Mirror/Bittersweet Goodnight

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Mirror:

Before the mirror upon the wall,
A princess sits with saddened eyes,
The truth’s displayed before her,
But she’s preoccupied with lies.
Her imperfections linger,
Before her drop-dead gorgeous frown,
She tried to drown her pain away,
Grew lush and lost her crown.
A heart broken highness,
A sovereign hidden within glass,
Silently she asks her mirror,
Why fairytales don’t last.

Bittersweet Goodnight:

Here’s to my final lullaby,
My bittersweet goodnight,
Another year has gone to die,
I’m spinning circles, Losing sight,
The girl I am is faraway,
Falling hard and way too fast,
Her story’s sad and so cliché,
She’s clinging to a past,
She can’t remember,
A future not so bright,
Hush and hear my lullaby,
My bittersweet goodnight.

Untitled:

She’ll sit and write her pain away,
Her fingers bleed and stain the page,
It’s a sad kind of silence.
Scribbles mixed in with a splash
Of tired tears,
Pouring onto paper,
A pain of many years
Last edited by LiNdSeYo7 on Fri Jan 06, 2006 6:08 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Mirror:
Some lines are a little longer, some are shorter, so I feel this doesn't flow very well. You say "Her imperfections linger/Before her drop-dead gorgeous frown." So even her frown is beautiful? But she is imperfect...? You mean she thinks she is imperfect? I think I am confusing myself. You could develop this by saying what she thinks isn't perfect, and comparing these to all the good things about her. Oh! Oh, do you mean her personality is imperfect but her looks aren't? Well what's the matter with her, why is she sad? Okay then disregard what I just said. Sorry. You don't need a question mark at the end of this, either. So my only criticism is that it doesn't flow very well.

Bittersweet Goodbye:
This is good, the rhyming works well. To, not too. I'm just picking up on grammar because I can't find anything glaringly bad about this, maybe someone else will be more constructive.

Untitled:
I'm not sure if "It’s a sad kind of silence" is effective or not. On the one hand, it seems unfinished and abrupt. On the other, it made me pause. And then I did hear the silence, which was good. The whole poem was quite simple, but efective.
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Hey, thanks for the comment! Anyways, for "Mirror", I'm trying to say that she is beautiful.. but she doesn't realize it, because she is preoccupied with all of the 'flaws' and 'imperfections' she creates in her mind.. Whatever's going on and causing her to be so said, makes her blind to her true beauty and takes away the 'Princess' side of her.

& for the last one, I was going for simple. Thanks again!
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