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Refugee
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since 2006-08-04
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0 posted 2006-10-02 02:34 PM


She had to leave him in a sudden rush
Broken and picking up the pieces
But the biggest part of him
Is gone and his life ceases

He misses her greatly
There are reminders everywhere to torment
His days all blend together
With the evening he drops fallen, spent

Whether in waking dreaming
The good memories are torture
Nothing feels real anymore
Since he had last embraced her

She was all that he knew
And all that he ever wanted
Now any mention of her
Leaves eyes hollow and haunted

People on the outside looking in
See the death written there
Upon his face and his being
A sense of finality in the air

And when he smiles
It is only as an automaton
Obvious something is missing
His life is over, she is gone


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ThisDiamond
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since 2002-02-22
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Michigan, USA
1 posted 2006-10-02 06:13 PM


heartfelt
fmlbarebackrider2001
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since 2005-11-16
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West Texas, United States
2 posted 2006-10-02 08:46 PM


This poem brought tears to my eyes. A close friend lost his wife in April and your poem describes exactly how he has been since that moment.

Know yourself before you try to know someone else.

Sunshine
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Listening to every heart
3 posted 2006-10-06 10:41 PM


Let's take the name of you, the Refugee, and imagine what was once yours, now left behind; Could it be, that you are one of the survivors of a time escaped from a year ago?  Oh, I hope so.

Perhaps "she" will return, some one day.

passing shadows
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displaced
4 posted 2006-10-07 07:38 AM


whew...sad stuff this morning..I like this
Kira Aso
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since 2006-09-26
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Closer to Hell...
5 posted 2006-10-07 09:28 AM


Loved this even though it was so sad!

~Kira

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