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Jewel

July 13, 2018
By Madeliaccola PLATINUM, Asheville, North Carolina
Madeliaccola PLATINUM, Asheville, North Carolina
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And here I am foolish

To think I loved you most

That I cared more than they

And was your loyal host

We’ve all gone a bit crazy

To rationalize ourselves

So we become angelic

And they can show their hell

The blame game is gambling

Denial seduces roulette

Now I lie here mourning

What hasn’t happened yet

Envision I invite you

Back into this morass

Would you want to return here

Or maintain your dear class?

We can’t rectify, just wreck

Our own salvaged blood

My veins feel so distressed

Eroded by inner mud

So yes, my dear, I loved you

I toiled for your heart

And my own humanity’s blameless

For only I split us apart


The author's comments:

I put an abnormal amount of thought into this rhyme poem, because originally I set it up to be from the point of view of Jewel from As I Lay Dying, hence the title. However, the longer I wrote about his guilt, the more the point of view transitioned to mine, expressing guilt over someone I loved and deterred. By the end of the poem, the speaker is no longer Jewel speaking of his mother, but me speaking of someone else. I hope others can empathize with the emotions expressed here and can perhaps find the point where I stopped trying to be Jewel, because I’m not sure I can. Till next time!


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