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skoolyardturtle
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since 2005-06-28
Posts 96


0 posted 2008-01-06 08:51 AM


just a moment more
just a moment more
in the instant that it takes for you to raise the corners of your mouth
i'll enjoy the look of frustration soon to be amusement on your face,
the tears managing to tear themselves from your defiant brown eyed frown
a frown i knew all too well
your captivating gaze drilling your discontentment into my soul
and i suddenly felt....fine
i tried to make sense of it all
the hours, the weekends, messages on my answering machine
spending my sundays watching you spend your hard earned salary
on living life a little
something i've decided to take a break from a long time ago
faint memories of you trying to make me break free
the years you spent leading me by the hand
your firm yet gentle grasp keeping me from falling in line with the others
we watched as the world and the people on it went by
working for expensive caskets to lay in
when their time here was done
and found ourselves more lost and confused than ever
but at least we had gotten somewhere,
even if we didn't know exactly where 'somewhere' was.
at least we knew we were alive.
at least you are with me.
just a moment more
and there will be nothing left
except for....things
items left over from the hours, the weekends
sundays spent watching you spend your hard earned salary
on just living life a little
and for just a moment more
everything was.......fine.

I want life in every word, to the extent that it's absurd.- The Postal Service

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r v wooo
Senior Member
since 2007-08-07
Posts 656

1 posted 2008-01-10 06:36 AM


your poem was an interesting journey...it took me back in time.
Artic Wind
Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080
Realm of Supernatural
2 posted 2008-02-03 05:56 PM


Yah! it really Did

ARCTIC WIND

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