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lilibeelee
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since 2001-07-12
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0 posted 2004-06-14 06:44 PM



Not really here
My mind wanders

Lonely agony
Desperate tears
Holding on to what was never mine
For so many years

I can’t seem to get control
Of what I need to do
I can’t feel but pain
Hiding from what’s true

Secrets build
Something is lost

One thing is wrong
So is the rest
I can’t get a break
It feels like so much give
I have nothing left to take

Can you feel how I feel
See this pain that I hold

Can you step into my world
Which has become so cold

Itching to live
Wanting to thrive
So I hold my breath and dive

My heart is hurting
I can’t go on

You never noticed
How much I really mean

All that I have done
How much that I give
I want to stop this and start to live

In the end
I don’t even matter
I never even existed

Youv’e never heard my voice
Never seen my smile
Haven’t seen my worth

What does it even matter
Why do I even care
I don’t want to play pretend
To something that’s not there

I fool my self
I sit here alone
I feel empty
There is no point

So I don’t walk, but I run to the ledge
Testing out the limits
I push it to the edge

As I fall
No one sees nor hears
Nothing is heard
Not my screaming
Nothing

So what’s it all matter
Where does it all add up
When do I see the satisfaction

The truth is it doesn’t make sense
And I am tired of trying
My hands slip away
As I am quietly dying

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Savage Quiescence
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since 2002-07-29
Posts 326
Wandering
1 posted 2004-06-17 02:15 AM


I thought the strongest part of this poem was the ending, which I really liked. When you said "It feels like so much give, I have nothing left to take", did you mean to say "It feels like so much was given" or something like that? Because it doesn't make much sense to me the way it is, but that just might be me.

It added a lot of power when you said "So I don't walk, but I run to the ledge", good work there.

It seemed repetitive to say "No one sees nor hears   nothing is heard". If no one heard it then obviously nothing was heard. I don't know, that just seems off.

As I already said, good ending. This seems to have been written about your parents or some other older figure, am I wrong? Either way, keep your chin up and your pen moving.


WinterWren
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since 2002-12-01
Posts 1044
...Coming to
2 posted 2004-06-19 01:22 AM


Wow. This is sooo powerful!! Your own emotions were overtaking me as I read this. I can relate to them anyway. I especially liked the 2nd stanza, but the whole entire poem was amazing.
Thanks for sharing, this is definetely going in my library!

W.W.
We were meant to live for so much more have we lost ourselves?
Maybe redemption has stories to tell maybe forgiveness is right where you fell.

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