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Littlewings
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since 1999-09-19
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0 posted 2000-01-12 11:34 AM



Viciously defiant of my ill matched make up.
As if looking better would improve my mood.
I even hate the very pencil I painfully employ to convey my feelings of greyness.
Although I blame you for for hurting me , i know I am the one to blame for expecting too much.
While I am building you castles in the sky , you dont seem to care.And every time I try it breaks me dowm a little more.
I watch you undress again and again , in all possible meanings.
I still am very much in love with you despite yourself.

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poetry_kills
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since 1999-12-04
Posts 549
new orleans
1 posted 2000-01-12 01:04 PM


littlewings: i have mixed feelings about this one... there are parts that seem very powerful and parts that seem to draw away from what i percieve as the intended message... as always, these are just suggestions    in line 3, i would eliminate the words "even" and "very" , you might consider moving the last 4 words in line 4 to the beginning of line 5 (it seemed more powerful to me that way), lastly in line 5 i feel that the "castles in the sky" metaphor is a little too trite for what you're attempting to express... i think a new, innovative metaphor that you think up yourself would give the whole work a deeper and more solemn feeling (perhaps something such as "while I attempt to navigate the seas of your soul")... i like the poem and its sentiment even though it leaves me with feelings of anger towards the object of the poem and pity for the speaker (neither of which i like to feel *heh*)... oh, and one last thing -- i really like the next to last line... it's nearly impossible for me to understand "all meanings", but it makes me think about what they might be... ;o)  

sincerely,
--jerome the boy with no brain

Hawk183
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since 1999-12-24
Posts 130

2 posted 2000-01-12 04:34 PM


Littlewings,

I like the sentiment expressed here...it is atime old tale of lost love.  I agree with Jerome about the "castes in the sky"...I hear this a lot.  I am also wondering what "in all possible meanings" is refering to...I'll think on that one.  Nice piece... it is shame some don't see what they do to others.

Hawk

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