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Ophelia Speaks
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since 2000-02-18
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suburbia, IL

0 posted 2000-02-19 11:28 AM


I once met an angel named
       deception
who whispered broken promises in my ears
so I would live in her lies
I once met an angel named
       vanity
who lurked with a vengence behind the faces she consumed in a morbid masquerade
to take away all feeling of something real
I once met an angel named
       ignorance
not understanding things so simple
unable to differentiate the dying from the living
maybe just because she didnt want to see the truth.
I once found the devil with an angel's face
an angel who came to me in silent dreams
saw my transparent secrets
taunted my weaknesses
gazed at me with those blue eyes
drinking my salty tears like the blood of love's
martyrs
which now mingles with my own.
I once found the devil with an angel's face
but I couldn't tell the difference any more.


© Copyright 2000 Megan - All Rights Reserved
Saxoness
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since 1999-07-18
Posts 1102
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1 posted 2000-02-19 11:39 AM


Beauty is deceptive sometimes, but then again, so many things are.

 "Glory remains unaware of my neglected dwelling where alone
I sing my tearful song which has charms only for me."

-Charles Brugnot


Parker
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since 2000-01-06
Posts 3129
ON
2 posted 2000-02-19 11:54 AM


I really like where this poem goes.

Parker

tracie66
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since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713
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3 posted 2000-02-19 10:55 PM


Well done, this is a fantastic piece I liked it very much....
Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554

4 posted 2000-02-19 11:14 PM


this is excellent...very well written and also thought provoking...lessons to be learned from this one...
take care, janet marie

 Now for me some words come easy...
But I know that they don't mean that much
Compared with the things that are said when lovers touch.
You never knew what I loved in you--
I don't know what you loved in me...
Maybe the picture of somebody you were hoping I might be...
How long have I been sleeping-
How long have I been drifting alone through the night...
How long have I've dreaming I could make it right...
If I closed my eyes and tried with all my might
To be the one you need...
Jackson Browne



doreen peri
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since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812
Virginia
5 posted 2000-02-20 12:18 PM


An interesting piece, both in structure and in depth. Looking forward to reading more of your work.

-dp

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