Ribbon Glass

by wordsandwishes

Published April 27, 2013

In My Poems

Sky blue wire

threads between my lips;

Enclosed like an empty box.

Never to speak

the painful truth

that pokes and prods and stabs at me.

But helplessly bound by these beautiful lies,

I sit limp like a doll

with the face of a foolish girl, 

who traded her eyes for small beads

because she simply did not want to see

the monsters in her mirror.

When all along she wished she could dance

but now her limbs are made of glass,

and she hadn't the words to answer me this:

'What are you when you are so afraid of death

that you refuse to live?'
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EternityLost commented Comment · May 8, 2013

This is absolutely beautiful. So, was the doll once a girl? And she chose to be perfect and undying just so she could live forever? Can she even speak? Still good work, it got me thinking.

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Amberchelli
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Amberchelli wrote a review Review · May 7, 2013

Hello there, so at first i was thinking this was a reflective piece maybe about how a girl looks in the mirror, how she feels? and i was going to say it seemed cliche, and as i kept reading i noticed that you have a great way of using simplicity as your key hook into grabbing the readers attention. the last two lines "What are you when you are so afraid of death that you refuse to live?" are my favorite, i would try to add an continuance to this piece because leaving the reader in this point of, why are you afraid? what does that fear do to you? is irritating :) you are very talented and i urge you to keep writing, you obviously have a great knack for it :)

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ToriLynnea
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ToriLynnea wrote a review Review · Apr 29, 2013

i like the use of varying sentance lengths. you used alot of "advanced" words something i dont see in works very often. you seem to know what you"re doing and have a very vivid imagination and make it easy for the reader to connect and see what you saw while writing this peice. i didnt see many mistakes, if i saw any at all, but dont take my word for it, im not one who notices that kind of thing alot. but all in all, this is a good peice of writing.

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rwgbookwriter wrote a review Review · Apr 28, 2013

I felt inspired and uplifted to improve my own writing by readingy the message. The message here was clear, which is always imperative.

Now to dive in-this poem is full of lovely great descriptive language. You used some phrases here that really added to the work.

My favorite was the last two lines.

've gotta say this poem is very beautiful. You have made use of language artfully and I was able to get some great mental images.

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rwgbookwriter commented Comment · Apr 28, 2013

I felt inspired and uplifted to improve my own writing by readingy the message. The message here was clear, which is always imperative.

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arianaSarroyo
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arianaSarroyo wrote a review Review · Apr 28, 2013

Hi there... Well first off I love this.

I felt inspired and uplifted to improve my own writing by readingy the message. The message here was clear, which is always imperative.

Now to dive in-this poem is full of lovely great descriptive language. You used some phrases here that really added to the work.

My favorite was the last two lines.

That really tied it in.

I'm sorry I don't really have any criticisms here, if that's what you were.looking for. But what I found here is seemingly not needing much repair that wasn't already covered.

mightaswellbuyacat wrote a review Review · Apr 28, 2013

I've gotta say this poem is very beautiful. You have made use of language artfully and I was able to get some great mental images. I agree with the reader below in that I think a rhyme scheme could be beneficial (it would make it into sort of an eerie nursery rhyme). The reviewer below is also correct in that you need to end your lines with commas when they are not ended with a period. I would also try and make each section the same length (same amount of lines before the period).
Happy Writing!

mightaswellbuyacat commented Comment · Apr 28, 2013

I've gotta say this poem is very beautiful. You have made use of language artfully and I was able to get some great mental images. I agree with the reader below in that I think a rhyme scheme could be beneficial (it would make it into sort of an eerie nursery rhyme). The reviewer below is also correct in that you need to end your lines with commas when they are not ended with a period. I would also try and make each section the same length (same amount of lines before the period).
Happy Writing!

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planve
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planve wrote a review Review · Apr 27, 2013

ok..ok...ok. Well, i've read some pretty good poems today and this can surely count as one of them. But it has some few problems that worry me. Note that it's only something i thought could help.
Well, firstly, i think you could use with a little rhyming because it would have taken the attention of readers. The truth is that most people like rhymes because it brings some harmony along with it.
Plus there's something else i learned. It's that you should try to end a line with either full stop or comma.
Well, like i said, am not an expert but i'd have loved to see it better.



Don't aim at success--the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself.
— Viktor E. Frankl