Alyssa's Work :)

[Alyssa :)]

I'll post my poems and short stories and stuff here. :) I'll start with one I thought of when my great-aunt died of cancer. I wrote it really quick and it's still like a rough draft I guess since I haven't really edited it, but I thought I would share it. :)

When My Eyes Are Closed

When my eyes are open
And I look in that mirror
I see myself

I don’t see curls of gold flowing down to my shoulders anymore
I don’t see a beautiful, clear face
I don’t see brightness shining in my eyes
All I see is an ugly, bald head
A sickly pale face full of flaws
And dark shadows of nothingness in my eyes

But when my eyes are closed
I see myself

My golden locks fly in the wind like before
And my face is fresh and perfect
My eyes are bright again like the sun above
But then the cancer finally takes over

I close my eyes

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That really hit me hard. I lost both my folks to cancer when I was wee, so I'm identify with it a whole bunch. Moving stuff ^^ keep writing, and shall be here ready to stalk and give feedback >D

[Alyssa :)]

Awww thanks :') yeah i was actually really close to my great-aunt, since she lived really close by and we always visited her. I practically knew her as well as my grandma, and she only lives 5 minutes away! XD so yeah, it was sooo sad when she died. :( thanks for the feedback ^.^

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No sweat ^^ cancer's sucky 3: But keep writing!!! :L

[Alyssa :)]

Here's another poem. :) It's about the movie The Perks of Being a Wallflower, if anyone's seen it. You can watch the trailer here and you might understand my poem a little better. Anyway here it is :)

Living

Charlie never stood out
He kept to himself, he was his own friend
But he started to wonder if that was enough
He began a search for friends, but many just laughed
Their cackles echoed; even the walls joined in

Then one group found him
They were the Island of Misfit Toys
And Charlie fit right in
They taught him about living and what makes it worthwhile:
Movies that make you cry, friends that make you smile, songs that define your life
And Charlie learned what it was like to feel infinite

It's when you're hiking and you look out at the world and the beauty of it fills you up
It's when you lie on your back in a meadow and see nothing above you but sky
It's when you stand in the back of a moving pickup and feel like you're flying
It's when that song comes on the radio just when you need it to
It's when you watch a movie and it's finally okay to cry
It's when you look at your family and tell them you love them because you mean it
It's when you feel so happy that your life seems perfect

That's it
That's when you feel infinite

Okayyy kinda cheesy and really simple, but those are the poems i tend to write ^.^

[Alyssa :)]

~Her Monster~

She passes by
When a movement catches her eye
It is another woman there beside her
Her eyes are dark with hate
Her lips pulled back in a snarl
The two stare at each other
The revulsion between them
Mutual

They pick out each other's flaws
Arrogance, selfishness, ugliness
They tear each other down
Destroy their dignity
Make each other out as beasts
Before one of them lifts a knife
Stabs at the monster before her
And the mirror shatters