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Summer Love
by Elizabeth SeagoReckless.
Young hearts unprotected
Blinded.
New love is
Farsighted.
Eighteen.
Pristine.
Nicotine Induced
Makeout scenes.
Knock down, drag out fights.
Drugs and late nights.
Broken vows
Never sure how
It came to this.
With one pill she finds bliss.
With four she
F
A
L
L
S
Into a vast abyss
Of dialated pupils
and broken promises.
...And suddenly the man who swore he'd be there
Rummages for excuses;
Running scared 06/01/2007 Author's Note: Love is hypocritical, and it hurts much more than you'd ever envisioned.
Posted on 06/02/2007
Copyright © 2025 Elizabeth Seago
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Jared Fladeland on 06/03/07 at 12:34 PM Love the rhythm. This could be a song, totally. drugs suck |
| Posted by Richard Paez on 06/05/07 at 08:50 PM I agree with Jared - great downbeat carries this exactly where it needs to go. |
| Posted by Steven Kenworthy on 06/06/07 at 04:27 AM the reckless part will perhaps disappear hand in hand with the young. take the pain and use it as a life experience...you will move on, look back & be grateful. believe it or not. |
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