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Nectar
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since 1999-06-09
Posts 18
Pensacola, Florida

0 posted 1999-06-30 03:37 PM


I sit waiting for someone else
knowing they won't show up
but protecting that flame in spite
I begin to wonder about
powers of suggestion
closing my eyes
breathing deeply
inwardly I chant your name
and fear keeps me in utero
fear that open eyes will reveal you
fear that open eyes won't reveal you
I am between here and there
in both but also neither
I won't step back
because I know
I won't step forward
because I don't
how long can I stay?
how long can you take?
forever is frightening
but never is painful
and I have been hurt for so long
I can't just let things happen
I can't just let go
because you are too wonderful
Yet who has ever gained
from holding on to nothing
I feel like crying
but I don't know why
so I sit and clasp my own hands
waiting

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Lost Dreamer
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since 1999-06-20
Posts 2464
Somewhere near the Rainbow
1 posted 1999-06-30 05:07 PM


I hope you find the one who's out there waiting for you.
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