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passing shadows
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0 posted 2008-03-31 10:20 AM



Pain is...
waiting, thinking how you'd touch me if you came
how you'd run your fingers from
the nape of my neck
to the backs of my knees
like you were on a Sunday drive
...and you don't come.

Pain is...
when you do come and I can think of nothing else in life
but you in the dark above me, the sounds
of being on the edge and then the letting go
falling on my ears like soap bubbles
that float down and hit hot pavement.

Pain is...
being there then, laying beside you
staring at you like it was the end of life
(on the verge of suffocation)
and you were air molecules.

Pain is...
laying breathless in the shadows
misinterpreting freedom, wishing
I could come into your daylight
though I'd end up stuck in the branches of winter
like the kite that gave itself to the north wind.

Pain is...
being afraid
to let
the anesthesia
wear off
to see
if the

pain is...
still there.



© Copyright 2008 Dixie Lee Bullington - All Rights Reserved
Seoulair
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since 2008-03-27
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Seoul S.Korea
1 posted 2008-03-31 03:20 PM


The pain was well said here. Indeed pain was such.
Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16
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2 posted 2008-03-31 03:21 PM


Sometimes it's hard to be a person who feels so deeply, but by the same token, I guess that's where deep, meaningful poetry comes from.
                                 Ida

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16
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3 posted 2008-03-31 04:46 PM


Nice writing...pain serves a purpose...they say that lepers lose their sense of pain so in situations where they bang their limbs or receive a cut or get a burn they don't get the benefit of pain, and some receive serious injuries due to this loss of pain...much like a child wouldn't pull his hand away from a hot burner on the oven if they didn't feel pain...James
Margherita
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Eternity
4 posted 2008-04-01 12:31 PM


Dear Dixie,
what a powerful write about the depth of pain. Extremely well rendered.
The pain still lingers, but the healing is occurring, I am sure.

Love and hugs.
Margherita

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
5 posted 2008-04-01 12:44 PM


Passing shadows,

Pain is never any fun, that's why they call it pain.  Every sensation needs a name.

Bobby

effjayel
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At the Crossroads of Infinity
6 posted 2008-04-01 03:48 PM


Dixie,

The only good thing about pain is that it makes the pleasure that much more enjoyable when it eventually wears off. And it will, just like toothache, one day it will be gone....the dark days can only last so long....sunshine is just around the corner & you just need to keep the faith, your turn will come, I just know it     Jayel

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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Sydney, Australia
7 posted 2008-04-04 02:53 AM


Dixie... can't believe I nearly missed this one.. you have captured the 'pain' very well in this wonderful write... hang in there.. the sun is on it's way...   love RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

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