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Winter Butterfly
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The hidden path beyond the ivy gate.

0 posted 2007-06-07 06:29 PM



How do you forgive what can't be forgiven

How do you accept that you were misled

It seems so simple to say I screwed up that life

Simple though isn't always that easy

Sometimes it harder

I finally let the pain out today, not that I was given a choice

It must have been in my eyes when he looked at me

Laughter taken flight

No smile returning his

I tried so hard to convince him I was fine and it didn't matter

Sometimes I wish my eyes could lie

None of it was his fault nothing to do with him

He wasn't even around back then

Not in a capacity to have anything to say

I tried to be empty when I stopped pretending everything was fine

Use obscure fragments of thought betraying nothing

My eyes are betrayers

The liquid that spilled from them brought pain

It's fine

Everything is fine

Fingers not fast enough to dry all the pain

My betrayers left him unarmed

To hug me or fight me knowing both and neither would help

The words trembled from lips that fought to hold them

It's okay, you didn't do anything wrong

What else could he say

He knew the wounds were mine alone

The world moved around us, a bustle of motion

Laughter in a tease, mischief in a foot step and nudge

Neither wanting to know this pain

Freedom in drying eyes, expelling of words


"The only way to learn to fly is to spread your wings and jump."

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passing shadows
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1 posted 2007-06-07 08:51 PM


sis, you know I adore you


Earth Angel
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2 posted 2007-06-08 10:12 AM


Hello, Winter Butterfly! What an intriguing pen name! ~ It's poetic in its own write! ~ I mean "right".

I believe that the eyes truly are the windows to the soul. Lips can lie ~ but eyes don't.

Giving you a warm, welcoming hug,

EA


Winter Butterfly
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The hidden path beyond the ivy gate.
3 posted 2007-06-08 11:42 AM


The adoration is mutual sis.


Thank you Earth Angel. For the compliment and the welcome. Hugs back.

Winter Butterfly

"The only way to learn to fly is to spread your wings and jump."

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