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Untouchable
I lie in my coffin: awake
paralyzed
aqua swirls of satin
and the scent of rose petals
surround me
untouchable beauty
is my punishment
I did this
I sunk lower than this bed will go
and now I gag on my decaying breath
paralyzed
aqua swirls of satin
and the scent of rose petals
surround me
untouchable beauty
is my punishment
I did this
I sunk lower than this bed will go
and now I gag on my decaying breath
Written by
raorrick
(Rachel O.)
Published 21st Jul 2012
| Edited 23rd Jul 2012
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Re: Untouchable
21st Jul 2012 7:23am
Rachel, wow...the imagery here is amazing, I have a visual immediately as I read this.
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21st Jul 2012 7:43am
Re: Untouchable
21st Jul 2012 8:13am
The 1st stanza is a nightmare to imagine.
Your minimalist approach works very well. You are the most diverse poet I've read here.
Your minimalist approach works very well. You are the most diverse poet I've read here.
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re: Re: Untouchable
21st Jul 2012 8:31am
Haha, it is only because I don't know what I am doing that makes me seem diverse.
I like the compliment anyway though. :)
Thank you for your feed back Ken, as always it is a pleasure.
I like the compliment anyway though. :)
Thank you for your feed back Ken, as always it is a pleasure.
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21st Jul 2012 8:17am
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21st Jul 2012 8:31am
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21st Jul 2012 8:33am
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I appreciate this kind of feed back tremendously.
Verse 1 - Wow, you are right, repetition does nothing for it, and it now sounds awful to me. Fixed.
Verse 2 - I thought about it not fitting as well. My train of thought - what does the inside of a coffin look like? "Aqua swirls" refers to the satin on the inside of a coffin. Maybe smell like? Rose pedals for the roses one might be buried with. I wanted her to be surrounded by something beautiful. Then untouchable.
Verse 3 - The reason - She screwed up. Now she is suffering the consequences of it. Everything around her that is beautiful, that she once could touch, she no longer can. She is dead to the world around her, and therefore feels dead her self.
She made her bed and now has to lie in it kind of thing.
I see now though, how this is sparse. I will come back to it in a few days and add more meat to it, to make it more understandable.
I am grateful for your honesty.
I also appreciate this comment, "though having followed your writing I know there is a deeper meaning here".
There is always deeper meaning and if it doesn't come out, I want someone to tell me.
Thanks for your time, Indie
Verse 1 - Wow, you are right, repetition does nothing for it, and it now sounds awful to me. Fixed.
Verse 2 - I thought about it not fitting as well. My train of thought - what does the inside of a coffin look like? "Aqua swirls" refers to the satin on the inside of a coffin. Maybe smell like? Rose pedals for the roses one might be buried with. I wanted her to be surrounded by something beautiful. Then untouchable.
Verse 3 - The reason - She screwed up. Now she is suffering the consequences of it. Everything around her that is beautiful, that she once could touch, she no longer can. She is dead to the world around her, and therefore feels dead her self.
She made her bed and now has to lie in it kind of thing.
I see now though, how this is sparse. I will come back to it in a few days and add more meat to it, to make it more understandable.
I am grateful for your honesty.
I also appreciate this comment, "though having followed your writing I know there is a deeper meaning here".
There is always deeper meaning and if it doesn't come out, I want someone to tell me.
Thanks for your time, Indie
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21st Jul 2012 8:37am
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21st Jul 2012 9:11am
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21st Jul 2012 1:31pm
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21st Jul 2012 2:37pm
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21st Jul 2012 3:36pm
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21st Jul 2012 4:34pm
Awesom Gigi. Thanks a bunch! It sucks that you can relate. But I am glad t came across to you.
Thanks for stopping by. :)
Thanks for stopping by. :)
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21st Jul 2012 7:38pm
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re: Re: Untouchable
21st Jul 2012 8:53pm
Aww Crim, I'm sorry you can relate :-/
Glad you stopped by though, thanks so much for your kind words :)
Glad you stopped by though, thanks so much for your kind words :)
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22nd Jul 2012 12:35pm
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22nd Jul 2012 3:10pm
"double entendre"
I like that!
Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving such a great comment. I appreciate that. :D
I like that!
Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving such a great comment. I appreciate that. :D
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- Edited 14th May 2018 11:51pm
23rd Jul 2012 4:12am
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re: Re: Untouchable
23rd Jul 2012 4:33am
Great advice Jack, thanks, aww petals, should have caught that.
Thank you so much for your time, it is much appreciated.
Thank you so much for your time, it is much appreciated.
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Anonymous
13th Aug 2012 1:36pm
the satin lining of the coffin morbidly comfortable this poem brought me back to funerals of the past and reminded me of my own mortality lol . awsome poetry!!!
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