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Astraea Member
since 1999-11-09
Posts 378California! Yeah! Okay, I'm done now |
Shatters Help, help, save! I'm drowning in a sea of love! O invisible savior I never see but hope for, How does a lovely horrid thing come to be so? How could I have been so weak, And yet feel so loved? Fraud, fake, liar, Please, O please, see, see! I am not who you think me to be! I am not the diamond you thought I was! Stop, stop, all this love coming undeserving. "You're my friend," they always tell me. And yet where are you when I say I need someone to listen? "You're just too perfect," they explain impatiently. No, no! I have flaws, I have a heart, and I'm only human Nothing more, nothing less. Rescue, rescue, revive! I'm dying because everyone loves me too much! O lost friend I shall never know, How could I come to be in this beautiful, dangerous place? How can I be so shallow, And yet I see myself reflected in their eyes as a princess? Faux, feign, pretend, Please, O please, listen, listen! I am nothing more than a sham Put up for show just for you! Take away all this love you shower me with. "You're like a crystal among the rocks," they repeat over and over... And why can't they see the shatters slowly forming? "You're the forever in our hearts," they smile sincerely And yet you can't see that I'm ending... Because I'm not the person you think I am. Shatters, cracks, fractures, O I'm breaking apart, piece by piece! So I cry alone, lonely, in the night and cast out, By all the love you've given a poor rag doll Who isn't the princess you held so high The tears never seem to be noticed The winces of pain never asked about The terrible silent screams I have inside never relieved O someone, someone, anyone! Save me from this terrible plight! I'm drowning in a sea of such loving warmth, That I'm growing cold. "I love you," I will always tell you, and I mean it. And they will reply always, "We love you forever, our friend." So I cry alone in the night, The broken little ragdoll with a crown that doesn't belong Wondering when, O when! When they will realize that, It will be too late And all they will love will be only a pile Of shatters "Sometimes stars can only be seen in darkness." "Sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things." |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
I love the style and the urgency in this - and how it winds down towards the end, depicting such a lost soul. Very sad - and very well done, Astraea. ...I am not a painter, I am a poet... F. O'Hara |
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whiskey
since 1999-12-28
Posts 1278Australia |
Very deep and sad , you have a unique style , I like it  |
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Paul Hoekman Member
since 1999-12-28
Posts 382Harwinton Ct. U>S>A> |
WONDERFUL!!! Paul |
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adam Junior Member
since 1999-12-28
Posts 10BFE |
Deceit is a tool used by the weak. your poem is honest. I hope your passionate words bring comfort to any person who has felt the same way. never give up Adam |
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Echo Rhayne Senior Member
since 1999-09-17
Posts 1495Canyon Country, CA |
Very well said! ~*~ Hell is not a place of fire and a devil with a tail and horns. But a place of torment because the light of God is gone. To escape this, accept the blood of Jesus Christ! ~*~ |
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TomS Junior Member
since 1999-12-18
Posts 32 |
You know that these machines have a print button, and that those around you can read. |
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