Hanging By A String.

**Kirei Shijin** · 01-01-2010 04:52 AM

I pick up a beat up guitar,
I strum a feeble string,
Because that's all it has.

I put it back down,
And meet it's gaze,
Not like it can truly think,
But I see it's pain,
It gave away,
But got nothing back,
Just a few broken strings,
And, a source of protection it lacks.

I start to walk the opposite direction,
But, soon realize how similar it really is to me,
Which makes me question my sanity,
Has it really come to this?
Comparing myself to inanimate objects?

I pick it up and start to head home.
I'm in need of some company,
So sick and tired of being alone.

Its case got stripped away,
Leaving it susceptible to damage,
It was left out in a desolate alley,
On a piercing cold rainy day,
Just to be trampled on,
By the careless,
That walk on,
As if the roads were made for only them.

If only someone would pick me up,
And shelter me with their love.

The guitar had a better fate it seems,
It was saved by me,
But, I'll only be saved in my hopeless romantic dreams.

**kisses2** · 01-01-2010 06:43 AM

It's really good! I see the moral of the poem. I really enjoyed reading it and would like to read more poems from you so keep posting and I'll keeping reading them. Really good job!

**Kirei Shijin** · 01-01-2010 06:51 AM

Originally Posted by kisses2

It's really good! I see the moral of the poem. I really enjoyed reading it and would like to read more poems from you so keep posting and I'll keeping reading them. Really good job!

Thanks again for your kind words.

**Anime-Prince** · 01-01-2010 04:54 PM

Hmm I really enjoyed this one. Your last 3 three lines defined the poem.

**Kirei Shijin** · 01-01-2010 05:02 PM

Originally Posted by Anime-Prince

Hmm I really enjoyed this one. Your last 3 three lines defined the poem.

Thanks! =)

**[email protected]** · 01-02-2010 11:33 AM

You have a talent and a gift Kirei. I'm starting to like poetry. I should get into it. May i just ask if you are fond of poetry and have any favorite poets?

**Kirei Shijin** · 01-02-2010 07:30 PM

Originally Posted by [email protected]

You have a talent and a gift Kirei. I'm starting to like poetry. I should get into it. May i just ask if you are fond of poetry and have any favorite poets?

Thank you so much! You should get into it and write, it's really relaxing and enjoyable. It's also interesting to see yourself grow as a writer (my poems used to be really bad, haha) I don't have any favorite poet in particular. I enjoy reading all kinds of poetry by just about anyone.

**[email protected]** · 01-03-2010 12:46 AM

Ahh i see. So you improved by practising. I'd love to do a poem and i love to write but whenever i think about it or start on it, i can always sense the presence of that silent killer lurking in the depths of my mind which usually results in procrastination or just abandoning the work. Fortunately, its a new year and i don't feel like that anymore! So i've got a feeling Hooo Hooo! That tonight's gonna be a good night ^^ God bless you Gaara.

**Kirei Shijin** · 01-03-2010 11:43 PM

Haha. New Year = New mind set. I like it. I've also been writing a book which is actually kind of poetic in nature but I've been procrastinating. I've been at chapter 7 for about a few months now. Call me lazy but I prefer writing poems over books because books take soo much longer!