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The words I cannot tell you

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"Open your heart", you say…
Well did you know, beautiful, that we can only see a portion of the whole spectrum of light?



There are infrared rays, defending my inner ugliness.
Once upon a time I would have called them prison and I would have realized how they only make it impossible for us to really understand, really be in, each other.
Once upon a time, I believed in fairytales.

There are gamma radiations, feeding this cancer.
I wish I could utter them, the words I cannot tell you. I wish there was a chemotherapy I could undergo, I wish there was a rehabilitation capable of teaching me again that if I give my true self to you…
I wish, but I am no Genie; only a disappointed Aladdin.

There are ultraviolet anchors, sinking my bravery.
I used to be attracted by you with the intensity of gravity, 9.81 m/s2 and growing. I used to think that I'd never be able to stop Newtons from getting me nearer to you.
I used to know how this law of physics works; I just temporarily forgot.



Did you know, beautiful, that we can only see a portion of the whole spectrum of light?

Once upon a time, naivety told me that you'd love anything coming from me.
I wish I was still able to believe that, and I could pour my heart's intensity in your soul without fearing your refusal.
I used to think rainbows embrace the whole beauty of the world, but they hide as much as they show…


See I've been wondering for a long time, behind my mask, of the words I cannot tell you.
FULL TITLE:ALL the words I cannot tell you”. I missed just one fucking character!
Entry for the Masquerade Contest.

Italian version here, Quello che non posso dirti.
This work has a second part, You needn't fear me.

And might be updated with a preview image... I apologise in advance if you'll get notified of it a second time.

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I’ve been wondering for a lot of time about the words “open your heart”, actually… but had never been inspired with something related to them, apart from useless crap, of course. I was thinking of the “irony”, if we can call it that, of such a phrase… it’s not at all easy, to open your heart to someone else, because then this person will see all the ugliness that you think it’s stored therein. It’s not at all easy, because then the other person may fear the intensity of what it’s stored in it.
I’m just an insecure person like that. :hmm:
I’d keep talking of it, but the Artist Comments will already end up being long, without me rambling about this longer than I did.

In the text itself, I use a lot of scientific terms and metaphors. See, this is another reason why I love sciences: they have much more in common with us, than we think… you just need a different perspective.
A bit of explanation:

Spectrum of light: with this, I refer to the whole electromagnetic spectrum, of course. I just didn’t want this to be too specific, and less understandable to everyone.It’s the range of all frequencies of radiation and a small portion of it, is what we can see as colours. Ultraviolet, X and gamma rays on one side and infrared, radio and micro waves on the other are the remaining areas of the spectrum. I used some of them in the prose itself.

9.81 m/s2 : gravity acceleration speed.

I also refer to a law of physics, and that is F=m x a (the force is equal to the mass, m, multiplied by a, acceleration). Forces(F) are measured in Newton, which I also mention in the text.

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I will most probably submit this to :iconthewrittenrevolution: , so...
Beautiful members of our group, as I’m submitting this for a contest I’d love your opinion on metaphors. Are they too scientific, or you can understand them? The words “behind my mask”, in the last sentence, are they needed? I’d want to take them away, but I fear this wouldn’t relate enough to the idea of a masquerade if I do. What do you think? If anyone wants to Critique, tell me and I'll open it up.
:aww:
I apologise for the length of my Artist’s Comments, of course. Feel free to hate me. :(

Edit: took out the evil ellipsis.
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I must admit I used to believe in fairy tale endings then the Grimm brothers showed me life. XD

I love the way you wrote what you couldn't say aloud. Sometimes hearing it from someone's lips hurts so much more.
I must admit I didn't get the physics at first then I read your artist comments and all was clear. I totally understood then <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s…" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/>

My FAVE part: "Once upon a time, naivety told me that you'd love anything coming from me. I wish I was still able to believe that, and I could pour my heart's intensity in your soul without fearing your refusal. I used to think rainbows embrace the whole beauty of the world, but they hide as much as they show?"

You write with passion mah dear.
Beauuutiful. <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/h/h…" width="15" height="13" alt=":heart:" title="Heart"/>