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Kethry
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0 posted 2004-11-14 12:45 PM


Let my memories fade to grey
I cut myself on their sharpness
the jagged edges of that day
keep me alone in the darkness

No sight, no sound have horrors raised
as much in darkness to this fate
within my heart I am not crazed
but snarl with savage teeth of hate

A silent witness to that deed
that burns within my very soul
the smells and sounds have cut their creed
and nothing now can make me whole

The memories that should be gold
are sharper than the stars above
it wounds my soul as they are told
and none can melt my heart with love

You played the games to give you pow’r
and planted thoughts that wound my worth
it gave you pleasure for an hour
how endlessly, you still my mirth

Through my pain you offered up
a gift to feed my dark despair
and from my grieving you would sup
to draw my strength and leave me bare

The shadows haunt my bedroom walls
emotions sharp have hurt my eye
the memories bite as each one calls
I am not dead and yet I die


Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind.  Unknown



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1 posted 2004-11-14 12:52 PM


"the memories bite as each one calls
I am not dead and yet I die"

ooh, shivered me with this line
as always, you give us a treat with great rhymes and imagery

Seymour Tabin
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2 posted 2004-11-14 08:05 AM


Kethry
A picture within a picture, enjoyed.

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3 posted 2004-11-14 08:23 AM


You played the games to give you pow’r
and planted thoughts that wound my worth
it gave you pleasure for an hour
how endlessly, you still my mirth

Through my pain you offered up
a gift to feed my dark despair
and from my grieving you would sup
to draw my strength and leave me bare


This passage is so very painfully powerful.
I hope you are alright.

Thank you for posting such an emotional piece.    Melton

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4 posted 2004-11-14 08:38 AM


Kethry~
You can write the pain like no one else I know~
So real ... it aches~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

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5 posted 2004-11-15 07:39 PM


Lynne,  the title is perfecto for the poem.
So much feelings you have written.  A very
solid write.

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6 posted 2004-11-16 09:19 AM


Keth beloved one, You are one incredibly special lady, this poem expresses pain, the jagged hurt of raw pain like no other. Why is it, do you think, that you can write emotion like no other can? Why is it that when I visit these pages these days, as I do so rarely, my eyes light up when I spy your name? Could it be because your writing shines like a star in a sea of darkness, I think it may be one of the reasons.

Yes this is good writing, but why it is so I can only guess its because you have a craft you hone and polish, and that is why your writing is superb and I love it. Superb darling one utterly, utterly perfect

Love you always
like you forever
Mushy


Tomorrow is another day I don't know what it holds
but I can face the future with courage brave and bold

Footprints In My Heart
Kethry

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7 posted 2004-11-16 10:11 AM


The shadows haunt my bedroom walls
emotions sharp have hurt my eye
the memories bite as each one calls
I am not dead and yet I die

I wish I didn't know this... wish I didn't understand... wish I could appreciate the flow of words without the flash of recognition...
But no one could write it better... This is superb, my friend! *S*

Mark Bohannan
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8 posted 2004-11-16 01:02 PM


Your words tie the title in the most perfect of bows.  Your talent for exposing the feel in your verse is remarkable and you give us a most vivid portrayal.  A pleasure to read you as always and a wish to find your rebirth of happiness in verse very soon.  
JL
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9 posted 2004-11-16 03:23 PM


Perfection!  This is just too good for words.

JL


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10 posted 2004-11-16 03:28 PM


Potent words!


The shadows haunt my bedroom walls
emotions sharp have hurt my eye
the memories bite as each one calls
I am not dead and yet I die

        Enjoyed,

          Dautz Write...

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11 posted 2004-11-16 04:48 PM


I do understand
Pilgrimage
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12 posted 2004-11-18 12:57 PM


Wow.  Powerful all through, but you know I love that ending.  

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

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