Shallow | Teen Ink

Shallow MAG

April 25, 2010
By cassandra constant BRONZE, Thousand Oaks, California
cassandra constant BRONZE, Thousand Oaks, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

When sirens sing with their cries all beatific
Shadows of sailors dance down the Pacific
Blinded by women who've done deeds horrific
It's nonsense

You stroke and you stroke but water is greedy
Catching and clutching to never be lonely

Then midday grinds down toward a
midnight forlorn
And you're scanning the ocean for some sworn storm
As lightning and thunder mark angels are born
You're sightless

You speak of ideals like beauty and grace
Guileful values like riggings lash at your face

The winds kissing your bow, the tide
hasn't turned
Rotund moral compass no landlocked
has earned
Don't wait for your captain's affronted spurned word
It's senseless

Once a shipwrecked boy, now a studied pirate
Learn your clock, Davy Jones, and the clouds won't blanket


The author's comments:
my poem/song is about how people can be so blind to everything that isn't society's definition of perfection

Similar Articles

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 5 comments.


on Mar. 25 2013 at 1:43 am
Summer_Died_In_Connersville GOLD, Dayton, Ohio
10 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
If given the chance words could save us all.

this sorta made me think of a band called "Sleeping with Sirens" x)

on Oct. 11 2011 at 11:42 am
I think this was amazing i song with this it was sweet

on Jan. 8 2011 at 5:10 pm
Clopsey PLATINUM, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
41 articles 23 photos 28 comments
This is amazing. As Sundry said, your ideas and vocabulary make the perfect image. I'd soo love to hear this with the music...

SUNDRY SILVER said...
on Nov. 25 2010 at 10:05 am
SUNDRY SILVER, BANGALORE, Other
8 articles 0 photos 21 comments

Favorite Quote:
"THE WORLD IS A STAGE WHERE EVERYONE PLAYS HIS PART!!!!"

WHOA!!!! WHAT A POEM, WHAT A POEM!!! YOUR IMAGINATIONS HAVE CROSSED LIMITS WITH THE HELP OF YOUR VOCABULARY!!!!!!! KEEP IT UP!!!!!!!!

on May. 15 2010 at 9:31 am
MissPiglette BRONZE, QC, Other
1 article 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Don't forget to breathe."

I really like the choice of words you used. :) They just fit the piece perfectly.