POEM STARTER

"She dropped her dress, and her inhibitions, at the door."

This is an example of a syllepsis, where the meaning of a verb (here 'dropped') is both physical and metaphorical. Write a poem that includes a syllepsis (do not use the example).

Hopeless Paper

Silently, I grasped all the hope I had left

The wind blew my hair like a melody

And I held the paper tightly

A paper filled with my life and dreams


A damp paper sat beneath tired fingers

My tears flowed through the lines

Smudging the memories held by beautiful words

And I tried to flow through the pain and the hurt


The ocean looked back at weary hazel eyes

Its swift beats demanded an answer from me

I tossed the paper, and my whole life, it seems

And I watched the memories sink, all the impossible dreams


And it sunk hopelessly

Like a broken heart

Like a cracked leaf

Almost-- just like me

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