No Longer Twelve
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(08-12-2013, 11:38 PM)TheWall0912 Wrote:  EDIT 2
You
are not
the person
you used to be.
Innocent and young,
I shared a kiss with you.
Only you would hear about This line seems plain and overly passive. " Confided in you frankly" might sound better here.
my world of twelve year old secrets.
You always had an open shoulder
that would be there for my waterfall eyes. Waterfall on the shoulder? This needs to change, this is a weak metaphor.

A man raised by hate and not taught to love. This line is plain as well. "A man fed hatred, taught to shun all love." - you could say something like not. Not telling you to change it to that, but you get the idea. Something less "plain" and merely expository.
Someone who does not remember us
ever being just twelve years old,
or having his first real kiss.
It seems my waterfalls Need to change this waterfalls metaphor.
don't have a shoulder
to reside on,
because you
are not
you.
Biggest critique is to make some of your language more original and interesting, not so plain and expository.
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Messages In This Thread
No Longer Twelve - by TheWall0912 - 08-12-2013, 11:38 PM
RE: No Longer Twelve - by ray - 08-13-2013, 12:26 AM
RE: No Longer Twelve - by TheWall0912 - 08-14-2013, 08:13 PM
RE: No Longer Twelve - by Volaticus - 08-14-2013, 11:34 AM
RE: No Longer Twelve - by R.C. KITCHENS - 08-14-2013, 12:04 PM
RE: No Longer Twelve - by ChristopherSea - 08-15-2013, 03:56 AM
RE: No Longer Twelve - by TheWall0912 - 08-15-2013, 04:19 AM
RE: No Longer Twelve - by ChristopherSea - 08-15-2013, 04:40 AM
RE: No Longer Twelve - by davinox - 08-23-2013, 12:32 AM



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