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Nicole Joanne Nov 2015
i hate to make a metaphor out of everything,
but we're celestial bodies orbiting out of control.

each day the sun rises with it's own strength
to clear paths and make visible the roads
that she can't even walk on.

the moon rises every night off of the sun's glow,
and not once does he return the favor;
he takes just enough so that gleaming eyes can adore;
the sun is so bright he doesn't even look at her.

when i was younger i read somewhere that
if you're going to do something, give it your all,
or don't do it at all.

and i have religiously lived up to that reading
until i met you.

you attend school just enough so you won't fail - just making it.
you work just enough so you won't get fired -just making it.

and this relationship,
is just making it.
Christine Nov 2015
words.
they're a funny thing.
they can mean
thousands of different things,
each word
a metaphor
for something that is
subtle and unheard of.
but his words--
they are more than just metaphors.
Tsaa Nov 2015
...
do you drown yourself in poetry
to compensate for your misery

do you hide your feelings in verses
because you can't be with that person

do you constantly use metaphors
because you don't know what the truth is for

do you purposely stay miles away
to stay away from the pain that waits
Shileigh22 Nov 2015
A flame is the lonely rage, hidden in the heart of desire. It burns for love and compassion, yet is stoked by the poker of hate,

Corruption is a dragon, greedy and terrifying.

Books are knowledge, inviting and comforting, but filled with the heavy truths of the world.
Just random metaphors that I've written. I''ll add more later.
Shay Nov 2015
The storm came bounding over me with clouds of uncertainty
and howling winds of change like an entity.
Water droplets of despondency drowning me with every bead;
Mother Nature herself cannot stop this blizzard – for it is a clandestine storm, indeed.
Nobody is going to rescue me from this typhoon –
my struggle through this torment will become my greatest triumph soon.
NeroameeAlucard Oct 2015
Stop placing a mask over your feelings keep trying to break the glass ceiling you've placed on your dreams
It seems as if your harsh criticism has locked your thoughts down in a dream bending prism turning them into broken thoughts and shattered ideas the tears of your subconscious are clogging your brain stem
So be honest with yourself and them

Stop the masquerade
Mickey Lucas Oct 2015
Glass on tiles is from broken dishes is from walking home.
Trying to find where you live is picking up jagged pieces is wrapping the **** from the contact of the sharp corner colliding with your skin.
Dropping the plates feels like 8 PM feels like asking you to pass the salt.

Broken mugs are glued together like an antique puzzle,
fragment by fragment found one under the table,
found one I stepped on it.
Almost reversed except for the lines running around it,
the memory and experience also regret.
It still works if you're in need of a mug but always drips a little from a crack the glue couldn't fill.

Bought some new dishes fixed the kitchen sink fixed the glass on the tiles.
Found new tiles found new reasons to break some new dishes.
Forgot to wrap the **** it'll heal anyway
forgot to ask to pass the salt the plates dropped themselves.
Feels like 8 PM feels like 9 feels like 10.
Put the broken dishes away buy some more glue later.
First attempt at conceit poetry, written for a class assignment.
Mila Berlioz Oct 2015
You light up my nights
When it's dark and you appear,
My problems suddenly go away.

Every night I long for you to appear every night
I look for you everywhere
Even in a sky full of stars,
I would only look for you and how your smile makes you shine.

Oh my star, dear star,
Please don't disappear, I need you to light up my nights.
My fingers hit a high note
As each tear fell to the beat
Eyes a foggy
broken window
Of bittersweet defeat
It's an orchestra of sorrow
Suckling a hopeful ****
We lie
and believe in tomorrow
Stumbling down an empty street
For we will always be alone
And you and I
won't ever
meet
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