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Kaos
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between space and time

0 posted 2005-05-12 12:11 PM


I dare to be different   you call me a freak
I want to be heard   but you don't let me speak
I'm down   and you wonder why?!
not a day passes    that i don't cry
I gaze in the mirror   and looking at me
isn't the same person    i used to see
Looks haven't changed   but deep in the eyes
a world is seen   veiled in lies
I see the reflection of a heartbroken child
his sanity slipping   his feelings defiled
Emotionally raped   by the people he needed
backs turned on him   raped and then cheated
Shattered look    a tear streaked cheek
Finally   broken   unable to speak


written Dec 00
btw  i also post in dark poetry if you are interested in reading piece i don't post here and occasionally in the critical analysis forum

" How can i feel if i can't breathe...?"
-Godsmack
"If who i am is what i have, and what i have is lost...then who am i?"
(I Ride The Short Bus)

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Juju
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since 2003-12-29
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In your dreams
1 posted 2005-05-12 12:22 PM


Now, I realize you had two thoughts in one break, but you seperated them with two spaces..  Why, May i ask not make another break???? What was your purpose, because I want to know.  It is intresting and I have never seen it done like that, so I was wondering if you had a purpose(:

Juju

Juju - 1.) a magic charm or fetish 2.)Magic 3.)A taboo connected woth the use of magic

The dictionary never lies.... I am magical (;

Kaos
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2 posted 2005-05-12 12:31 PM


i don't really know when it started, but instead of using commas for pauses i began using breaks in the lines because i could use them more effectively i guess. I use longer breaks for longer pauses... it's suppose to help indicate the pace that the poem should be read at. I guess i was trying to do something to help my readers feel the poem better, but i've never really been sure how well it works, any comments?

" How can i feel if i can't breathe...?"
-Godsmack
"If who i am is what i have, and what i have is lost...then who am i?"
(I Ride The Short Bus)

Gentle Spirit
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since 2000-10-09
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3 posted 2005-05-12 12:33 PM


deep....very very deep and poignant writing...
I enjoyed this. Nice penning here.

LeeJ
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since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296

4 posted 2005-05-12 12:35 PM


takes a heap of courage to be different, not be a follow and not worry what anyone says...people are negative by nature, and even when your happy they unconsciously look for sometime your doing that would fear them to do...so they critize, I believe to build their defated ego...their failures...they don't understand, the essense of who you are...so don't feel to badly or take it personal...your special and significantly unique!!!!!
Startime55
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since 2003-04-05
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5 posted 2005-05-12 12:37 PM


Powerful feelings are expressed in these words that open the eyes of the reader to your pain...Very well done...

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