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PeaceInEverything
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0 posted 2002-10-08 11:17 PM


I do not wish to post so soon after a post but I must.Otherwise I may convince myself to keep it inside and not let it out.Bottles of emotions stored in the celler will eventually crack and explode.So here are my emotions, my feelings, my pain, put into my poem.In hopes that sharing will be a relief.

--Then But Not Now--
You say "Then I loved you",
but not now.
You say "Then was our time",
but not now.
You say "Then was your chance",
but not now.

Now is my grief.
Now is my pain.
Now is my torment.

Now,
is now my hell.


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1 posted 2002-10-09 03:45 PM


"Now is now my hell."  I like the redundance of "now."  Made the ending stand out, and accentuated nicely how the "now" can change by circumstance.

It's so nice to see an emotional vent that has a global application, like the one you added in the end.  Very well done.

Parasite

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

Jenn Cirrincione
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2 posted 2002-10-09 11:28 PM


Ouch, even in it's simplicity I feel this.
Hope you work it out.

Jenn

Why is it that we are at our most ingenius only when trying to destroy the things that keep us alive and thriving?

Deep_Inside
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3 posted 2002-10-10 12:30 PM


short, powerful, and to the point. i like this poem thanks for the read
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