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Aimster
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0 posted 2001-11-16 11:39 PM



***authors note***
please do not anyone here
worry about me...this was just a form
of expression. i really am fine.
don't want anyone to worry...

No Escaping
AMK
11/16/01

There are no words left
To express the love I have for you
I’m tired of this dance we continue
I’m sitting this one out, putting away my dancing shoes

There is no emotion left
Which I have not already conveyed
I’ve laid out my heart on the line
However, it’s apparent the choice that you’ve made

Yet I know that if you were honest
If you would just look deep inside
You’d know that with me is where you want to be
Instead you run away and “hide”

There are no tears left
For which I can continue to cry
I’m stuck in between saying hello
And bidding you a sweet Goodbye

If you would stop for a moment
Be still long enough to think
You’d realize not so much has changed
Meanwhile tonight I take another drink

The tequila numbs the pain
It makes it all easier to bare
For at least tonight I can pretend
That I honestly just no longer care

This is a choice I must make
A final destination for me to go
The choice was left up to you
Now it’s no longer so

Yet stuck here in limbo I stay
It’s as though my feet are frozen to the floor
Though we’ve said “its over” before
Neither one of us seems to be rushing for the door

There is nothing left for me to say
As my soul is painted blue tonight
I recall the events of today
As I watched the fading of our light

Will we ever feel again
The way that we once did
Or are the feelings truly forever to be buried
Always to be hid

Perhaps we still feel the same
And this is all meant to be
I don’t know what else to do at this point
So I’m gently setting you free

My heart says it’s so right
My body wants to keep on giving
My head says you better run while you can
My soul says this isn’t living

It’s like living but being dead
As I take another shot, the heat courses through my veins
Doesn’t matter how drunk I get tonight
I can never escape the pain



"Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't
mean they don't love you with all they have"


[This message has been edited by Aimster (edited 11-16-2001).]

© Copyright 2001 Amy Kennedy - All Rights Reserved
Larry C
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1 posted 2001-11-17 12:06 PM


Amy,
Thanks for the disclaimer. This is way too well expressed. I feel the pain and appreciate that it isn't current. Nice job.

EagleOne
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Between a laugh and a tear...
2 posted 2001-11-17 12:12 PM


This is some expression my friend! And thanks for the note, or we would indeed have worried, take care!

"Let me pierce the realm of glamour
So I know just what I am." ~ Van Morrison


Janet Marie
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3 posted 2001-11-17 12:18 PM


My heart says it’s so right
My body wants to keep on giving
My head says you better run while you can
My soul says this isn’t living

It’s like living but being dead
As I take another shot, the heat courses through my veins
Doesn’t matter how drunk I get tonight
I can never escape the pain
========================================

Dont tell a moth not to worry...its what we do best...*S*
This just aches off the page Aim...
and I'll spare you the motherly lectures that are second nature...cuz you answered your own question in that second to last line...
and cause you already know what Im gonna say.
we have to learn to not always let our hearts lead us back down roads we've already traveled...
you already know this...that second to last verse says so.........
this is a powerful write Amy...
how ironic our best stuff is written when we feel the worst.
heart hugs dear one...
you are stronger than you know.
jm

Ice covers my soul
spirit frozen--heart cold
Still so much about me is raw
So I search for a place to thaw
~
Constant craving has always been

Mon Cherie
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4 posted 2001-11-17 12:59 PM


I really understand how you feel. I do! Coz I just been through that myself, but in my case, he wasn't hiding from me. I'm not too sure now how he felt about me, but I don't want to be sure now either, coz even if I was, he's not around anymore. I guess we just have to get on with our lives, coz our entire being doesn't just revolve around this one guy. There are lots of people who care about us, and care about why we're feeling so down.  

[This message has been edited by Mon Cherie (edited 11-17-2001).]

Startime
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5 posted 2001-11-17 01:25 PM


WOW!!!Good thing you said you are okay.....this poem is so powerful I would have been very concerned. BRAVO!!!!A masterpiece.  

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

Lone Wolf
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since 2000-03-16
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6 posted 2001-11-17 06:12 PM


Wonderful expression, Amy.  Glad all is well with you.  

All writing comes
by the grace of God.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sven
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7 posted 2001-11-17 06:23 PM


expression is what keeps us sane. . .

great job Amy. . .

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

serenity blaze
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8 posted 2001-11-17 10:29 PM


Oh Amy...no announced your entrance to my hell...smile...and know that I understand. Hugs m'luv...pain well written from the heart...and I know...sort of like being treated with leaches for yellow fever...

sigh...if you need an ear, I am here.

SwEeTnSeXy18
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since 2000-09-18
Posts 247
nc
9 posted 2001-11-19 11:43 AM


Amy

Hi sis. I didn't know about this poem.
Glad I saw it. Though it disturbs me a
little. Are you alright? You can talk
to me if you like. But this was very
well expressed.
Take care.
Love
~Lisa~

~in order to gain, you have to lose~


Abigaile
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since 2001-10-21
Posts 112
San Mateo, CA
10 posted 2001-11-19 12:22 PM


Wow. Great imagery. You captured this feeling so wonderfully, I almost felt my own heart breaking. Very touching, and very beautiful.

"I am nae poet, in a sense;
But just a rhymer like by chance..."
-Robert Burns

Duncan
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since 2001-08-07
Posts 5455

11 posted 2001-11-19 12:29 PM


My heart says it’s so right
My body wants to keep on giving
My head says you better run while you can
My soul says this isn’t living

I know this Limbo well.  You have written it with a great deal of talent and insight, Amy.  

ParisGrl
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Posts 610

12 posted 2001-11-19 03:30 PM


Amy,

I know i shouldn't be but i'm worried about you.  :-)  you can talk to me if you want.....i'm so sorry.......you will find yourself again.  This is expressed very well.  
E-mail me if you want......you know my address.

As Always,
Laura

Aimster
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since 2000-02-19
Posts 4297
Charlotte, NC
13 posted 2001-11-19 04:37 PM


thank you everyone for your sweet words
of encouragement, understanding, and
support...i assure you all i really am
just fine...just needed to get some
things out on paper. take care.
love to you all

Amy  

"Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't
mean they don't love you with all they have"

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