Where are you?

by ChibiGiraffe

Published June 9, 2011

In Poems

Wrote this on a random burst of inspiration. It's unedited. No crushing please :smt003

Where are you?
I'm looking, but I can't see you.
You promised you’d always
Be there for me.

Where are you?
I squint harder in the darkness
Trying to catch a glimpse of
Your beautiful face.

Where are you?
I look through the crowd
Dressed in black.

Your mother’s crying,
Your father’s stony and silent,
Your friends are shocked.
“How could she do this?”

I see you.
But you’re not really there.
She’s just an empty shell
Of the woman you used to be.

Her eyes are closed,
Her soft lips parted.
I lean down to kiss her,
But I can’t.

I know it won’t be the same.

Comments & reviews · 6
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MamaLama95
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MamaLama95 wrote a review Review · Jun 11, 2011

I think you should make it more clear what happened. I understand you want to make it mysterious, but mysterious and confusing are two different things. Be more clear about what happened to her - don't say it but let the reader imagine it. Also, you could consider using some more descriptive words; you need a continuing image, or metaphor or something, to work throughout the poem. It's a good start, and it has potential, but if you read it a couple of times over and looked back on it, you could make it much better.

blondeshorty01 wrote a review Review · Jun 11, 2011

I honestly don't get what's going on here, did the person you love commit suicide? Because that's all i can come up with....
anyways.. these lines kind of didn't quite fit in my opinion

"Where are you?
I look through the crowd
Dressed in black."


what was the point of these lines? I think you should just take out the stanza....
It had great imagery, just work on putting across your point a bit more :D

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Justagirl
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Justagirl wrote a review Review · Jun 11, 2011

Contrary to what others have said I think this is a great poem! :D

I saw no grammatical problems (yay) and the only thing I'll comment on is...
From this line:

Your friends are shocked.

To this line:
Her eyes are closed,

The lines in between are kinda weird...

Other than that the emotion and flow are great :D

Good job Shay ;)

Keep writing,
Alzora

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AlmondEyes
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AlmondEyes commented Comment · Jun 9, 2011

i liked it, but i ddnt really get the point. what hppnd to her to make her an empty shell? how will things never be the same again? keep writing!

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tgirly
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tgirly commented Comment · Jun 9, 2011

In my opinion it should be
IT'S just an empty shell
and
ITS eves are closed, ITS soft lips parted
Just my opinion



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