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simpleman46
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0 posted 2000-12-06 11:03 PM


Do you remember the time you hit me so hard that I couldn’t breath?
No?
I didn’t think you would,
People,
You,
Have a bad habit of forgetting,
Ignoring,
Lying about the times you have bloodied your fists on my heart,
Do you remember that?

Do you remember the time you wrapped your sweet jaws around my neck?
The time you tore through my skin?
The time you stole my life?
No?
You don’t remember?
These things stand so clear in my mind,
I know that they happened,
They are not imagined!
I can feel the scars crisscrossing my back,
From the time you laid into me,
Throwing me across my world,
Forever separating me from myself,

I know that my scars,
And my sores,
And my memories,
Are more than your forgotten sins,
They are more than your careless lies,
They will always remain,
As my persistent now.


© Copyright 2000 Allen T. Ormond - All Rights Reserved
Charisma
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1 posted 2000-12-07 08:44 AM


powerful words, oh she knows....but to forget is a way to ease the pain....no to hide the pain, till it shows up and knock you down.

hope you will feel better soon.

Charisma

Lady Lightning
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2 posted 2000-12-07 08:53 PM


I could have written this myself...Hugs to you..  ~LL

[This message has been edited by Lady Lightning (edited 12-07-2000).]

Butterflies_dont_cry
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since 2000-03-06
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3 posted 2000-12-08 12:39 PM


SM* I read...re-read and read again...so
much pain and strength in this...your words
grabbed hold and just wouldn't let
go...excellent writing~

Paula Finn
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missouri
4 posted 2000-12-08 01:38 AM


This is the first I have read of yours...very powerful, wonderful imagery, and such sadness...
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