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Alone in the dark
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On the edge of an abyss

0 posted 2006-05-13 08:42 AM


A sound in the distance
breaks the silence of night
The muffled sobs of a child
hidden from sight

Alone in the darkness
she wanders around
Looking for something
that's not to be found

She clings to a rag doll
as she wispers a prayer
For someone to love her
someone to care

Her spirit is heavy
as she trudges along
In a weary old world
where she doesn't belong

She naps in the park
as the light of the day
Sends rays upon children
busy at play

But when darkness falls
she's back on the street
Looking for shelter
and something to eat

The wind starts to howl
with the promise of storm
While she cowers in terror
and tries to keep warm

Weakend from hunger
and chilled to the bone
With the doll in her arms
she dies all alone

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1 posted 2006-05-13 02:13 PM



This is an excellent piece of poignant poetry~

Squeezed my heart ... you did~

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~*Marge*~

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pullingxthextrigger
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MA,..USA llx
2 posted 2006-05-13 04:54 PM


you had to make me cry.  awesome poem.  very sad

~nora<3

your pulling the trigger, pulling the trigger all wrong llx - P!ATD!

Alone in the dark
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On the edge of an abyss
3 posted 2006-05-15 01:49 AM


This poem is very personal to me. I wrote it when my sister died in a motorcycle accident. It seemed like she was always in search of someone to love her. And the saddest part is that I don't think she ever knew how many people really did

  Angel

Tears in the rain
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since 2006-07-02
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4 posted 2006-07-02 09:16 AM


Alone in the darkness
she wanders around
looking for something
that's not to be found

I feel like that alot. I'm touched by the emotion in this poem. it's so sad

Songbird
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Missouri
5 posted 2006-07-03 03:16 AM


In case you didn't know it YOU are an excellent writer!  I can't stop reading your poems. I can relate to all of them I have read so far.  Examinging the pain, with the knowlege that you weren't reponsible for what happened to you, that you were a victim of other people's problems in time, helps to bring healing.
to*sing*is*a*work*of*art
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6 posted 2006-07-04 04:23 PM


What a great poem... it dug so deep. It filled me with a sadness hard to describe, because I could actually /see/ it happening. A good poet can do that - show you what they want you to see without your mind knowing that it's being led.
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