and very successful ending.

  • 9 years ago

    by Baby Rainbow

    Oh my word!

    How you created this I will never know, your wording skills are incredible!

    Well done on using the quote, I love how creative you made this piece and also how you made it your own and did not just quote the quote in it.

    The words are inspiring, and also very touching. You can tell the passion in the words for life, for love, for being happy and content with life, and with yourself.

    I love the use of the pinball, it really was a great way to portray that ricocheting effect.

    I also liked the creativity of the coffee, and the heart, that was excellently done and I think it was very unique also.

    I think you ended the poem greatly with the mention of taking a gamble, showing that life is about chances, and we never know what they will take us to, but there is only one way to find out.

    Loved this piece, and thank you for writing it!

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