Teenage Torment

by MattJF

Published March 7, 2010

In Poetry

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Teenage Torment

It was the first day of my springtime.
It felt like winter, a thousand frozen smiles.

I looked for rainbows in the moonlight.
But the moonlight blinds naive eyes.

There’s a danger in hungry eyes.
I’m a nightmare disguised in happy lies.

There were cracks in my window.
All the seeds that I would forget to sow.

And then I saw you today ,
With that same look upon your face.

And all the pictures I forgot to show,
Fell like coals among the blood red snow.

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MattJF commented Comment · Mar 10, 2010

Thankyou for your comments they were amazing and for taking the time for comment on my work. Like I said to the previous comments I'll keep on writing as long as people like you guys like my work so thanks for letting me carry on writing!

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jerichofiction commented Comment · Mar 10, 2010

Loved it,bro. So relative<3. Keep writing man,you're great.

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BeKWithaK wrote a review Review · Mar 10, 2010

This is the first poem I've ever read that I actually liked.
I don't read poetry, no offence intended, because a) I stutter a lot when I read so I sound horrible when I read it aloud; and b) it makes no sense to me half the time.
so even though I know next to nothing about poetry I'll say this anyway:
I loved it! I LOVED the way you ended the poem, it was beautiful, but more punctuation is needed--it'll make it more clearer to the reader...I think.
Bye!
Bek :)

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MattJF commented Comment · Mar 7, 2010

Ha ha your my new best friend! Thankyou for your comments, Its people like you I write for. Thankyou for taking time to read my poems, it really means alot!

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crescent wrote a review Review · Mar 7, 2010

I liked this poem too. I'm sensing this mysterious element in your poetry. It makes me ponder on the meaning. (It's a complement. :) ) My favourite lines were

It felt like winter, a thousand frozen smiles.

I’m a nightmare disguised in happy lies.

I'm hungry for more poetry now... :mrgreen: :elephant:

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MattJF commented Comment · Mar 7, 2010

Thankyou fiction903. I'm happy you like the poem. And thanks for your tip. And thanks for taking the time to review it means alot

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fiction903 wrote a review Review · Mar 7, 2010

I think that you did a great job with this poem.

I’m a nightmare disguised in happy lies

This is my favourite line.I think you did a great job with rhyming, but you may want to add punctuation. Keep writing, your poems are really good. Fiction



Russets and tangerine shades of old gold flushing the very outside edge of the senses ... deep shining ochres, burnt umber and parchments of baked earth—reflecting on itself and through itself, filtering the light.
— Guildenstern (Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard)