There are two perfect paper people.
They are beautiful.
Her hair is like corn silk
and her lips cherry red,
He has eyes like chips from the effortless blue sky,
that stretches over their perfect paper heads.
And he loves her.
He loves her like pens love paper
and she loves him like Lois Lane loves superman.
But perfect paper people
get perfect paper cuts
and soon those perfect paper cuts
are no longer quite so perfect.
And he still loved her like pens love paper
and she still loved him like Lois Lane loves Superman,
but something was wrong.
She tried to sew their hearts together,
but he grew cold
and his eyes frosted over.
She cried paper tears that where definitely not perfect
and cut off her perfect paper hair till he could not
recognize her perfect paper face.
They argued over their paper possessions,
things that had once been theirs
where now either yours or mine.
And her paper heart ripped,
ripped until it fell like snow
onto his cold pillow.
And the boy with the storm colored eyes
did not look back at the girl with the boyish hair and pale lips.
He kept his heart locked away,
its icy centre never quite thawing
because he never again met a girl
who could lose the key to a heart
that was as much his,
as it was hers.
This is amazing.
I love your descriptions. So strong and so beautiful. You had my attention until the end. It was so great! I think it was toward the middle where I started to get goosebumps because your writing just gripped me. This is such a unique way to describe a relationship, and I adore it.
I can't wait to read more of your writing!
~FearlessLove4
........I'm speechless. This....is....amazing! The sorrow in every letter tugged at my heart and made the meaning in everything find its definition by the depth of this poem's emotion. This is incredible! I love everything about this. The metaphors you used and the pattern to put it all together is so beautiful. I was choking up reading this because of how honestly painful every word of this expression is. To be able to put into writing the struggles of two people who lost love and the hindrances that were birthed in their child because of their loss is not an easy capability to obtain. You're work in this poem is so thought-provoking and caused me as the reader to find empathy toward the entire situation. I can't wait to read more from you. Always keep writing.
Hiya, Lord, here as requested 
I'll start off with what I liked, and I agree that the contrast between the beginning at the end is really good because I wasn't expecting the ending at all really when reading the first few lines. Your idea of 'perfect' people is shown really well, and the fact that these 'perfect' people couldn't have a perfect relationship is an interesting analogy. Also, there is some really dark imagery in here which fits the poem well.
Her hair is like corn silk
andherlips cherry red,
He loves her like pens love paper
and she loves him like Lois Lane loves superman.
Hi LordGreenLeaf!
I really enjoyed this poem. Thank you for sharing something so personal. I always find that writing from personal experience and problems creates the best writing because you can really create a heartfelt piece. I only have one suggestion you use the word paper a lot and I understand you're using the repetition to get your point across, but I think there is a couple times that you don't need to use it to create the point. Like when you have the line about crying tears I don't think you need the paper. That's my only criticism because otherwise it's a spectacular poem with a relatable story.
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