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raleighbttrfly
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since 2000-11-21
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Raleigh NC

0 posted 2001-01-06 12:15 PM


When it was your soul that forgot how to fly
It was a sin that made the angels cry
Your wings are broken and unused
Your face is dirty and now bruised

But even now your feet grow light
Healing begun by candle light
And in your mind you begin to sore
What was once a dream means so much more

A smile shows and is now real
The first singe you are beginning to feel
So much time has been lost
Time that came with a high cost

Unfold your wings and reach the sky
Now you know its time to try
Close your eyes and forgive
Learning again how to live

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I am not always lonely even if I am always alone

[This message has been edited by raleighbttrfly (edited 01-06-2001).]

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since 2001-01-05
Posts 57
Linn MO USA
1 posted 2001-01-06 05:09 PM


if id heard this out loud i would applaud it and ask you to read another, its very good i enjoyed it


*dont let life bring you down, dig thru the ditches and deck it in the face and reclaim your place*---Kyle Finn....2001

Brad
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since 1999-08-20
Posts 5705
Jejudo, South Korea
2 posted 2001-01-06 07:36 PM


I liked the the meter in the first stanza but I don't understand the sole/soul point here.

It seems that after that though you got bored with the meter and just went for the rhyme. I'd meter this all the way through if I were you.  

Also, I'd reverse the shift here. The first stanza explores the problem and the rest is the beginning of the resolution. I'd go after the problem in more concrete detail and leave the reader only a hint of resolution (the singe line might work with maybe one other line).

Just an opinion,
Brad

raleighbttrfly
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since 2000-11-21
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Raleigh NC
3 posted 2001-01-09 07:10 PM


A.U.
thank you so much  

Brad
thank you for the advise and information


I am not always lonely even if I am always alone

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