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Masterpi—

December 3, 2021
By notesappfiction PLATINUM, Bryan, Texas
notesappfiction PLATINUM, Bryan, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
"It's funny. When you leave your home and wander really far, you always think, 'I want to go home.' But then you come home, and of course it's not the same. You can't live with it, you can't live away from it. And it seems like from then on there's always this yearning for some place that doesn't exist." - Danzy Senna


You will forever be the masterpiece I never got to finish.

The symphony in my head;

an unrelenting repetition of notes that are not quite the end.

You are a daydream lost to time;

my mind has forgotten words—

my lips remember and yearn to move in that familiar way, underneath your familiar gaze.

But it is a fruitless yearning—

those words don’t belong to me anymore.

This painting sits unfinished tucked away in the corner of a lonely attic collecting cobwebs, and nostalgia, and regret.

You are someone else’s sunrise, someone else’s goodnight, and I am just the first goodbye of many.

You were gold-laced, finer than van Gogh or Monet. And I let you go.

Stupid girl, foolish girl—

I chased the sun and lost the stars—

made a reckless decision and left the last page unwritten.

Our love was a masterpiece left unfinished.



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on Dec. 9 2021 at 12:13 pm
smaddie24 PLATINUM, Cityland, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
“Light shines brightest in the deepest dark!”<br /> -Jim Butcher

This is an amazing poem! I really like what you did with the title too. ;)

Mela_P SILVER said...
on Dec. 8 2021 at 6:46 pm
Mela_P SILVER, Addison, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
“Maybe the truth was, it shouldn't be so easy to be amazing. Then everything would be. It's the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth. When something's difficult to come by, you'll do that much more to make sure it's even harder--if not impossible--to lose.” ― Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride

This is great. I have no words.

Mela_P SILVER said...
on Dec. 8 2021 at 6:46 pm
Mela_P SILVER, Addison, Illinois
6 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Maybe the truth was, it shouldn't be so easy to be amazing. Then everything would be. It's the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth. When something's difficult to come by, you'll do that much more to make sure it's even harder--if not impossible--to lose.” ― Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride

This is great. I have no words.