My Funny Valentine

metaphor/simile challenge for the Almost Dead Poets Society

Death dances near my heart, and

I pirouette away

I am the cherry blossom of spring

Queen of new beginnings

 

You are pale sand slipping through my fingertips

I tried to build a sand castle out of you

but...

You don’t know where to call home

 

I want to wear you...

You are vintage clothing, suiting my style

fitting comfortably, but now gone in vintage luggage

leaving decades behind these years

 

You were like that piece of tiny chocolate on my tray

I carried you around

Took you high and brought you low...

Lost you

 

When you have the sun of another planet

keeping you warm, I am forgotten...

You are like a dark eyed Junco

visiting only when winter moves you my way

 

I am like a painter’s palette...

The confusion of black and white viewpoints taints me

and...

I become mud

 

You were the soft grass I laid down on

I was like a fairy, and

you were my ending, and

now, I’m lost somewhere between then and now

 

I am a poem.

That’s all that I am...words

on a page made of something like water...

Something...like my tears

Author's Note

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Here's the words to include:

Use these 5 words (multiple words) in your poem as metaphors:

sand
cherry blossom (type of ornamental tree)
vintage clothing
poem (yes, I want you to use the word poem as a metaphor)
grass

Use these 5 words (multiple words) in your poem as similes:

fairy
dark eyed junco (type of bird)
painter's palette
chocolate
water

Reviews

[ChemicalMadness]

My friend....this is beautiful. Your best yet. Thank you.

CM

[Colette]

wow thank u!

[Everett DeValle]

Sorry, I didn't get a chance to participate, lovely one. However, your poem put the words into great use...awesome metaphors my friend. :)

~Ev

[Colette]

thanks Ev! always appreciate your reviews!

[Everett DeValle]

You're welcome. :)

~Ev

[Shane William]

Brilliant! (in a loud, yet poor British accent). Seriously though, this is bloody awesome.

[Colette]

Thanks Shane!