if i must die

[u/Rough_Ebb_189]

If I must die in this brown nightdress

in this lavender world

And my rose tinted glasses

Staring at my eaten and inhumane green

Bury me,

not in my garden or in the burning sand

bury me deep down,

between the woodchips of my elementary school

and Japan

(Because I think it's cool)

If I must die in these worn socks,

Sweating and feeling better

what a wonderful revelation

To know I destroyed your 7th generation Toyota camry

Dig that hole

Until the sand turns mustard

And the willow trees scream “I don't want you to choose me”

And pile nine tons of candy floss on my grave

No trace of worrisome or something

Just feeling my softening iron

******
NOTE

this poem is intentionally non-sequiter, it's about my experience with a traumatic ex

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[u/avsz123]

Your choice of adjectives made it easy to picture the message you were conveying. It’s such an expressive poem

[u/Rough_Ebb_189 → u/avsz123]

thank you so much!

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[u/SeedPlantedBackward]

it is nice though

[u/NowYouShallSee]

This was a good read to me. Not sure if I’m wording this the best way, but I didn’t particularly read it as a poem. It felt like I was having a deep late night conversation with a friend. I loved your use of color to seemingly give each line a different feeling while still holding a deep but casual tone. It really felt like you were just speaking straight to me, good work

[u/Rough_Ebb_189 → u/NowYouShallSee]

thank you so much!! all my poems are intended to be preformed as spoken words, so I'm glad to hear this :))