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Your Heart Was My Home Until You Handed Me an Eviction Notice MAG

November 15, 2008
By amanda.bower SILVER, Stacy, Minnesota
amanda.bower SILVER, Stacy, Minnesota
9 articles 2 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
maybe i know that you'll crave my secure arms someday, but i'll have come across someone who wasn't afraid. and that's why i can't let go.


I removed the layers of blankets from my aching bones
to excavate the secrets that were held together by saliva
in papier-mâché envelopes, only to chew on disappointments
and lie on shards of fragile stained glass that tampered with my flaws,
instead of putting me back together with multicolored duct tape
so gray was only found inside of my body.

I wrung the tears from your sweatshirt and decided it was time
to give it back to you, in exchange for my serpent heart

[barely beating,

barely breathing];
instead of curling inside your stomach and making you
nearly as ill as I had become, just by drinking venomous nectar
and digesting fireflies so a small portion of me would feel alive,
I climbed over your picket fence and let you recline my eyes
in another awkward position to the point where I only chain-smoked
the main exhibits of your aesthetic proportions and declined
every deficiency of the person you truly are,


i. blunt



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Goms1 said...
on Feb. 1 2011 at 1:46 pm
Goms1, Nobelsville, Indiana
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Favorite Quote:
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
Bill Cosby

sorry, didn't mean to reply just to comment on the poem.

Goms1 said...
on Feb. 1 2011 at 1:39 pm
Goms1, Nobelsville, Indiana
0 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
Bill Cosby

you go head Mishie!!

on Feb. 1 2011 at 8:01 am
laaauren PLATINUM, Cincinnati, Ohio
21 articles 0 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It's just that...I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast, you know? There have to be a few holes in the road. It's how life is."

this is so ridiculously amazing.

on Jan. 25 2011 at 9:06 am
RainBowSkittles13 GOLD, Lemont Frnc., Pennsylvania
13 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
The key to happiness is always looking down the path of goodness. -Teresa S. Livi
Don't Cry Over Someone That Won't Cry Over You

No Guy Is Worth Your Tears & When You Find The One That Is He Won't Make You Cry

If You Really Love Something Set It Free.
If It Comes Back It's Yours, If Not It Wasn't Meant To Be

Some Day You'll Cry For Me Like I Cried For You,
Some Day You'll Miss Me Like I Missed You,
Some Day You'll Need Me Like I Needed You,
Some Day You'll Love Me But I Won't Love You

Time will make you forget me but time will make me love you more than before.

If I never met you, I wouldn't like you. If I didn't like you I wouldn't love you.
If I didn't love you I wouldn't miss you, but I did, I do and I will.

My heart longs for you, my soul dies for you,
my eyes cry for you, my empty arms reach out for you.

Forget who hurt you yesterday,
But don't forget who loves you tenderly today.

Love can make you happy but often times it hurts,
but love is only special when you give it to who its worth.

Boyfriends come and go, but friends are forever.

The hardest part of loving someone is knowing when to let go,
and knowing when to say goodbye.

No pleassure, no expressions just an illusion of what should of but wasnt.

I hate you for not letting me have you.

Forget the times he walked by, Forget the times he made you cry,
Forget the times he spoke your name, Remember now your not the same.
Forget the times he held your hand, Forget the sweet things if you can,
Forget the times & Don't pretend, Remember now he's just your friend.

The day you finally decide to love me will be the day
after the day I have given up on chasing you


I hate to see the one I love happy with somebody
but I surely hate it more to see the one I love unhappy with me...

I had a dream and it was about you ...
I smiled and recalled the memories we had ...
then I noticed a tear fell from my eyes ... you know why?
Coz in my dream you kissed me and said goodbye ...

This is a very good poem. I love it.

limelove said...
on Jan. 24 2011 at 9:28 pm
limelove, Gresham, Oregon
0 articles 1 photo 38 comments

Favorite Quote:
Memories last forever.

Ilove this it's really good. Nice job. Oh and the name you choose is really cool too.

Kiba1 GOLD said...
on Jan. 24 2011 at 9:26 pm
Kiba1 GOLD, Cripple Creek C.O, Colorado
12 articles 5 photos 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
\"Its Not Too Late Its Never too Late.\" \" \'I Cant\' Is Never True\" \"Ill Be The First To Say that Now Im O.K\" \"You Tried To Bring me Down, And You Epicly Failed.\" "Judge me, And I'll Prove you Wrong. Say I'm Nothing? Watch Me Soar."

I, Well,  I Was Tired When I Read It, So As Much As I Actually Got When I Read Was Really Good, I Write Poetry Too, I Get Depressed A Lot, And I Write And Draw To Vent It Out. 

on Jan. 24 2011 at 7:08 pm
heyitsaliciaxx BRONZE, Latham, New York
2 articles 0 photos 3 comments

so, you've obviously heard this already judging from the long list of comments above me. but you should know that your writing is really good.

and i know it feels good to hear it even if its for the hundreth time.


Nick121 BRONZE said...
on Jan. 24 2011 at 6:58 pm
Nick121 BRONZE, Manhasset, New York
2 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Michael Jordan

nice job !!

Ilovejosh123 said...
on Jan. 24 2011 at 5:53 am
This is amazing :) i LOVE the name :D

on Jan. 24 2011 at 4:40 am
musiqqlvr31 BRONZE, Chennai,Tamil Nadu, Other
3 articles 0 photos 35 comments
gross but cool

Nelson SILVER said...
on Jan. 21 2011 at 2:19 pm
Nelson SILVER, Amarillo, Texas
8 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"When you're dreaming with a broken heart, the waking up is the hardest part..." -John Mayer-
"Never Neverland I'm used to Peter Pan because nobody wants to grow old..." -Lyfe Jennings-
"Never let the world see what you're really feeling." -Mom-

I really love this poem. It is really amazing and you are a very good writer. :)

on Jan. 2 2011 at 10:52 pm
Donttrust BRONZE, Fort Collins, Colorado
1 article 2 photos 44 comments
this. is. fantasticly. amazing. my favorite I've read in a long long time thats for sure.

on Jan. 2 2011 at 12:19 pm
Basketball23 SILVER, Pine Grove, Pennsylvania
8 articles 13 photos 487 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I'm living in a shell with no soul" -Three Days Grace (World So Cold)
"Time still turns the pages of the book it's burned" -Avenged Sevenfold (So Far Away)

Wow this is really good :)

on Jan. 2 2011 at 12:16 am
silentvocal SILVER, Chicago, Illinois
5 articles 0 photos 44 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don't try to fix what isn't broken

yes i agree. i enjoyed this, i loved the words used and the intense comparison-its really nice.

on Dec. 30 2010 at 12:02 pm
KandyKrysten SILVER, St.Helens, Oregon
5 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"God never opens one door without closing another, even if its hell in the hallway..." -unknown
"Cry when you need to, write when the tears don't fall..." -me
"If you know what you care about then you know why you havent given up" -me

i love this, my favorite line is 'i wrung my tears out of your sweatshirt..' this piece is truly amazing, keep writing. you could really go far.

on Dec. 11 2010 at 11:04 pm
ScorpionAngel16 BRONZE, New York City, New York
3 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Nobody can make you inferior without your consent"~Eleanor Roosevelt~

i love this poem it has alot of authenicity

DrewSki SILVER said...
on Dec. 11 2010 at 10:53 pm
DrewSki SILVER, Bridgeport, Connecticut
7 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
I laugh at your demise...
What if...?

Awesome title too.

DrewSki SILVER said...
on Dec. 11 2010 at 10:02 pm
DrewSki SILVER, Bridgeport, Connecticut
7 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
I laugh at your demise...
What if...?

Wow! very descriptive! Amazing use of words  very good piece of work!!!

on Dec. 11 2010 at 4:06 pm
Zombie_Girl SILVER, Eastlake, Ohio
6 articles 0 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”

-Dr. Seuss

This is a really good poem! I love It!

JohnniK SILVER said...
on Dec. 11 2010 at 9:26 am
JohnniK SILVER, Yongin, Other
6 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I am who I am"

OMG This is Great!