Title: Skin
by Jen from London | in writing, poetry
I built a sanctuary today
Hibernate with me
Bare skin against the fresh of my duvet
The space on my left looks the right size for you
'I'll build us one'
You must have forgot to
Can you even hear my voice anymore?
Remember me
I'll scream louder, you'll ignore
Your presence died
And now I'm left
But it's not on your left ''.
So it doesn't feel right.
I used the idea of building a sanctuary and the word ""duvet"" to show the feeling of being safe and at home. I use the word ""left"" alot to simbolise the heart because the its on the left of your body. ""the space on my left looks the right size for you"", im trying to say that the charecter is compleated by the person shes speaking to and that he compleates her. I used this at the end too, ""not on your left, so it doesnt feel right"". I have played with the fact that ""right"" has two meanings so that the reader has to think about which one i mean. I also do this with the word ""left"" in the line ""and now im left""
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