A glitch on a dvd,
Your image
Paused
P-p-p-paused,
Mouth open,
Tongue pushed against teeth,
Ready to say the words
That will smash my heart
Into a hundred square pixels
***
Everybody is the hero
In their own blockbuster,
Even you,
With your heart of stone
And your lips
Like two segments of ripening fruit
***
My finger stabs the play button,
Pixels merge,
Her voice is broken glass
***
“I just don’t want you,
I just d-d-don’t want you
I just d-d-d-on’t wa-a-a-a-nt you
.I just don’t want you to get hurt again.”
About breathingglass
Badly written poetry, short fiction and general musings on writing in the twenty first century. At the moment I will try to update daily. Suggestions and constructive criticism welcome. I am not a writer, I just enjoy writing.
Influences
Poetry: Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Christina Rossetti, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Browning, Simon Armitage, Carol Ann Duffy, David Constantine, Emile Autumn
Fiction: Anne Rice, Sarah Waters, Poppy Z Brite, Angela Carter, Emily Bronte, Edgar Allan Poe, Lewis Carroll, Mervyn Peake, J RR Tolkien, Joe Hill, Phillips Gregory, Katy Towell
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