Your Heart Was My Home Until You Handed Me an Eviction Notice | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. Your Heart Was My Home Until You Handed Me an Eviction Notice

Your Heart Was My Home Until You Handed Me an Eviction Notice MAG

November 15, 2008
By amanda.bower SILVER, Stacy, Minnesota
More by this author
amanda.bower SILVER, Stacy, Minnesota
9 articles 2 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
maybe i know that you'll crave my secure arms someday, but i'll have come across someone who wasn't afraid. and that's why i can't let go.

View profile

I removed the layers of blankets from my aching bones
to excavate the secrets that were held together by saliva
in papier-mâché envelopes, only to chew on disappointments
and lie on shards of fragile stained glass that tampered with my flaws,
instead of putting me back together with multicolored duct tape
so gray was only found inside of my body.

I wrung the tears from your sweatshirt and decided it was time
to give it back to you, in exchange for my serpent heart

[barely beating,

barely breathing];
instead of curling inside your stomach and making you
nearly as ill as I had become, just by drinking venomous nectar
and digesting fireflies so a small portion of me would feel alive,
I climbed over your picket fence and let you recline my eyes
in another awkward position to the point where I only chain-smoked
the main exhibits of your aesthetic proportions and declined
every deficiency of the person you truly are,


i. blunt

© Francesca Y., Robbinsdale, MN

Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
Silence
By bitty09 SILVER
Claymont, Delaware
bitty09 SILVER, Claymont, Delaware
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
Death After Life
By sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM
West Jordan, Utah
sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM, West Jordan, Utah
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments
View profile
Poetry
The Protectors' of the World
By Arbys GOLD
Dobbs Ferry, New York
Arbys GOLD, Dobbs Ferry, New York
15 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.&quot;Edgar Allan Poe<br /> &quot;A dream doesn&#039;t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. ~Colin Powell&quot; ~ Colin Powell<br /> &quot;Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom <br /> &quot;A poem is never finished, only abandoned.&quot;-Paul Valery

View profile
Poetry
My New Beginning
By delaney95 GOLD
St. Charles, Missouri
delaney95 GOLD, St. Charles, Missouri
11 articles 5 photos 5 comments
View profile
Poetry
'' FLY ''
By MONKEE426 GOLD
Minnesota, Minnesota
MONKEE426 GOLD, Minnesota, Minnesota
12 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Live--So Live It To The Fuller

View profile
Poetry
Oh, let me be
By Forgotten_and_Lost GOLD
Coffeyville, Kansas
Forgotten_and_Lost GOLD, Coffeyville, Kansas
13 articles 0 photos 2 comments
View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 323 comments.

Aderes47 GOLD said...
on Mar. 31 2011 at 7:39 am
Aderes47 GOLD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
11 articles 0 photos 897 comments

Favorite Quote:
You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. <br /> Henry Drummond

View profile
this poem brought back some memories for me.
malakai SILVER said...
on Mar. 9 2011 at 8:50 pm
malakai SILVER, Washoe Valley, Nevada
5 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
never give up even when there is no point

View profile

i agree so much great job

 

alicen1ndrland GOLD said...
on Mar. 9 2011 at 8:24 pm
alicen1ndrland GOLD, Bethesda, Maryland
10 articles 1 photo 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it&#039;s dead for you.&rdquo;<br /> ~Oscar Wilde<br /> I must lie down where all the ladders start<br /> In the foul rag and bone shop of the heart. <br /> ~William Butler Yeats

View profile
I'm pretty sure that's a name? 
Little.Monster said...
on Mar. 9 2011 at 6:59 pm
Little.Monster, San Diego, California
0 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Who have I become? A mere shadow, standing alone inside I cry out, screaming I make no sound.&quot;<br /> &quot;Just because your breathing, don&#039;t mean your alive.&quot;<br /> &quot;Gun&#039;s don&#039;t kill people, people with mustaches do.&quot;<br /> I have many more. :D

View profile
This is simply lovely, and just all over amazing. I loved it! Especially since I've felt exactly like this a lot nowadays. Anywho, I loved it; keep writing please<3 (:
WindDancer GOLD said...
on Mar. 9 2011 at 4:14 pm
WindDancer GOLD, Lexington, Kentucky
10 articles 3 photos 77 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It&#039;s time to start living the life you&#039;ve imagined&quot; <br /> - Henry James<br /> <br /> &quot;I read to escape, I write to confront.&quot;

View profile
Great job! So raw, and wonderful imagery and such. Keep writing, you have something special.
LOST_LOV3_12 SILVER said...
on Mar. 9 2011 at 3:17 pm
LOST_LOV3_12 SILVER, North Zulch, Texas
7 articles 1 photo 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t let the world get to you. if you do, you&#039;re in for a world of pain and despair.&quot;

View profile
omg, my feelins exactly.....especially rite now!!!! u r an extremely gud poet!!!! 5 stars
Fran94 SILVER said...
on Mar. 9 2011 at 12:24 pm
Fran94 SILVER, Hayward, California
8 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you are content with being yourself and never compete or compare, everyone will respect you.&quot;<br /> -Laotzu

View profile

I really like this poem! The poem just gives off a raw feeling of sadness. That's what poetry to me is all about. It's letting the readers feel a raw feeling that you feel and not an imitation of the feeling. You don't tell them to feel sad, you sort of persuade them to.

I especially love the imagery. It's very vivid! The language is intricate. I can see you combined your true feelings, imagery, and language to create a great poem. Great job!

sophia9702 BRONZE said...
on Feb. 15 2011 at 11:15 pm
sophia9702 BRONZE, New York, New York
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Real life is a funny thing. In real life, saying the right thing at the right moment is beyond crucial. So crucial, in fact, that most of us start to hesitate.... for fear of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. But, lately what I&#039;ve begun to fear more than that is letting the moment pass without saying anything. I think you deserve to look back on your life without this chorus of resounding voices saying I could&#039;ve but it&#039;s too late now. So there&#039;s a time for silence, there&#039;s a time for waiting your turn, but if you know how you feel and you so clearly know what you need to say, you&#039;ll know it. I don&#039;t think you should wait.... you should Speak Now.&rdquo; <br /> -Taylor Swift

View profile
amazing writing! but i dont really understand the structure/punctuation. maybe im just missing something but the last line "i. blunt" what are you trying to say there? 
DeMe said...
on Feb. 15 2011 at 10:38 pm
Sorry, I ment to say I love ur poetry, I thought it was truely amazing.
DeMe said...
on Feb. 15 2011 at 10:37 pm
I love poetry and Writing
Kiyoko GOLD said...
on Feb. 15 2011 at 8:48 pm
Kiyoko GOLD, Knoxville, Tennessee
10 articles 0 photos 43 comments

Favorite Quote:
Independence is my happiness, I view things as they are without regard to place or person. My country is the world, and my religion is to do good. - Thomas Paine

View profile
I really like this poem. Maybe consider calling it simply, "Eviction Notice." ? This is nicely done, very descriptive!
AbigailElizabeth SILVER said...
on Feb. 15 2011 at 7:12 pm
AbigailElizabeth SILVER, Medina, Minnesota
8 articles 0 photos 79 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Scars are souvenirs you never lose&quot; - Goo Goo Dolls

View profile
you need to be recognized in the world as a hero, because it is truly heroic to write something like this and put on paper what your heart is saying and inspire others(:
MKimmi said...
on Feb. 15 2011 at 6:26 pm
MKimmi, NY, New York
0 articles 0 photos 103 comments
View profile
I don't really understand this...
Kiba1 GOLD said...
on Feb. 15 2011 at 2:42 pm
Kiba1 GOLD, Cripple Creek C.O, Colorado
12 articles 5 photos 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
\&quot;Its Not Too Late Its Never too Late.\&quot; \&quot; \&#039;I Cant\&#039; Is Never True\&quot; \&quot;Ill Be The First To Say that Now Im O.K\&quot; \&quot;You Tried To Bring me Down, And You Epicly Failed.\&quot; &quot;Judge me, And I&#039;ll Prove you Wrong. Say I&#039;m Nothing? Watch Me Soar.&quot;

View profile
I Love It, I Have Some, Could You Plz Take A Look And See If They are Any Good? =D
amanda.bower SILVER said...
on Feb. 15 2011 at 8:29 am
amanda.bower SILVER, Stacy, Minnesota
9 articles 2 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
maybe i know that you&#039;ll crave my secure arms someday, but i&#039;ll have come across someone who wasn&#039;t afraid. and that&#039;s why i can&#039;t let go.

View profile
thank you! it means a lot, i appreciate you reading it and i'm glad you enjoyed it :)
amanda.bower SILVER said...
on Feb. 15 2011 at 8:28 am
amanda.bower SILVER, Stacy, Minnesota
9 articles 2 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
maybe i know that you&#039;ll crave my secure arms someday, but i&#039;ll have come across someone who wasn&#039;t afraid. and that&#039;s why i can&#039;t let go.

View profile
ah, thank you, it means a lot. and it is nice to hear, i truly do appreciate it. i'm glad you enjoyed it. :) thanks again!
Martii_Marr said...
on Feb. 15 2011 at 8:27 am
Martii_Marr, Columbus, Ohio
0 articles 0 photos 1 comment
View profile
- i love this poem .. this by far is my favoite one =) ... your truely talented !!
innocencejaded said...
on Feb. 15 2011 at 8:27 am
thank you :) that means an awful lot, i really appreciate it.
hello.peaches PLATINUM said...
on Feb. 3 2011 at 12:45 pm
hello.peaches PLATINUM, Greenfield, Massachusetts
26 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;i don&#039;t love you as if you were a rose of salt, topaz or arrow of carnations that propagate fire: i love you as one loves certain dark things, secretly, between the shadow and the soul.&quot;<br /> -Pablo Neruda

View profile
this is beautiful
Goms1 said...
on Feb. 1 2011 at 1:46 pm
Goms1, Nobelsville, Indiana
0 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.<br /> Bill Cosby

View profile
sorry, didn't mean to reply just to comment on the poem.