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WindFragmentsShe Was With the Stars by-nc-nd
Published: 2014-04-21 03:12:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 3287; Favourites: 201; Downloads: 0
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Description The amber girl
was preserved perfectly
and her silky hair and porcelain skin
gleamed like a doll's

But the scientists weren't able to keep
her soul burning
because though she was in the
glass case filled with chemicals and fluids
and they were desperately trying to pump
oxygen into her lungs,
her mind was still up in space
with the stars

So the sun was extinguished
despite the cries and mournful screams
because they had
broke her
and the many who looked up
at her light and glory
slowly began to rot away

And so not a single thing was solved
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Comments: 56

DanielaIvanova In reply to ??? [2014-04-23 07:33:49 +0000 UTC]

Oh Gosh, sci-fi in poetry! I absolutely love love love this! At first when I saw 'porcelain skin' and 'doll's' which are my personal pet peeve cliches I felt detached from the poem but after that in the second stanza you won me over again. And the ending line - it's so perfect! Rarely do I ever see poets that close their work like this - with a question rather than an outcome. Thank you for the awesome read!

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WindFragments In reply to DanielaIvanova [2014-04-23 22:12:56 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Dolls having porcelain skin is cliche, but I still am obsessed with it, sorry haha

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DailyLitRecognition [2014-04-23 04:43:30 +0000 UTC]

Your wonderful literary work has been chosen to be featured by DLR (Daily Literature Recognitions) in a news article that can be found here . Be sure to check out the other artists featured and show your support by ing the News Article.


Keep writing and keep creating.

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Vegetabelle In reply to ??? [2014-04-21 21:40:59 +0000 UTC]

This is beautiful.

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WindFragments In reply to Vegetabelle [2014-04-21 22:25:21 +0000 UTC]

You're too sweet

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Vegetabelle In reply to WindFragments [2014-04-22 03:20:31 +0000 UTC]

AW! Thanks. It's true though.

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WindFragments In reply to Vegetabelle [2014-04-22 05:04:32 +0000 UTC]

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