I was walking in the park
A beautiful day but still clenching my teeth
A beautiful park filled with too many beautiful butterflies
My jaw hurt as I looked at a lesser man
I blinked real slow and walked towards the shade
I couldn’t find a focus
There you where in the middle of the park
In the middle of the park surrounded by so much sun and butterflies
Grinning just to show me your perfect teeth
I walked towards you stepping out of the shade
I walked towards you with a focus
Inside this beautiful park was a beautiful man
We could only see each other in the park
We would sit for hours and he would let me touch his teeth
You were my only focus
You were my only beautiful man
I cared about you too much to notice the disappearing butterflies
But you didn’t care about my sun only my shade
Winter came slow and so did the shade
It dimmed all the colors in our park
And left yellow and grey stains on your teeth
You pursed your lips so I couldn’t focus
I tried looking around for any of those beautiful butterflies
But I was left alone with this man
For a while neither of us went to our park
What was the point when everywhere we went was only shade
Anyway, there were too many dead butterflies
I wanted to pluck out your teeth
They were decaying in the mouth of this man
But at least they could hold my focus
I was shaking when we returned to the park
I leaned in to kiss my only beautiful man
His mouth was filled with the legs of my butterflies
He didn’t talk as black oil dribbled off his lips and seeped into his teeth
You stood over me as I laid down to shake in your shade
Desperately trying to lose my focus
This poem was truly amazing. The imagery, the entire metaphor of it all was incredible. It was so powerful and all the meaning behind it could be felt. The vulnerability of it was intense. This was great and I hope you are proud of this wonderful piece.
-Jade
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I loved this and I wish I could’ve heard you read it like in class! “ But you didn’t care about my sun only my shade / Winter came slow and so did the shade” was a great metaphor, the imagery was a cool and unique way to describe this story. You’re a great poet!
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