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young_blood
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0 posted 2003-10-01 04:32 PM


dark pursuit

walking from he that is stalking my footsteps,
im starting to run, faster and faster
quisker, run quicker, swifter, he's just so much swifter
i can feel his heart beating in my chest harder.

stumbling down, crumbling to the ground, thanking my fatigue.
this stranger of blackest, most evil night
pursues, yes he imbues darkness into hope so bright
he's bursting my day with blackened      of light.

fear is gripping, here im slipping away from sanity.
truth is imagined, this stranger makes it what i want,
fleeing, never freeing from this lifelong hunt,
but im ready to stop, face fear and see its face so gaunt.

turn around, burn me into ashes from surprise flame,
its not so surprising though, i see the match still smoking.
seeing, never believing, in the possibilities of hoping,
hpoe that my      ic persuer will say he was joking.

death, no more breath left to carry my heart on,
this horrifying angel of darkness peels away its face,
you, its been you all along, the one who has stolen my grace
and destroyed my home, my precious home, making sure ive no place.


now im alone, but not lonely like before

[This message has been edited by young_blood (10-01-2003 06:31 PM).]

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Silent Evincar
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Here There and Places Between
1 posted 2003-10-01 05:39 PM


Alright I'm not usually picky because I believe poetry is sooo much like modern art; but here it comes. This seemed to start out as a third person perspective story with easy flowing stanzas; then we hit line 1 and 2 of the 4th stanza. The whole combustion kinda made me halt the flow. I liked the quicker, swifter idea that was going on; the big word just kicked me in the face though. Nice ending... guess my concensus is big words when truely needed.

         NJS

young_blood
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2 posted 2003-10-01 06:33 PM


there i fixed it, i hope
swinging2bbvd
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3 posted 2003-10-02 01:29 PM


hey dont change words just cause they are big. if its a word you know, that if spoken alowed would flow, keep it and dont interupt its flow. but i agree the third person switch to first person was very distracting. you have to be careful and keep it consistant.
young_blood
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4 posted 2003-10-03 10:48 AM


it flows better with the new words i believe
dertah
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5 posted 2003-10-23 05:34 PM


ha ha.....peeling away face....thats gooooooooood.
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