WEEK 5 PICTURE CHALLENGE

Universe · 04-24-2020, 11:25 AM

*This is well over the 15 line limit, I realize. Count it, don't count it... up to you guys. Hope you enjoy it regardless.

Don't Look

The contrast was blinding, nowadays we've got on masks to hide
If only we could just tap rewind to remind us of happy times
Back when it was all smiles and dandelions, before we were trapped in binds
Even our elastic minds wondered how we didn't snap inside
The day my wife grabbed the 9mm was the day we evolved
Seem odd if two peas in a pod refute belief in God
See there was no epidemic creeping along, just people and smog
Then my wife placed the gun to her face... and blew out her teeth and her jaw
I found her bleeding on the lawn, imagine your wife outdoors keeled...
Over by the garden; She was "lucky" to survive the ordeal
She tried to heal but surgery couldn't piece her back together
I looked down at our wedding rings and remembered, 'yeah, that's forever'
No disaster could sever our ties, no seeping head wound
Yet she fell into a deep depression and wouldn't leave the bedroom
One day she said "I'm too ugly for you, just take me to my Mothers"
That very afternoon I grabbed a straight razor blade from the cupboard
I painfully started cutting until the flesh of my jawline was uncovered
Blood sputtered everywhere; I used all the gauze I could find that summer
My mind was numb but my face was on flames for good
I showed my wife my new look... She smiled the only way she could
I recovered and bought us masks, we laughed and joked as we talked
She said "you sound like Bane", I responded, Let's go for a walk
She looked lost, "But our masks... it's- - it's not even cold weather"
I said relax, if we're gawked at then we'll be gawked at together
Then the epidemic hit... See this is where the focus shifts
Ghosts can live cuz if EVERYONE is a monster, than no one is
I reached out my hand like 'Hold it quick'; She took it all proud
Cu we used to stick out from the crowd...

Well, look at us now.

04-24-2020, 11:25 AM	#1
Universe Everything's Connected Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Niagara Falls, Canada Posts: 1,001 Battle Record: 19-8 Champed - Guerrilla Writing League(2x) - GWL Picture challenge(2x) - Art of Writing League Rep Power: 10178706	This is well over the 15 line limit, I realize. Count it, don't count it... up to you guys. Hope you enjoy it regardless. Don't Look* The contrast was blinding, nowadays we've got on masks to hide If only we could just tap rewind to remind us of happy times Back when it was all smiles and dandelions, before we were trapped in binds Even our elastic minds wondered how we didn't snap inside The day my wife grabbed the 9mm was the day we evolved Seem odd if two peas in a pod refute belief in God See there was no epidemic creeping along, just people and smog Then my wife placed the gun to her face... and blew out her teeth and her jaw I found her bleeding on the lawn, imagine your wife outdoors keeled... Over by the garden; She was "lucky" to survive the ordeal She tried to heal but surgery couldn't piece her back together I looked down at our wedding rings and remembered, 'yeah, that's forever' No disaster could sever our ties, no seeping head wound Yet she fell into a deep depression and wouldn't leave the bedroom One day she said "I'm too ugly for you, just take me to my Mothers" That very afternoon I grabbed a straight razor blade from the cupboard I painfully started cutting until the flesh of my jawline was uncovered Blood sputtered everywhere; I used all the gauze I could find that summer My mind was numb but my face was on flames for good I showed my wife my new look... She smiled the only way she could I recovered and bought us masks, we laughed and joked as we talked She said "you sound like Bane", I responded, Let's go for a walk She looked lost, "But our masks... it's- - it's not even cold weather" I said relax, if we're gawked at then we'll be gawked at together Then the epidemic hit... See this is where the focus shifts Ghosts can live cuz if EVERYONE is a monster, than no one is I reached out my hand like 'Hold it quick'; She took it all proud Cu we used to stick out from the crowd... Well, look at us now. __________________ ..Passed the Present and Future..