Poisened Happiness | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. Poisened Happiness

Poisened Happiness

November 25, 2009
By kaleyj SILVER, East Lyme, Connecticut
More by this author
kaleyj SILVER, East Lyme, Connecticut
5 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
"In school, my teacher had us
write down what we wanted to
be when we grew up. I wrote
down "happy". She told me I
didn't understand the assignment.
I told her she didn't understand life."

View profile

I feel blue skies
Cloud my veins.
Watch sweet waves
Fog my brain.
Listen to the song
of a forgotten smile.
Hum the melody
I haven't in a while.

Life glows like Christmas lights
before a new year.
And then, the plug
slips.

My mouth is bitter
with nausious regret.
Traces of a crumbled love
grow stronger yet.
Staccatto tears
are hardly enough for a song.
But the Christmas lights endure,
limp, lifeless, and strong.

A strand of magnificence,
Of new ties and new tries,
fades to dirty luminescence.

As ugly as poisened happiness.

© Dillon O., Pompton Plains, NJ

The author's comments:
The general point of this is, I think, pretty straightforward (check out the last line.) But it could be interpreted in a few different ways. As far as inspiration? I was not inspired to write this, I needed to!
Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
To a Brother Growing Up
By imperfection GOLD
Gilroy, California
imperfection GOLD, Gilroy, California
17 articles 9 photos 45 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Dream as though you'll live forever, live as though you'll die today."
~James Dean (1931-1955), American Motion Picture Actor, symbol of rebellion

View profile
Poetry
My New Beginning
By delaney95 GOLD
St. Charles, Missouri
delaney95 GOLD, St. Charles, Missouri
11 articles 5 photos 5 comments
View profile
Poetry
'' FLY ''
By MONKEE426 GOLD
Minnesota, Minnesota
MONKEE426 GOLD, Minnesota, Minnesota
12 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Live--So Live It To The Fuller

View profile
Poetry
The Voice
By BreLee SILVER
Sula, Montana
BreLee SILVER, Sula, Montana
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
Med-O-Lark
By Mew13 SILVER
Princeton, New Jersey
Mew13 SILVER, Princeton, New Jersey
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If there were to be a universal sound depicting peace, I would surly vote for the purr."
(Barbara L. Diamond)

View profile
Poetry
Hanging leaves
By niceenouf PLATINUM
Garfield, New Jersey
niceenouf PLATINUM, Garfield, New Jersey
26 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"As we move on, you forget, we both move on, with no regret."

View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.