Fade To Black: a 2-Part Work

<[The Prose (Part 1)]>

Crazy how life does you...

You think you've finally brought it together... That your planets have finally aligned, and you've got everything right with your world... Then life snatches the rug right from under your feet, causing you to fall flat on your a--... I mean... Face. As you lay there attempting to figure out how you got to this place, you begin to notice them... All the pieces of you scattered about. There's big ones, small ones, some as big as your head... Wait, IS that your head? You can't tell, all the pieces, once so recognizable when a part of a whole, are now indistinguished. You try to get up, but you find that the weight of the world is on your back--- Yes, your BACK, not your shoulders. You struggle to right yourself, but the effort is too much for you. As you realize that you're not a worthy contender in the match of LIFE, you give up and drift into blackness...

... or do you???

<[The Poem (Part 2)]>

Broken into a million scattered pieces
My heart...
---It would hurt... if there was any of it left to feel pain
But there isn't...
---You've ripped it out of my chest
------Thrown it to the ground, stomped on it
Ground it into dust...
---Ashes to ashes, right?
My heart has died, reverted to its dust form
Will you be at the funeral?
...No you don't care enough to attend, do you?
---...didn't think so...
But WAIT, was that just a beat I heard?
---...nah just wishful thinking
There's no hope for it...
---Why?
------...Cuz the last time this happened, I made SURE to get a DNR order
The pain's too great, when they resuscitate...
So...
---When you murdered my love...
A flatline on the moniter, no coming back...
---As my heart faded to black...

It WAS Your Everything...

This is a two-part poem I wrote... I started the first part, which is unfinished... then wrote the second part. The reason the first part is unfinished is because in the course of writing it, I found out some stuff that upset me, and I lost my motivation... then wrote the second part, which IS complete... enjoy!

{{Written in November of 2007}}

-| It's Your Everything |-

You asked me what it is
That makes me want you so
But my shyness hindered me
From letting you know
I didn't want to leave you hanging
So I opened up a brand new file
To try to express how I feel
And what about you drives me wild
It's the way you look at me
It's the way you smile at me when you talk
It's the way your body moves gracefully
The way your shoulders sway when you walk
It's the way you pull me in your arms
And the way you hold me tight
It's the passionate way you kiss me
That makes me feel everything's alright

{{Unfinished: Lost motivation/inspiration}}


-| But Now It's Nothing |-

Can't fool myself anymore
Gotta face the facts
You will always be my "friend"
Cuz you want your ex-girlfriend back
I tried to believe it for awhile
That I was someone special to you
But I have come to realize
That can't possibly be true
Cuz she's the one that holds your heart
She's got you in her palm
If she wanted you, you'd take her back
I don't need a dude with qualms
I need someone who's really sure
That I'm the one for him
I don't want to have to worry
That I'll get left behind on a whim
I really really like you
It might've blossomed into love
But your obsession with your ex
Caused me to rise above
And realize that I'm playing myself
As much as you're playing me
I was blinded by the hope of 'love"
But thankfully, now I can see