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SorrowsMystress
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since 2000-04-01
Posts 178
I'm a wanderer, a nomad...I don't live in one particular area, Just wherever I end up.

0 posted 2000-06-06 07:19 PM


Had I Known....


Had I known that the heart
breaks slowly, dismantling itself
into unrecognizable fragments
of misery....
Had I known the heart would leak
emitting it's ache
with a vulgar visisbility
Into the dress-up dining rooms
of strangers.....
Had I known that solitude could
stifle the breath, loosen the mind,
and force the toungue against the
palate.....
Had I known that lonlieness could
permeate, winding itself around the
body in an omnious and beautiful
cicatrix.....
Had I known-
I still would have loved you.
Your brash and violent beauty,
Your heavy comedic face
And your knowledge of sweet
delights.
But from a distance
I would have left you unfrequented
for the delectation of those who
Wanted more and could care less....




 "It was my love that did us both to death. " -Sylvia Plath


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netswan
Senior Member
since 2000-03-28
Posts 1369
Washington
1 posted 2000-06-06 08:09 PM


Beautiful, Sorrows.   Absolutely lovely.

~netswan

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA
2 posted 2000-06-09 05:49 AM


Yes this one say a lot about the dark side of love...no one told me about all the sorrows....James
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