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crosscountry83
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since 2009-07-30

Posts 345

0 posted 2010-11-26 12:51 PM

Are You Just Like Me?

Hey, friend. Thanks for talking..
I thought we'd all forgotten.
but after all, who wants to talk?
who needs to talk?

about petty weather, the time of day,
or a dead devoted friend?
taboo. forbidden, though not with you.
Tell me, please, remember him too?

Do you feel me?
If I glanced at you,
I'd note a cracking voice,
rain-kissed eyelashes,
shaky hands, all too familiar.

The same, but just the same as me?
Sleeping to lullabys of lightning,
waking by the taste of salty sadness,
living with the need to hurt.

Dying to stop the desolation,

Tell me, friend, are you just like me?

[This message has been edited by crosscountry83 (11-27-2010 09:19 PM).]

Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2010-11-26 10:03 AM

Hello Rileigh...I've missed reading you!

This stanza...

quote:
about petty weather, the time of day,
or a dead devoted friend?
taboo. forbidden, though not with you.
Tell me, please, do you remember him too?

was particularly poignant for me. Thank you for sharing it.

Juju
Member Elite

since 2003-12-29

Posts 3429
In your dreams

2 posted 2010-11-26 10:18 AM

Very nice.

s1nfully_1nn0c3nt
Senior Member

since 2003-10-26

Posts 1105
Watertown, NY

3 posted 2010-11-26 11:59 AM

Oh, I love this!

quote:
The same, but just the same as me?
Sleeping to lullabys of lightning,
waking by the taste of salty sadness,
living with the need to hurt.

Like two peas in a pod. Enjoyed this.

-Trina.

"A heart that can't feel its broken- can't heal."

Earl Brinkman
Senior Member

since 2010-03-03

Posts 1183
Osaka, Japan

4 posted 2010-11-30 08:45 PM

Like Ms. Sunshine, the second stanza left an impression upon me. Listing topics that were once discussed left me with an unsettled feeling. Good writing has that effect on readers.

crosscountry83
Member

since 2009-07-30

Posts 345

5 posted 2010-12-02 01:39 AM

Sunshine, Thanks you for the kind words, I've missed being around as well.

Juju, Thanks

Trina, Thanks for poking in, I'm looking forward to reading more of your work. : )

Mr. Brinkman, I appreciate that, Thanks for stopping by.

-Rileigh

sasanka7
Junior Member

since 2010-11-17

Posts 30

6 posted 2010-12-03 03:18 AM

Very nice . I appreciate it.

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