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buttercupbaby
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since 2006-05-03
Posts 400
outside in the rain

0 posted 2006-08-13 06:56 AM



you know that saying:
"you never know what you have..till its gone"?
its true, i've found,
and im not joking around.


when i lost him,
i didn't know what i'd do,
so i cried for days,
as if that could fill his place.


so many lonely nights,
i've been searching for the answers,
so many bitter days,
trying to fill my heart different ways.


yes! you are right,
of course it didn't work!
did you actually think i thought it would?
i knew all along it never could.


God, while i was praying this,
i actually had another thought:
"did You take him from me,
so You would be happy?"


cause with him i know You will be...


one thing im gonna ask,
while im learning to let go,
make sure he doesn't know,
my heart lays breaking.


Dear God,
why?



~missy
My tears of love are a waste of time if I turn away..
my love is a waste of time
if you never stay

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stargal
Senior Member
since 2006-03-06
Posts 1352
OR USA
1 posted 2006-08-13 06:25 PM


Hey buttercupbaby,

I loved this poem in how it questions God, cause I do that all the time...

Yet, I felt like the start needed something more, because without the title you wouldn't know who you were talking to until later. Which, could be confusing if you don't read the title, which I admit I sometimes don't do.
That could just be me though.

"so many lonely nights,
i've been searching for the answers,
so many bitter days,
trying to fill my heart different ways."


This is my favorite stanza in the whole poem. Not that I don't like the other stanzas it is just that this one I can really, really, relate too. I've gone through times in my life where I did this,trying to substitute my days with different things. I think you described the overall feeling in this poem perfectly.

Thanks for sharing!

"I pray thee, O God, that I
may be beautiful within."
–Socrates
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