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Lucie
Senior Member

since 1999-06-20

Posts 1077
Houston

0 posted 1999-10-07 07:03 PM

I lit a candle at both ends to help me light the way.
And as the flames burn closer my world turns quickly gray.
I panic in my search for ways to make the light burn on.
Knowing that no matter what the flame will soon be gone.

I feel the heat begin to singe the strength of my resolve.
Slowly burning, flickering, I feel my faith dissolve.
The burning need to just give up is overcoming me.
The asphyxiation of my strength, I find it hard to breathe.

I hear my friends call out to me to keep my chin held high,
but this time I’m just so tired, I’m not sure I want to try.
In my life I’ve overcome death, rape and solitude.
Life in general gave to me a survivor’s attitude.

I watch the world continue on as I know it always will.
When life for me has ceased to be and I am lying still.
I search the shadows of my life for the hand I know will come.
When the two flames that I lit alone, burn down and become one.

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Not all poems I write are about me personally, yet they do come from MY soul.

DreamEvil
Member Elite

since 1999-06-22

Posts 2396

1 posted 1999-10-07 07:09 PM

Lucie, whether it is you or someone you know, I feel your pain too. It is evident in your verse and your humor. My friend, some burdens were not meant to be shouldered alone. Most, I believe are not. I am here for you as always, dear friend.

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Now and forever my heart hears ~one voice~.
DreamEvil©

freespiritfem
Junior Member

since 1999-10-07

Posts 49
Cordova,Alabama,USA

2 posted 1999-10-07 07:14 PM

Lucie, My goodness...i can realate..OMG...i felt like you had wrote this for ME!!! I have experienced the same things n real life.....i have been living in solitude too long...i am a survivor,but now i need to start acting like it..instead of always being the victim...thank you Lucie!

BIG_HUGGS!!!!!

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Paula Diane S.

Denise

Moderator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

3 posted 1999-10-07 08:30 PM

Lucie, this is simply magnificent!

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Denise

Lucie
Senior Member

since 1999-06-20

Posts 1077
Houston

4 posted 1999-10-07 11:02 PM

Thank you all for your replies..

and your concern.

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