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peaceful_dreamer
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since 2003-04-25
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SoMeWhErE oVeR tHe RaInBoW

0 posted 2004-07-07 01:31 AM


I don't understand why I hold back,
why sometimes I cry, and other times I laugh.
I don't understand why and feel full and happy,
but when I cry I feel lost and empty.

I've never flown, so I never really fell,
I've never died (inside) so I haven't seen hell.
I've never left, so I can't return,
I'm looking back, but have yet to turn.

I don't understand what my "world" expects.
I was made with flaws - I'm not perfect.
I don't understand why I lived in a lie,
When I knew it would multiply.

I've never soared, so I never really fell,
I've never departed this life, so I haven't seen hell.
I've never left, so I can't return,
I'm glancing back, but have yet to turn.

I don't understand why I'm blind to reality,
why I dream of secluded insanity.
I don't understand why I'm afraid of the untouched,
and why I won't allow myself to grow up.

I've never fallen, because I won't let myself fly.
I've never seen hell, because I've never died (inside).
I will never come back, I will never learn,
that even though I'm looking back,
I can't return.

"I'm just me, trapped in a body."

-peaceful_dreamer

© Copyright 2004 Jennifer Pederson - All Rights Reserved
Paper Tiger
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since 2003-09-28
Posts 77

1 posted 2004-07-07 01:52 AM


Every paragraph seemed too similar for my liking.  There is some direction, but I think you could do much better.

We see much, observe little, and perceive less.

Gentle Spirit
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since 2000-10-09
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2 posted 2004-07-07 10:11 AM


Sometimes we don't understand everything, but in time answers come.  Very well written.
iliana
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since 2003-12-05
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3 posted 2004-07-07 07:10 PM


This was so good (would make a good song, I think, too).  Now, back up to the top you go!  ....jo
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