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Krawdad
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since 2001-01-03
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0 posted 2001-05-10 12:08 PM


I Came Here Alone


I came here alone
by no one’s choice
it turns out

someone was wanted
until I showed up

Oops, wrong kind,
can’t you send it back?

A lifetime of hate
was born that day

a dream was dashed
a fine crystal shattered

the shards of which
I’ve walked on for half
a century and more
                    
                    
                    
Krawdad
05.09.01

© Copyright 2001 Krawdad - All Rights Reserved
JLR
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since 2001-02-04
Posts 1785

1 posted 2001-05-10 08:15 AM


This poem reminds me of someone I know who was the surviving twin in a difficult birth and always felt that the 'wrong' twin had been born.  Intensely written!
1slick_lady
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since 2000-12-22
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standing on a shadow's lace
2 posted 2001-05-10 01:50 PM


yet no longer to walk alone through glass or fire.....helen

"...the rest is silence" (Hamlet)       Shakespeare


coyote
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since 2001-03-17
Posts 1077

3 posted 2001-05-11 12:48 PM


Kraw,
This is intense, short, and telling.
I loved it, you've done an excellent job with few words.
My kinda style.
Thanks. Billy  

"The rose, like the cactus flower, protects herself with thorns. We however, impale ourselves on their beauty."
coyote

Krawdad
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4 posted 2001-05-11 04:11 PM


JLR
no twin, but stay tuned, you are on the right track.
1slick_lady
thanks, it's been a lonely walk.
coyote
appreciate your comments . . . thanks

Krawdad
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Ginners
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since 2000-07-22
Posts 339
Mullica Hill, New Jersey
5 posted 2001-05-11 08:43 PM


wow, this was a great poem and it reminds me of the way i often feel
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