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Riley
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in the pouring rain

0 posted 2002-10-01 05:19 PM



if it is my fault
that they mistake all my oddness
out of the ordinary little habits
tossled hair up in a tiny tail
for coolness

i apologize greatly

my intent was not as so
for i am not what i seem at all
a misplaced outkast from the lonely little world
in which i place myself
i am sorry for everything i caused

it wasn't my fault

i didn't try to fit in
much wanted to for that matter
all i wanted was to write
and learn for all the knowlege i can recieve
but i fit in anyway
to all my friends

i don't know how it happened

can't i have a word in this
on how i was such a loser last year
and now some how magically
i am the center of your world
explain to me this wonder

i do not understand

all i know is that now
i am the sweet little girl from next door
you are taking my heart and running
away from me and hurting it
and i can't figure out why

i'm not so innocent anymore

yet still i am that odd one
with which you cannot see
makes it all the better for you know
the true poet my sweet watchful eyes
everything is inside
and you now accept me for me
for that

i thank you


** Little note: To all my friends here at pip....you can't see me, I am such a true dork * bows * but you accept me anywayz !!!   Thanks!
( now I actually have friends? Write this down LOL had to say that )**


~* Love humiliates you, hatered cradles you-White Olender *~

[This message has been edited by Riley (10-01-2002 05:20 PM).]

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1 posted 2002-10-01 06:07 PM


Aww, of course we accept you!     I'm sure if you could see what all of us look like in our everyday lives, you'd feel a lot better about it, too.  

I like this poem, but spelling Outcast with a K makes me think of that rather unpleasant rap group.  Ughh... rap music...

I like the little contradictions that lace this poem, giving it a bit more of a down-to-earth, from-the-source feel... like how you end one stanza with "I am sorry for everything I caused," and then follow immediately with the contradiction, "it wasn't my fault."

This is different from your other works.  Also, it ends on a rather optimistic note.  I like that.

Nice work, Miss Riley.

Parasite

Learn to place poetry before people
Before you place your poetry before the people.
~Andrey Kneller

gymnast
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2 posted 2002-10-17 05:28 PM


awesome poem-i like it a lot!  everyone needs to be accepted at some point and im glad that you are! this is the first poem of yours ive read-and i hope i will read many more!
||Amanda||

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3 posted 2002-10-17 07:08 PM


Awww very nice poem. We accept anyone who so willingly places their heart and soul up for our eyes to read. Well done

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4 posted 2002-10-18 02:13 AM


Awwwww, I know this feeling well. Why wouldn't we accept you? We're all dorks in real life too! Thank YOU for accepting US

You are so my hero!

vlraynes
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5 posted 2002-10-18 02:57 AM



Riley~
We're a family here, and you're an important
member of that family.
You are accepted and loved here.
Hugs,
~Vicky

"...until you have read the verse on his heart,
you have not truly met the poet.
~vlraynes

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6 posted 2002-10-18 06:47 AM


*sigh* I know the feeling all too well. I've seen what cool is these days, and I prefer being a 'freak' than be one of those faceless two-diemensional egomaniacs.  I like this poem a lot. You should be proud of who you are, we're all different in our own ways, and yet we're all the same, united in our love of poetry. Good work!
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