Fades Away

by Lucia

Published September 25, 2014

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In Poetry

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Hectic,                  blaring,

                screaming

swearing

       lights flaring

   bottles breaking 

                           confusion making

        community faking

cracks shaking

                  smiles flailing

    trust failing

           sirens wailing

                emotions sailing

                       going astray

                                leading the way

                                         hope of clay

                                                 melts away

                                                        in its sway

                                                              nothing left to pay.

Comments & reviews · 3
ThePatchworkPilgrims wrote a review Review · Sep 26, 2014

Greetings Lucia!!

Well, well, well, what do we have here?
When I first saw this poem I was like "what the heck is this?!" But after I read it I was like "interesting". Your way of sculpting an unique poem like this was brilliant and it gives the poem that extra something. Good job! ;-)
Anyway, back to the poem's contents. I love the way that one line flows into the next, the rhythm splendidly executed in my opinion. It creates the illusion that you are floating on a long winfing river leading to an unknown place.
Your rhyming skills also add to this flowing rhythm. It also revealed to me that you have a expansive vocabulary, being able to rhyme so many words after each other. I also enjoyed the alliteration in this piece, like "bottles breaking" and "confusion community"
I also enjoyed the message of the poem. It was captivating and striking, and will stay with me for a good long while yet.
A well executed poem, and I will be on the lookout for more of your pieces. Therefore I rate this piece 8.5 out of ten. Marvelous!

Sincerely,
The Wandering Wizard

Lucia replied · Sep 27, 2014

Hey TheWanderingWizard,

I'm glad you enjoyed my work! I'm also glad that you understood it so well. I was a little worried that people would get caught up in the format of the poem. Thank you, also, for all your lovely complimentary comments, although I will say that I, in my opinion, probably don't deserve half of them... :) But thanks!
Cheers to you!

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BillieJean wrote a review Review · Sep 26, 2014

First off I will start with saying, good job!

Okay, so I love the structure in this piece and how it lays out. I also like how the content correlates with the structure. Furthermore, I love the way this poem makes me feel-like a surge of emotion bordering on confusion, anger, and then even a surge of what I could only describe as loss. I don't necessarily think there is anything wrong with your piece. So, as I said before, great job and keep at it!!!

Lucia replied · Sep 26, 2014

Thank you! Those are exactly the emotions that the reader is meant to feel, so good job interpreting it!
Cheers to you!

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krazywriter commented Comment · Sep 25, 2014

Explain the position of the words to me. It adds an interesting effect, but I'm not a hundred percent sure I understand it.

I like the poem, though. You start with noise and chaos, bringing in vivid sights and sounds. I like how you rhymed the lines, too. The poem flows very nicely. Good job!

Lucia replied · Sep 26, 2014

It ended up looking like a pattern, I suppose, but in the first section, the position of my words were meant to be every-which-way, messy, and unpredictable. The part where the words tilt to the right is meant to be symbolic of the lines "emotions sailing/going astray/leading the way". I hope the explanation helped. :)
As for your compliments, thank you very much! "Chaos" was somewhat my inspiration for this, so you hit the nail on the head. :)
Cheers!



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