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raevynsbreath
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since 2003-06-06
Posts 64
Mi, USA

0 posted 2003-08-17 01:00 AM




so
you're walking down this broken road again
you're looking for the way to show you home again
you made it through
it piled up
and then you ran
it was the same as it began

so
here we are
living another misery
pushing through minds filled with nothing
you took my hand
we made it through
it piled up
and then you ran
it was the same as it began

so this is civilized travesty
a coward faced man
in a place where is fear
is faster than his mouth
i'm so surprised
[sorry for wasting your time]

the silence fills another empty void
there is nothing out here
but everything
waiting for your arrival
the madness fills the nooks
it fills the space
you used to stand
the tears they fall
harder than before
small drops make small puddles
on the floor

so
you've found your broken road again
you've found your way home again
again
again
civilized travesty
become the end of me

i'm surprised
i'm so surprised
i'm surprised
[sorry for wasting your time]

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warmhrt
Senior Member
since 1999-12-18
Posts 1563

1 posted 2003-08-18 08:42 PM


Hi,

I liked this a lot, though I feel it needs some tidying up, and tightening up.
I really liked the first five stanzas, though in the third, I think you meant "his" instead of "is" in the third line. I feel the poem would benefit from eliminating the last stanza, and the bracketed lines. Also of benefit would be punctuation...it would really help.
Basically, though, I genuinely liked this, and think it is more than worthy of reworking. The words are there...that is the critical part, and it is already done, and done well.

Kris

"It is wisdom to know others;
It is enlightenment to know one's self" - Lao Tzu

raevynsbreath
Member
since 2003-06-06
Posts 64
Mi, USA
2 posted 2003-08-19 05:34 PM


i appreciate your comment very much.
i'd like to let you know that i did mean "is" in the third line, third stanza, however, "his" seems to enter in much better.  i hadn't thought about that.  thank you.  
also, the whole poem is fit to be a song, so the last stanza would basically end it in a drifting fade sort of way.  but i do respect what you have said.
and i thank you again.
always.
_rae

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