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Some nights I get unreasonable.  Some nights
The ceiling gets a little too low, and the walls too close,
And the light at the end too far off,
And I forget all my careful planning
And want it all now, true love and golden glory
And balls that end at midnight and fortunes coming true.
It's time, I say, it's time, I could grab my purse and coat and just run,
Run run run down that street underneath the cold stars.

I forget that
Running makes me cough,
And my coat is thin,
And I have a year before I can graduate,
Before I can leave and not come back.

I forget also that a diploma is not a sword and steed,
That Florida is not Oz or Neverland, that I don't do well with
Stress, or surprises, and that the life that I have picked out,
quiet and fulfilling, a librarian's desk and a few published novels,
Is just the way I like it.

I have not seen much of the world. I suspect it is very nice.
Some nights I get unreasonable, and I am terrified of "very nice."
I want a wild and ridiculous and unlikely life, I want to
Slay a many-headed beast, kiss the prince,
ride a fog-grey horse at full gallop across a moor,

Only I
don't, really. Really, what I want is
Some hot tea,and sleep. Really, what I want is true love, yes,
But just the common, lovely, comfortable kind,
And a home with pictures on the walls,
And the assurance that, if I were to one day leave this world,
There would be a hole left.

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I just wrote this, and I'm really tired so even if it was awful I probably couldn't tell. But I'm wanting to break my recent habit of writing stuff and then just putting it away. I don't feel like this is my best work, so help me out and gimme some feedback. <3

Still suck at titles.

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:iconcompass-wave:
Love it love it! I can totally relate. Some nights I just feel like doing all the impossible things, but I also really want some of those regular things.
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:iconsummerrayn:
Thank you! Always good to hear that a piece resonates. <3
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:iconstare-at-you:
This is really nice, maybe because I find myself relating to all these feelings.
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:iconsummerrayn:
Discontent is a universal constant, eh? ;) Thanks.
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:iconstare-at-you:
LOL! well, I dont see it as discontent. More like moments of longing until you realize you dont live in a movie. haha Ur Welcome!
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:icondwynwenmoloney:
I can only say the same. It's beautiful, and I think I know this feeling somehow you describe it perfectly ;)
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:iconsummerrayn:
Thank you! That means a lot to hear!
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~oOForgetfulOo Jan 31, 2011  Student Traditional Artist
This is so beautiful. Perfect word choices, they make it so easy to empathise, and the last couple of lines are just the best way to round it up.
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:iconsummerrayn:
Aw, thank you so much! <3
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