July 1, 2015 by Americana Injustica

Echo.

An echo’s memo,
lamenting perpetually…
the redundancy.
A memory’s voice,
screaming at me silently…
the insanity.
Forever hanging,
by the thin threads of old strings…
the anxiety.
…these things are throttling me.

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5 thoughts on “Echo.”

tedgiffin says:

July 3, 2015 at 4:25 AM

Great poem!! Hey, out of curiosity which Artist did that, looks Baroque.

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- Americana Injustica says:
  
  July 3, 2015 at 11:09 AM
  
  I found the image on some random page about Greek Nymphs. I have like the depiction of “echo” in it, as her bottom half is somewhat visible for a change.
  I used it because of her name.
  
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  - tedgiffin says:
    
    July 3, 2015 at 12:43 PM
    
    Oh okay. Good choice!
    
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    - Americana Injustica says:
      
      July 3, 2015 at 1:17 PM
      
      Thanks, I thought so, too… 😉
      
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kat says:

July 1, 2015 at 6:46 PM

i totally get this feeling. great poem.

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