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Kirsty24
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since 2000-03-24
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Australia

0 posted 2000-04-24 04:09 AM


~~~For Clifford~~~

Why do we do it??
We always get hurt in the end
But feelings go on
And so does life.....
With or wothout you
This time it's without you
We sort of agreed
But without consultation
I still like you......
Maybe
Even love you.....
But it could never be fixed
Unfotunatly
Some of your last words were the
ones that hurt the most
We had fun....
Most of the time
Fights happen in
The best of relationships
The best.....
That was you..
That is you
And always will be
I will never forget you
never
But someone will come along
And I will love them
Maybe...
But never as much as I loved you
The time spent was great
And sometimes wonderful
But it's over...
For good or bad
But I think it's for good
So
Goodbye


© Copyright 2000 Kirsty O'Hara - All Rights Reserved
jbouder
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since 1999-09-18
Posts 2534
Whole Sort Of Genl Mish Mash
1 posted 2000-04-24 08:56 PM


Kirsty:

I think you have a good outline for a poem here but you need to flesh it out.  I know the poem is for someone named Clifford, that there was a breakup, some regret and feelings of loss, some fun times, some fights, hope for a better future and a goodbye but I am left knowing nothing about Clifford, no insight into the reasons for the breakup, no concrete pictures of the good times you shared with him or of the fights or what exactly it is about him that you will remember.  

I suggest that you personalize this one more ... give the reader some of the same images that are evoked in your head by reading this.  This is the best way to empower the reader to feel something along the lines of what you felt and think the thoughts you thought.  Just some suggestions.  

Jim

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