Shush...

[NovaKing]

I say... it bites...
Yes, that is what it does:
it bites.
When it rubs up against you
in the cold of a winter night,
when the stars shine
against the white beneath your heels
and you quiver
helpless to do anything but,
it bites you.

I despise it's fangs.
I despise that it reminds me of lonliness,
I despise that it ruins my solitude.
"Interuptions are not permissible"
I often find myself moaning.
But to no avail, it seems.
It still nips at my toes,
causing them to retract inward tightly.
Bitting is what it does.

When deadlocked eyes meet,
and apprehension winds the air tight
ripping breath from one's lungs
casuing agony on so many levels
that it makes even those around them uncomfortable
It bites you,
compounding your pain.


and yet
I do sometimes miss it when it is not there.
When the world deafens me with screams ,
from the sky
and the earth
and the sea
and even those living amongst myself,
I feel a pang at the pit of my stomach
and a urn to be alone in solace and peace.






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[NovaKing]

Hehe just some experimental poetry to pass the time.

Very obviuosly I'm playing around with syntax for effect. I employed a elongation of the poem through a vertical break in the last few words to help the last few lines flicker out of existance and even employed the sound I was going for at the end as part of the final word.

The rest is supposed to build up to a sort of scream, or atleast make it seem like a murmered rant, then die down into a hush.

[well I had fun ^_^]  

[BlackHawkGS]

Wow... that last part had me reading... vertically?

3nodding Interesting. It was actually pretty fun to read the middle and ending.

Just warn me next time you do experimental poetry, so I can turn my laptop sideways to read it xd  

[NovaKing]

BlackHawkGS

Wow... that last part had me reading... vertically?

3nodding Interesting. It was actually pretty fun to read the middle and ending.

Just warn me next time you do experimental poetry, so I can turn my laptop sideways to read it xd

I had hoped the last part would be fun to read. Again, its meant to slow down your reading to give the effect of that hiss that follows whenever someone "shush"es*.

* Im not sure if thats a real word or not.....there might be a better word for it, in fact.