I am your heavy metal ballad. Paper weight, wades our chests and night swimmers and suicides and these lips like the lips of an ocean. Untying beast from beauty Defying burden from grace and we are heavy in silence, waiting for the eventual light, light of the moon to shine to guide. me with deadweights in my skull My spine, a stranger to my own body and yours and mine and you you kissing like petals out of season metal fists out of bloom So our paper muscle chests, denying the weight colliding with space kissing and dancing and dying with light, Gracefully.
Reason for writing:
I wanted to write a completely lyrical poem, something that lets the images tell the story (if there is one.)
I am submiting it to you because my writing instructor reminded me that I am graduating college this year and should submit as much as I can. He feels it's a good way to build confidence before entering the real world of poets with degrees in Writing!!
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