You were inside my head reading thoughts like an x-ray Obedient to you no more I escaped and ran far away But you lured me back with your bait and switch and before I knew it I was kissing the witch
I am putty in your hands Weakened and malleable Soaked like leather until I am pliable Stretched to the limit on the verge of breaking I am your conquest and my heart, it is aching
She did not scout the darkness Allowing it to lure her into the passage of time Realizing there was no going back Bait and switch Trapped forever living in the past
A chameleon changing colors at whim Playing both sides of the fence Pleasing no one Wounding everyone It was a sin
Did you really want to hurt us all? Those who cared? Use us and abuse us To your own end Perhaps you were oblivious and maybe, just maybe Plain scared?
Your true colors Spanned the rainbow but were hidden from view Thinking we would never understand Concealing who you really were, and never knowing the real you
National Poetry Writing Month Day 18 - April 18th NaPoWriMo Today, I’d like to challenge you to write an elegy of your own, one in which the abstraction of sadness is communicated not through abstract words, but physical detail. This may not be a “fun” prompt, but loss is one of the most universal and human experiences, and some of the world’s most moving art is an effort to understand and deal with it.
Following Dargan’s lead, today we’d like to challenge you to write a poem that incorporates at least one of the following: (1) the villanelle form, (2) lines taken from an outside text, and/or (3) phrases that oppose each other in some way. If you can use two elements, great – and if you can do all three, wow!
I managed two out of three. I chose the Villanelle form (my first attempt!) and the first two lines of the last stanza are taken from “Coming Back To You” by Leonard Cohen
