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RelicHunter97
May 14th, 2011, 12:23 AM
I stare out the window
Slowly Fading
The life force inside me is dissolving in the emotion of it all
Too soon
Too fast
There is nowhere to turn
I am smothered by the rush
The calamity
Is there no one out there who can save me?
There must be
Yet
There isn’t
I am alone
Fearful
I see…
Over the horizon
There is a sign
But ‘tis nothing
There is a sudden noise
I am surprised to learn
It is my own soul
Screaming
Trapped by the nothingness
Then
In the window there is a figure
Death.
But he is not here for me
But for my sociality
My individuality
My personality
I am but a speck in the midst of it all
Then the maid of God sprayed Pledge on the Table of Living
And wiped any trace of me away.

Cynical
May 15th, 2011, 06:01 PM
Good word choice and I enjoyed what the poem meant.

RelicHunter97
May 15th, 2011, 06:02 PM
Thank you for your many thoughts :P

Cosmic
May 15th, 2011, 06:06 PM
You've an impressive vocabulary for someone of your age - an interesting piece, with some nicely thought out images. Keep up the good work, you have a talent here.

Point for future improvement: Consider using grammar more readily to define the flow of the poem and the expression of some lines. This piece felt fragmented due to the structure (not necessarily a criticism), but it also felt a little lost because there was barely any grammatical cues for the reader. More use of commas and dashes would help you here.