Of Castles And The Sky
Max Salnikov. May 21, 2006.

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Scream. Run. Turn away.

We build dark castles with our actions, pikes shooting out into the skies of hallucinogenic green. We speak, our words building moats around our castles of despair, moats we say we build to keep the bad out of our personal space. In reality, it's just an excuse not to move. We think, and come up with magical lands of denied possibilities.

Fortress Natasha, the no-love-zone.

Where there is a chance for change, we say "it must be for the worse" and keep sitting in our dark corners of self-imposed limitations, smoking one cigarette after another, while the rest of the world wonders what happened to the men and women we used to be before. Cigarette after cigarette, some of us - forever.

Island Robert, the shores of infinite self-pity.

Where we should learn, we ignore the lessons by collapsing in tears, knocking on imaginary doors someone slammed shut right in our faces. Where we should realize the only doors are the ones we make, where we should realize that there are no locks or walls for the power of true intent, we fail to move. All we do is we light up another smoke. And then, we cry.

Turn away. Run. Scream. Fly.

Skies Everybody: not all wings are broken.

I quite like it. Very powerful.

Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment. That's always appreciated.

can we PLEASE stop with the damn poetry. beg for your own forum or something.

Firstly, this isn't poetry. Secondly, the hell? This is posted here as to get replies - rightly so in the Showcase forum. Negative or positive, but actual replies. And not of the OMG WORDS HURTING MY BRAIN LA LA LA BRAIN GOING EXPLODE variety.

you're right its not poetry. its prose. we already have a board for fiction. why not one for poetry/prose. the showcase forum is turning into the angsty poetry forum. no sir, i dont like it.

i'll admit, i have animosity towards poetry. i dont "get" it. it doesnt move me. it doesnt stir up emotions. if your going to tell a story tell a story, dont obscure it with pretty words.

and if words hurt my brain i wouldn't read/write for the ISB. dont be a prick.

Ford, the Showcase forum is for writing too. Don't read it if you can't handle it.

Honestly.

Good, Koobie.

I didn't mean to come off as a prick, Ford, but it just seemed to me that you posted negativity without even bothering to read the piece. And the genre's correct name is "flash fiction," if you're interested. But anyways.

Thanks for the comment, Hebedee.