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Pain Is... |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced 
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Pain is... waiting, thinking how you'd touch me if you came how you'd run your fingers from the nape of my neck to the backs of my knees like you were on a Sunday drive ...and you don't come. Pain is... when you do come and I can think of nothing else in life but you in the dark above me, the sounds of being on the edge and then the letting go falling on my ears like soap bubbles that float down and hit hot pavement. Pain is... being there then, laying beside you staring at you like it was the end of life (on the verge of suffocation) and you were air molecules. Pain is... laying breathless in the shadows misinterpreting freedom, wishing I could come into your daylight though I'd end up stuck in the branches of winter like the kite that gave itself to the north wind. Pain is... being afraid to let the anesthesia wear off to see if the pain is... still there. |
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Seoulair Senior Member
since 2008-03-27
Posts 807Seoul S.Korea |
The pain was well said here. Indeed pain was such. |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Sometimes it's hard to be a person who feels so deeply, but by the same token, I guess that's where deep, meaningful poetry comes from. Ida |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Nice writing...pain serves a purpose...they say that lepers lose their sense of pain so in situations where they bang their limbs or receive a cut or get a burn they don't get the benefit of pain, and some receive serious injuries due to this loss of pain...much like a child wouldn't pull his hand away from a hot burner on the oven if they didn't feel pain...James |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Dear Dixie, what a powerful write about the depth of pain. Extremely well rendered. The pain still lingers, but the healing is occurring, I am sure. Love and hugs. Margherita  |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Passing shadows, Pain is never any fun, that's why they call it pain. Every sensation needs a name. Bobby |
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effjayel Senior Member
since 2007-09-30
Posts 1474At the Crossroads of Infinity |
Dixie, The only good thing about pain is that it makes the pleasure that much more enjoyable when it eventually wears off. And it will, just like toothache, one day it will be gone....the dark days can only last so long....sunshine is just around the corner & you just need to keep the faith, your turn will come, I just know it  Jayel |
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Roniece Dawson-Bruce Member Ascendant
since 2000-01-29
Posts 5689Sydney, Australia |
Dixie... can't believe I nearly missed this one.. you have captured the 'pain' very well in this wonderful write... hang in there.. the sun is on it's way...  love RDB Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight......... |
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