Envy [2/7 Posted Sins]

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  1. Kates_Agony's Avatar

    Kates_Agony said:

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    A perfect angel, they all have said
    A golden halo hovering over her head
    Grace every time she steps onto the floor to walk
    Tact every time she opens her mouth to talk
    A flawless face, resembling her porcelain wings
    A charming smile with dimples so deep
    Swaying lightly, she takes the floor!
    An observer so hidden, watching in wonder

    Staring at her with ivory eyes,
    A green beast lingers on her heart
    No matter how hard she tries
    This watcher can't find her way
    To the center of the dance floor
    Gripping so tightly onto this war
    She's determined to break, break, break
    The masquerade's little bit of perfection

    From beneath the shadows, she will rise
    Shattered glass stinging as she cries
    The divine one moving ever so gently
    The observer flaring up, embers sparking so bright
    As all the boys stop to watch, peering in wonder

    Staring at her with ivory eyes,
    A green beast lingers on her heart
    No matter how hard she tries
    This watcher can't find her way
    To the center of the dance floor
    Gripping so tightly onto this war
    She's determined to break, break, break
    The masquerade's little bit of perfection

    Screams swallowed up in this angel's throat
    As the observer lurks closer and closer
    The fire in her eyes dancing like sparks across the water
    And slowly this envy has taken over
    The ivory burnt up, as the flawless hits the floor
    Her mouth gaping open as blood drips down
    A river of hatred and grudges covering the knife
    Impaled she lies, in terror the other cries
    Her mission finally completed, the light concealed
    An empty door for an empty soul

    Staring at her with ivory eyes,
    A green beast lingers on her heart
    No matter how hard she tries
    This watcher can't find her way
    To the center of the dance floor
    Gripping so tightly onto this war
    She was determined to break, break, break
    Just to feel important for a second
    To know the power she could hold

    [copywritten to Kate Aldrich]
    ♥ The agony has not yet begun ♥
     
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    atmaestro said:

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    I think it is very good. I love the opening verse but lines 3 and 4 are a forced rhyme. Also, I believe it would flow better with fewer personal pronouns. Try something like the following:

    A perfect angel, they all have said
    A golden halo hovers overhead
    Grace follows wherever she walks
    Tact flows whenever she talks
    A flawless face, complements porcelain wings
    A charming smile with dimples so deep
    Swaying lightly, she takes the floor!
    An observer so hidden, watches in wonder

    However, the rest of the poem is "plagued" by numerous shifts in (rhyming) styles and structure which make it difficult to read aloud and/or follow. I would suggest matching the flow of the first verse (and watch your verb tense shifts too).
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  3. Kates_Agony's Avatar

    Kates_Agony said:

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    Ehh... I like my way more, but thanks for the suggestions. Honestly, I didn't really even realize I had a rhyme in the third and forth lines until I read it myself.
    It's not as if I've got it set to music yet. It's only a rough draft, after all. But I like my way of writing. I don't really care if I rhyme or not. It's not as if all songs just go through constant rhyming or constant... not rhyming.
    ♥ The agony has not yet begun ♥