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0 posted 2020-07-04 06:33 PM


Regression

The velvet kiss
the bitterness

so I regress

indulgent
I self confess
but this cold emptiness
and you...

always you

the heartbreak
the gut punch
the tears

embrace it all
with regret

always


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1 posted 2020-07-04 09:34 PM


Life is drawn in cycles, regression is one of those.  We always 180 ourselves to seek that which we are comfortable with, even if we know doing so can be laced with regret.  Who's to say if one can ever be truly free, if it were the case, wouldn't they be already?

Welcome back, hope you stay with us awhile.


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2 posted 2020-07-05 10:32 PM


I like this. . . it's stark, and direct.  It says exactly what it's supposed to say. . .and more.

Well done. . .

-- That which gives light must endure burning.
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@Michael. Thanks for the reply, glad to be back, it's been nearly fifteen years since I last posted here so quite a break. A return to writing thankfully is not of of the things I regret.

@Sven. Thanks for the feedback, glad I managed to convey some of that emotion.

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4 posted 2020-07-08 09:42 PM


It is difficult to embrace regret when what causes it taught valuable lessons.  

"...gut punch..."
I like this description.
I've definitely felt it.  

"How much is real? So much to question
An epidemic of the mannequins
Contaminating everything"

Stone Sour



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5 posted 2020-07-08 10:39 PM


Mz, What an aura of feeling,.

Well done Poet

Sky~


Sometimes..Miracles are just good people
with kind hearts~

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6 posted 2020-07-09 04:59 AM


@Temptress. Thanks for the response. It has been a very difficult but valuable lesson to learn, I only hope I've learned it well enough to avoid repeating the same mistakes.

@augustsky. Thanks for the reply, really appreciated.

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