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Writing Makes My Heart Glow Red

September 18, 2022
By ELEANORASBRAND BRONZE, Trumansburg, New York
ELEANORASBRAND BRONZE, Trumansburg, New York
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Favorite Quote:
"You're only as cool as your last cool project."<br /> ---Aimee Mann


Writing makes my heart glow red

And makes the fountain blue

I put words in twists and pairs

And share it all with you

 

Before you asked to be let in

I never would have dared

But once you knocked, my empty halls

Felt lonely, barred, and scared

 

So in you came

Upon the opening of many doors

‘Cause one would never be enough

To hide these bellowed scores

 

And with you came a vastness

I was jealous of inside

Because you truthed and loved so openly,

I ran away to hide

 

But grab the collar of my shirt

When run away I tried

And I’d have turned and looked 

And kissed your face while I’d have cried

 

And cry with me, you might’ve, 

But if cry with me, you don’t?

I’ll stay and wait here for your tears

And leave, my dear, I won’t.


The author's comments:

This piece tells the story of my "coming out" as a poet to my girlfriend. I didn't share my writing with anyone before she got to see it, and she was (and still is) very supportive. It's nice to have someone cheering me on in my poetic endeavors. Having her approval inspires me to write more and to branch out by submitting my poems (like this!).


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on Sep. 22 2022 at 6:37 am
ELEANORASBRAND BRONZE, Trumansburg, New York
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Favorite Quote:
"You're only as cool as your last cool project."<br /> ---Aimee Mann

@Afra thank you!

Afra ELITE said...
on Sep. 19 2022 at 10:38 am
Afra ELITE, Kandy, Other
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Favorite Quote:
"A writer must never be short of ideas."<br /> -Gabriel Agreste- (Fictional character- Miraculous)

This was beautiful...