The Scheme by Nicole AssenzaYour thin but opaque smile
Like shabby patches ,
Is poor protection against the chill,
We feel in our bones approaching--
Its a defense hastily constructed to cover
Some hearts ulceration
Just look at me and smile;
Ill give to you a love like glass
So light, youll never feel the weight--
As Im all the while secretly snipping
With Atropos strong shears, Her deadly vines
12/31/2005 Author's Note: This was originally a longer poem but I realized the middle part was superfluous....so snip, snip, snip. I cut it away. It's much more effective now. The person who I wrote this for never read it, and therefore, never knew I even felt this way. When I said "you'll never feel the weight," I meant I wouldn't make it so he felt suffocated. He's one of those...noncommittal guys. We're still in that relationship limbo where it's not really a relationship at all. I kinda gave up. It's like, I write these poems, so pretty and I mean them at the time...and sometimes it's weird to read them over, because I don't feel that way anymore and it was kind of dumb to feel that way in the first place.
Posted on 01/01/2006 Copyright © 2024 Nicole Assenza
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