Christmas Wishes

Prompt for: December 9, 2018 (Ren)
Subject or Theme: Holidays make us miss someone or appreciate someone more. Your poem must include 5 of these 10 lines that are from songs on my current playlist:

if you're gonna break my heart just break it
play me close
27 blocks to go
I'm not made out of steel
everywhere I go I see your face
this is perfect
baby, I still see you
you're running out of time
just another ex-love you don't wanna see
looking like a princess
I need more hours with you
you love me now and I feel the same way
I got this feeling inside my bones
baby shark


Word(s) to Include: at least 7 of the lines above - please list the ones you used at the bottom in a note.(tense can be changed, but nothing else!)
Forbidden Word(s): (none) (or any derivatives of these words)
Additional Parameters: Can be serious or humorous...24 lines minimum
Remember, do not use forbidden words ANYWHERE, including title or the brief description.





Christmas Wishes

if you're gonna break my heart just break it:
smash it like an ornament
that falls from shaky branch on the tree
to explode in shards upon the floor--
Trying to fix the broken causes
fingers to bleed.
Like an ornament, I am fragile,
I'm not made out of steel; but
I need more hours with you.
And yet, don't want to be
just another ex-love you don't wanna see.


27 blocks to go--
Feel years and miles away. All I want
to know is you love me now and I feel the same way
I always did; always have.
Baby, I still see you.
Everywhere I go I see your face.
Like Baby Shark. you ear worm on repeat
I got this feeling in my bones,
an insistant beat of drums,
and it reverberates.

Almost to your place,
I see the wreath I made you hanging on your door.
Please, play me close. Keep me
closer still.
What's the point
of looking like a princess if you can't
see me.
Remember when once you said
'This is perfect?'
We weren't,
but we were damn good together.

I was so surprised when you called.
So happy. So scared.
Don't want to be
just some dollar store ornament
hanging on your arm this Christmas.
I want to be the shining star
atop your branches.
You're running out of time
and I'm almost out of glue.























if you're gonna break my heart just break it:
I'm not made out of steel
I need more hours with you
just another ex-love you don't wanna see
you love me now and I feel the same way
27 blocks to go
everywhere I go I see your face
Baby Shark
I got this feeling in my bones
Baby, I still see you.
looking like a princess
play me close
this is perfect
you're running out of time