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I am looking to write more, and possibly, at some point, write actual stories. These are just nice mini exercises for me, so if there's anything to improve on, let me have it lol","description_bbcode_parsed":"<span style='word-wrap: break-word;'>I just spent the last couple hours of my night writing a romantic poem about cars.....<br /><br />can I get my <em>Certified Dork</em> badge yet?<br /><br />Let me know what you think! I am looking to write more, and possibly, at some point, write actual stories. These are just nice mini exercises for me, so if there&#039;s anything to improve on, let me have it lol</span>","writing":"[center][i]Sea of Headlights[/i][/center]\n\nI fancy myself–a vehicle of many makers\nA barrage of influence speaking to me of the perfect type\nIt all led me many miles astray\nFor the vessel of my dreams, as they say\nA model for which I have not a gripe\n\nIts as if fate had me rubbernecking for an answer\nA curious search with no destination, nor bounds\nI felt my radio had gone quiet\nMy gas pedals attempting to riot\n‘Til a particularly fine one had begun to make its rounds\n\nI did not then fathom how I began to overdrive\nThe shine of its paint is not all its manual contains\nBut once time had continued to settle\nI read the manual more—it had proven its metal\nAnd now my engine, sparked with fire, is what remains\n\nI can no longer brake fast enough to catch my breath\nAs if there was constant antifreeze dripping from my head\nThe other cars see it so clearly\nOften wondering why I’ve been so weary\nWhile you continue to crank my A.C. all the way red\n\nYes! I know you are the model I seek\nEvery facet, in and out, makes it clear\nWith the countless speed bumps I hit\nIt was an awkward detour I must admit\nBut I feel our day of selection drawing near\n\nThe sea of headlights gave way to a stable path\nFor at every turn, it sought to find me colliding with you\nNow, with a sky smothered in oil\nIts astral glitter defining our locking eyes\nTell me—is your engine overdriving too?","writing_bbcode_parsed":"<span style='word-wrap: break-word;'><div class='align_center'><em>Sea of Headlights</em></div><br /><br />I fancy myself&ndash;a vehicle of many makers<br />A barrage of influence speaking to me of the perfect type<br />It all led me many miles astray<br />For the vessel of my dreams, as they say<br />A model for which I have not a gripe<br /><br />Its as if fate had me rubbernecking for an answer<br />A curious search with no destination, nor bounds<br />I felt my radio had gone quiet<br />My gas pedals attempting to riot<br />&lsquo;Til a particularly fine one had begun to make its rounds<br /><br />I did not then fathom how I began to overdrive<br />The shine of its paint is not all its manual contains<br />But once time had continued to settle<br />I read the manual more&mdash;it had proven its metal<br />And now my engine, sparked with fire, is what remains<br /><br />I can no longer brake fast enough to catch my breath<br />As if there was constant antifreeze dripping from my head<br />The other cars see it so clearly<br />Often wondering why I&rsquo;ve been so weary<br />While you continue to crank my A.C. all the way red<br /><br />Yes! I know you are the model I seek<br />Every facet, in and out, makes it clear<br />With the countless speed bumps I hit<br />It was an awkward detour I must admit<br />But I feel our day of selection drawing near<br /><br />The sea of headlights gave way to a stable path<br />For at every turn, it sought to find me colliding with you<br />Now, with a sky smothered in oil<br />Its astral glitter defining our locking eyes<br />Tell me&mdash;is your engine overdriving too?</span>","pools_count":0,"title":"Sea of Headlights (Short Poem)","deleted":"f","public":"t","mimetype":"text/rtf","pagecount":"1","rating_id":"0","rating_name":"General","ratings":[],"submission_type_id":"12","type_name":"Writing - Document","guest_block":"f","friends_only":"f","comments_count":"0","views":"11"}