Why I need you

I need you because you’ve given me anchor—
as I work, my mind spins words and worlds away
across the endless stars.
I lose myself.
Realms of fantasy later,
hiding in the aftermath,
I burn with hidden fire,
ever darkly shining,
because of past hurts
striking without warning. Then, I seek you.
Thinking of you smoothes rough edges—
catching me, setting me free.
You’ll find me there, save me.
I rest my head into your shoulder,
finding a typical day,
the time I need to heal.
Without you, I feel I am all flaw.
I lose myself.
Too much lies past the surface
of noise and motion.

Author's Note ▼

line count: 20
lines/titles used: 17
extra words used: 36

line 1: day 1 "fourteen years and one month"  line 35
line 2: day 6 "my tower"  line 21
line 3: day 20 "Ysangra"  line 40
line 4: transitional
line 5: day 2 "renewing an old acquaintance"  line 22
line 6: day 7—title "aftermath" 
line 7: day 11 "the potassium drip"  line 2
line 8: day 14 "brief thoughts"  line 8
line 9: day 9 "What Ren Sees in Me"  line 25
line 10: day 17 "a lifetime companion"  line 21
line 11: day 5—title "thinking of you" 
line 12: day 19 "at Niagara"  line 12
line 13: day 8 "silent huntress"  line 16
line 14: day 18 "facets of an element"  line 39
line 15: day 15—title "a typical day" 
line 16: transitional
line 17: day 4 "Word lace lines the wall"  line 11
line 18: transitional
line 19: day 10 "stories in the backyard"  line 73
line 20: day 16 "stillness"  line 24

Prompt ▼

Prompt for: Sept 21, 2015 (Thanks Dragonfly Rose for the Awesome Prompt)
Subject or Theme: Reusing Verse Take a combination of lines and titles from at least (15) of your 20 poems and compile them into a cohesive poem; the lines/titles may be in any order. If you use a title from one poem, you may NOT use a line from that poem. If you use a line from a poem, you may NOT use the title. You may add transition words or lines to help the flow of your poem, but you may not use more than 40 NEW words total. Please make sure you make all of your reused lines and titles GREEN!!!!! The only words in black should be your transition words.
Word(s) to Include: Come up with a new title for your recycled poem! (or any derivatives of these words)
Forbidden Word(s): (none) (or any derivatives of these words)
Additional Parameters: You may list your lines like this in the author's note, so we know what lines and titles you used. Or you may follow Ren's example, or you may list your information at the beginning of the lines, instead of the end. We just need to have the information listed somewhere.
Line 1: Day 12, line 7
Line 2: Day 6, line 4
Line 3: Transition Line
Line 4: Day 9, title
etc...(listing all 15 lines/titles)

****DO NOT CHANGE YOUR ORIGINAL POEMS!!! Simply copy the lines from the page, do not EDIT the poem in any way!****

Remember, do not use forbidden words ANYWHERE, including title or the brief description.