POEM STARTER
Create a cento using lines from your favourite poems. You may also wish to use lines from your own poems, but the end result should be coherent!.
A cento is a poetic form made up entirely of lines taken from other poems, which are woven together to create a new, unique piece.
[SCARS] PT. II
A REBUTTAL TO ME 120 DAYS AGO
I remember when I was a kid, when I was 10
learning to sew in primary and poking the needle through a thin layer of skin
though it is dusty with time and abandonment. There is no evidence of a butchering
leaving no trace
of existence
Leave no blood.
Take no trophy
Here’s to you, to who
I will not miss,
No matter the gash
Flowers can fix a thousand cuts
turned to a wound made official
Forever unreliable
But the constant remains that
like the cicadas that rang into our ears
The scars I’ve carved into my neck and shoulders
five across, three down
i can afford
pain
made in
God’s image, it will live on
even love arrives in prognosis
Hazy and short-lived.
A blip in a star’s life
Mocking me.
Whispering, _fall_
succumb to crowd control
unbuckling in the moonlight
“I’m so sorry.” A woman’s voice
pulls me closer,
back to the surface
Betrayal when I was younger
It did not feel like what I thought it would,
or what I wanted it to
I hadn’t even thought about it
So now I’ve been thinking
after grabbing a knife from the kitchen
Incompetence may be fatal
There are just some things that nobody will do for you
i put down the razor blade
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every one of these lines is from a friend of mine, all of us HSPVA class of '28. i love them all dearly. this was written to thank them all for literally saving my life and to illustrate my growth as a person.
CREDITS
“I remember when I was a kid, when I was 10 …” - AB
“learning to sew in primary and poking the needle through a thin layer of skin …” - Alexandra
“though it is dusty with time and abandonment. There is no evidence of a butchering …” - Christine
“leaving no trace of existence …” - Crimson
“Leave no blood. Take no trophy …” - Desi
“Here’s to you, to who I will not miss, …” - Dexter
“No matter the gash // Flowers can fix a thousand cuts …” - Edie
“turned to a wound made official …” - Em
“Forever unreliable // But the constant remains that …” - Floryn
“like the cicadas that rang into our ears …” - German
“The scars I’ve carved into my neck and shoulders …” - Grace
“five across, three down …” - Isa
“i can afford // pain …” - Inaya
“made in // God’s image, it will live on …” - Kiran
“even love arrives in prognosis …” - Kylie
“Hazy and short-lived. A blip in a star’s life …” - Layan
“Mocking me. Whispering, _fall …” _- Maximiliano
“succumb to crowd control …” - Arden
“unbuckling in the moonlight …” - Lia
““I’m so sorry.” A woman’s voice …” - Morayma
“pulls me closer, back to the surface …” - Raymond
“Betrayal when I was younger …” - Sofia
“It did not feel like what I thought it would, or what I wanted it to …” - Tallulah
“I hadn’t even thought about it // So now I’ve been thinking …” - Thomas
“after grabbing a knife from the kitchen …” - Vishwa
“Incompetence may be fatal // There are just some things that nobody will do for you …” - Ylise
“i put down the razor blade” - Allen