Hello all!
Sorry for saving this for the last possible moment. Life got busy, thankfully that's all over now!
I'd just start off by thanking everyone who sent in their poems. I had such a fun time reading the entries and had such a hard time picking the winner. I would give you first if I could. But sadly that's not the way the world works so lets cut to the chase.
| T H I R D P L A C E |
| Fairytale Complexity |
By Reibun
(Inspired by Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping beauty, the twelve months, and Rapunzel)
I know to you I look just fine,
and that I've up and left my past behind.
But you don't know the person I am inside.
You just don't know the brokenness I hide.
Like Cinderella I've been broken emotionally.
I've been beaten down, and the broken part of me isn't pretty.
I need someone to love me for real.
Not just the way I look or the way I make them feel.
I've eaten a poisoned apple, and now I'm dead emotionally.
All because I once was pure and sparked some jealousy.
I need someone to come and save the real me.
Not someone to fall in love with my dead body.
I made a few mistakes, and stabbed myself with a spinning wheel.
Because I followed my heart I'm led away to death, losing my right to think or feel.
I want to have hope, to find the love I want to keep.
So please come save me from this unfaltering sleep.
My feelings change like the twelve months, just more randomly.
I'm supposed to be wild but I'll tame myself for all who ask nicely.
I'm trying to be brave, but I'm lost within this bitter cold.
I've lost my way, and I'm losing hope, truth be told.
Yet through all of this, I'm locked away in wait for you.
In this tower with my heart that's ripped in two.
But I don't have hair for you to climb.
And in the end no one is coming, the tragic end will come with time
The different view points was such a creative idea! I loved it. That and way each part seemed to be a cry for help won me over.
| S E C O N D P L A C E |
| Poison |
By Echothepoet
(Inspired by Snow White)
Avoid her,
She's nothing but a beast
