Confetti at the Apocalypse
Poetry for the Tattoo this Line Challenge
If I go down, I'd go down in sequins. --Michelle Liew's tattoable
Stand your ground.
🎉✨🎊💥🌟🎇💫🎆🪩🎉🌈🎊🎤👠🎉🎉✨🎊💥🌟🎇💫🎆🪩🎉🌈🎊The world was ending--yet again.
The mayor issued a decree
"Evacuate. Immediately."
🎉✨🎊💥🌟🎇💫🎆🪩🎉🌈🎊🎤👠🎉🎉✨🎊💥🌟🎇💫🎆🪩🎉🌈🎊
Laura Gogetter showed up, dressed,
In war paint spun from glitter
Sequins that shunned regret
Mocking doom, like it owed her rent.
🎉✨🎊💥🌟🎇💫🎆🪩🎉🌈🎊🎤👠🎉🎉✨🎊💥🌟🎇💫🎆🪩🎉🌈🎊A meteor overhead.
She didn't fear--
She danced instead.
🎉✨🎊💥🌟🎇💫🎆🪩🎉🌈🎊🎤👠🎉🎉✨🎊💥🌟🎇💫🎆🪩🎉🌈🎊
She skipped it over
in her Gucci shoes.
A confetti canyon,
And megaphone news
🎉✨🎊💥🌟🎇💫🎆🪩🎉🌈🎊🎤👠🎉🎉✨🎊💥🌟🎇💫🎆🪩🎉🌈🎊If the world had to burn, or shrink
She wouldn't budge, she wouldn't blink
"If I go down,"
She gave a wink,
I'd go down in sequins."
🎉✨🎊💥🌟🎇💫🎆🪩🎉🌈🎊🎤👠🎉🎉✨🎊💥🌟🎇💫🎆🪩🎉🌈🎊
🎉✨🎊💥🌟🎇💫🎆🪩🎉🌈🎊🎤👠🎉🎉✨🎊💥🌟🎇💫🎆🪩🎉🌈🎊
This poem and the accompanying story are entirely original. AI tags are coincidental.
About the Creator
Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin
Hi, i am an English Language teacher cum freelance writer with a taste for pets, prose and poetry. When I'm not writing my heart out, I'm playing with my three dogs, Zorra, Cloudy and Snowball.
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Comments (8)
Dance in the face of doom <3 great message, Michelle
Refreshingly original, and fun!
Well-wrought! A blaze of glory--with sparkles!
Love this!!
Bold, Joyful & Unafraid: Why This Poem Is Going Viral for Its empowering message 🌟
Oh you changed it from a story to a poem. Either way, Laura is still a badass!
This poem sparkles with fearless joy—what a powerful reminder to shine even in the darkest times! 💖
This would be a cool tattoo 🐱