she's a bubblegum girl
living a bubblegum dream
syrup pours from her mouth
in a bubblegum stream
she smiles a bubblegum smile
brushes her bubblegum hair
eats bubblegum fruit
breathes bubblegum air
isn't life sweet?
all cotton candy hues
her mouth is stained crimson
her eyes sparkling blue
then the sugar got burnt
the fruit sour with time
the smile got unstitched
the words ceased to rhyme
suddenly, she wakes up of bed and feels like screaming
the roses have wilted so quickly,
caustic petals filling her throat and her lungs and her mouth until she can't breathe
the ocean in her eyes has drained into her heart and now she's drowning from the inside out
bubblegum sunsets bleed into achromic dawns
and now each day is just a nightmare
wake up, forget to dream, crash back into the waves when the sky gets dark ( cup half empty )
a tuneless song on repeat
some days she wakes up with pain blossoming from her lips
a heart that hangs heavy with the weight of tears she's too young to carry
she starts caring too much, laughing too little,
and her cup of life is draining away
( this is a terminal illness
a withered down cup
it's a common affliction
that they call growing up )
yeah i can't rhyme
YOU ARE READING
the art of falling
Poetrypaint me as deep and as blue as the sea and maybe i will find the strength to drown myself