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One Too Many Pennies

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Like butterfly wings unfurling
like my heart beating straight through my chest
like his eyes when I tell him

I can't do this

Like my hands shaking after I remember
like my dreams when life hits me in the face
like my cuts when life doesn't stop hitting

Over and over again

Life hits me in the throat
screams trapped in my chest
Life kicks me in the stomach
making sure the pain and guilt I am carrying in my womb
hits me full force

It is like the words I have shared with him
Beautiful and also scared, sad
but not angry
never angry

Like being striped away
of your eyes, your mouth
your face, your name
your being

You try to get up
but life pushes you back down again
climbs on top of you
throwing punch after punch

Tears running down my face
water fountains that have collected one too many pennies
I make no move to stop this beating

Until the day the cuts get deeper
the blood flows longer
my life grows ever shorter

I smile
knowing I have some control
it is a crooked and sad expression

Like the face of someone
who has been hit one too many times
I like reading this poem out loud, it sounds better with the emotion that a voice can put in to it.
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gothchick913's avatar
this is beautiful and ive been there done that. not a fantastic idea.makes great poetry though