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LoveBug
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0 posted 2000-02-03 06:03 PM


Ah, the winter sun
I look from my window
It looks so warm, so bright
I’m willing to forget the warmth here
I leave the security to come into the sun
Only to find it cold... so cold

I am without a jacket, without protection
And no way to come back the way I came
And so I begin to freeze
As the winter sun shines on
Smiling without any warmth
It smiles... teasing me

Then I look back at the house
"Did I leave that security for this?"
I look up at the sun… it shines still
It is so cold, but still I think
"It’s so beautiful"
And I still have hope

Then it begins to snow
The fluffy white flakes cool my skin even more
As the sun still smiles
And in my tortured mind, all I think is
"At least it smiles...
At least it smiles"

The winter sun is you
Shining with no warmth
Smiling, teasing me
So that I am willing to leave everything
Just to be near you, just to see you smile
Even though you are so cold...



 "To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world"

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Astraea
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1 posted 2000-02-03 07:47 PM


I like this, it reminds me of a lot and is probably something everyone goes through at one point with someone.  Lovely poem.

~Astraea

 "Sometimes stars can only be seen in darkness."

"Sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things."



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2 posted 2000-02-03 11:18 PM


Ah, a great metaphor here!  You carried it through extremely well, and the last verse worked very well! I'm impressed!  Beautiful, yet sad work this is.  I can definitely relate.  Great work.  

 *Krista Knutson*

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.
~*Antonio Porchia*~

Mistikman
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3 posted 2000-02-04 02:44 AM


Great poem LoveBug. My situation is a little different. The person I like is nice and warm, but insists on staying distant, never coming close. I hope whoever this poem refers to warms up to you. I like the relationship between the beauty of the outside, but the comfort of inside.

 I am not a poet, I am merely one who speaks in emotion

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4 posted 2000-02-04 04:54 AM


I love this poem. It is very cool. I can certainly relate to this one.

Anonymousfemale

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5 posted 2000-02-04 11:15 PM


Super poem.  I really like it.  Something I can definitely relate to.

-Die Lustig Kuh

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6 posted 2000-02-05 11:09 AM


Thanks for the nice commments, everyone! They mean a lot!

 "To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world"

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7 posted 2000-02-05 08:42 PM


lovebug: this is, indeed, a beautiful poem... you carry the metaphor wonderfully throughout and before i got to the last stanza you had me asking myself "what is this metaphorizing?"... very good job  

sincerely,
jerome the boy with no brain

 A savage place! as holy and enchanted
As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted
By woman wailing for her demon-lover!
~Coleridge


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