Won't You?A Poem by Elijah J."Give me a chance," she wrote. "Won't you?""Give me a chance," she wrote, And the words rolled across the page like dripping blood. "Won't you?
You've built this brick wall around your fortress,
And these curtains over your eyes,
And this blackout screen across your heart.
You thrash out at the wind
Which howls through the cracks in your wall,
Which billows your curtain,
And which tears at your screen,
But there is no destroying this wind;
That which has no beginning and no end can't be stopped.
The wind isn't the evil;
The evil is that screen, wall, and curtain."
"Let me in," she wrote. "Won't you?
I do no harm; I'm not as cold as I sound.
I won't hurt you.
(Please don't hurt me.)" © 2010 Elijah J.Author's Note
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1 Review Added on April 27, 2010 Last Updated on August 10, 2010 Tags: chances second curtain wall scre AuthorElijah J.Welcome to Insanity. Enjoy the ride.AboutHello. My name is Eli. This is the ground beneath my feet. It may not look like much, But I am damn proud to be standing on it. more..Writing
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