The House That Built Me

The House That Built Me

A Poem by Allexa

The strangest sensation is not recognizing your own touch. It is almost as if a stranger has set your house on fire with you mesmerized by the way the wallpaper melts. But I am not a house. I am a forest caressed by rain. I cannot feel the knives of myself because I have carried her much too high. I have dropped her only to be crushed by the wind because I am not a house. I am much too light and I cannot feel the sun. I can only taste the copper of my hopes as I am falling because hope is a sensation all its own. For the life of me I cannot breathe out all these exclamations because my hands are acid and I am mesmerized by my skin sliding from bone. 

© 2017 Allexa


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Added on March 8, 2017
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Allexa
Allexa

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Hello! I'm Allexa and I've recently rediscovered my love of writing. I'm trying to put myself out there more and better myself. I am a generally introverted space dweller, but I am also quite the frie.. more..

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