This is my 4th attempt at Free verse, my 3rd being entered in a competition. I need some help deciding which one to enter though, because I can only do one. So, read and review?
CKC
You smile,
You laugh,
And you even cry,
But everyone knows it's because
You're happy
...
The Monsters of Fairytales,
Bump, they go,
Bumpbumpbump
But yours don't.
Yours shriek,
Yours scream,
Torture,
Agony,
And you wish,
For once,
Yours would just go
Bump.
...
You smile,
You laugh,
You even cry,
But everyone knows it's because
You're joyful
...
You carry the bouquet,
The tears that pour down your face
Are happy tears,
(At least,
That's what you tell yourself,)
You bear the ring,
And the pain inside
Isn't there,
(At least,
That's what you tell yourself,)
You watch the man you should have married
go,
Just leave,
And the little bit of you dying inside,
Isn't really there,
(At least,
That's what you tell yourself)
...
The monsters grow,
The cage they are locked in gets
Smaller,
And smaller,
Until,
One night,
It shatters,
And everything,
Every little demon,
Every little pain,
Sorrow,
Horror,
They all come
Flooding out,
And they stay,
They stay
hereherehere,
They scream,
And you're reminded of all the fairytales,
Where monsters do nothing.
Nothing but
Bump.
...
So you pull-yourself-together, and get married,
Forgetting the
Man,
Forgetting the
Werewolf,
Who was your
Whole
Entire
Life.
...
But, no matter how hard you try and
Forget,
You will never do more than remember.
And your monsters will always do more than bump.
