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LoneWolf
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0 posted 2008-09-26 06:42 PM



“Lost”
Lost in a sea of endless dreams
Shattered and broken
I fall to my knees

Lost in a storm of endless hurt
Tattered and torn asunder
I fall to my knees

Lost in an inferno of endless despair
Crushed and cracked
I fall to my knees

When all hope is gone I look up
And I fall to my knees
Lost in your eyes

It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that.
I've learned that even when you th

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Robert E. Jordan
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1 posted 2008-09-26 08:19 PM


Yo LoneWolf,

This is well done.  It's the only unpunctuated, and unmetered poem I've ever liked.

Bobby

FNG
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2 posted 2008-09-27 01:32 AM


" I look into your eyes"....
Just wondering, whose eyes? God's ...enlighten me...

FNG

graeshine2006
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3 posted 2008-09-27 02:05 AM


Wow - I liked this a lot.  Very nice.
Susan Caldwell
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4 posted 2008-09-27 09:02 AM


Nice job...

I think the eyes are that of the person spoken of throughout the poem...

That's how I want to see it anyway.  

"too bad ignorance isn't painful"
~Unknown~

LoneWolf
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5 posted 2008-09-28 01:33 PM


Thanks everyone for the comments. Susan you are right, it is about a person. But FNG I see how it can be seen in that light, I didn't even realize it till you said something. Thanks.

It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that.
I've learned that even when you th

turbulent_melody
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6 posted 2008-10-02 03:40 AM


I enjoyed this as well, minimalist and moving.
Margherita
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7 posted 2008-10-02 03:47 AM


"Lost" is very powerfully expressed here.

Love,
Margherita

nakdthoughts
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Between the Lines
8 posted 2008-10-02 06:10 AM


I also see it the way Susan did. Nicely done.

M

LoneWolf
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9 posted 2008-10-02 01:34 PM


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