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cokey_95
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since 2000-01-08
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0 posted 2000-01-08 01:20 AM



Today I let go..
I promised I wouldnt so..
what can I say.. I guess I lied,
there are just to many tears I have cried.
I tried to pretend everything was alright,
the pretending is over, I have given up the
fight.
I tried to smile and make the feelings go away..
now I guess it is my spirit that will have to
pay.
Not a day goes by that a tear I dont shed..
Not a day goes by without the pounding in my
head.
Those voices that should tell me right from
wrong..
lately I must tell you they sing a different
song.
They scream in my head...just give up and die..
I sit in my room..hold my head..and cry.
I am giving in..I guess the voices know best..
It is time for me to go home..for my final rest!

© Copyright 2000 Karin - All Rights Reserved
bsquirrel
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1 posted 2000-01-08 01:31 AM


Hi, Cokey. Interesting poem. I remember going through a lot of thoughts like that, and let's just say, I'm glad that's (mostly) over with. We all have our bad days, though. Here's my take: while I like the wording, sometimes I feel the phrases are a little forced. Blame it on whoever deemed poetry should rhyme. Sometimes, yeah. But I think this one would be a lot more powerful free versed. Rhyming adds a sort of sing-song voice to things, and while that's a great tool for irony, I think you're trying to be more sincere here. The other thing is do you really want to end the poem with an exclamation point? It seems sorta ... strange, I guess. It's like the character in this poem is giving up, slowly draining away, and then says "final rest" with this renewed excitement. Is the character really this far gone, that the final rest is the culmination of all the joys and disappointments experienced up to this point? Maybe I'm just reading too much into this. I've been known to do that.   Keep writing.

Mike

whiskey
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since 1999-12-28
Posts 1278
Australia
2 posted 2000-01-08 01:36 AM


Cokey, I am so sorry for the loss of your mother I feel so much for you , You have my thoughts and prayers  

The poem was great

bsquirrel
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3 posted 2000-01-08 02:29 AM


I had no idea... Nevermind everything in my previous post.
cokey_95
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since 2000-01-08
Posts 35

4 posted 2000-01-08 02:34 AM


dont worry about it..I like to hear what im doing right or wrong
Dreamer_556
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since 2000-01-04
Posts 34

5 posted 2000-01-08 03:49 PM


Yet another nice one Cokey!

~*Dreamer*~

Severn
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since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704

6 posted 2000-01-08 06:22 PM


Welcome to Passions, Cokey - looks like you have great supportive friends here already!

  

Betty Gravitt
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since 1999-09-11
Posts 222
Georgia United States
7 posted 2000-01-08 08:29 PM


cokey... I'm sorry about your mother. I liked the poem.

 B Gravitt


Femme's Father
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since 1999-10-30
Posts 58
Carrollton, TX, USA
8 posted 2000-01-08 09:10 PM


This is a beautiful tribute to your mother,
and makes me appreciate mine even more..My mom is now 76, and I am 55. I still have my dad also, so God has really blessed me with my parents still being here. I think we tend to not notice how blessed we are sometimes. I know that I often don't show my love as often as I should. This was a very good set
of poems you shared with us. I appreciate the
way you speak what you feel inside. You are
a very caring person I can tell. I posted a
poem of mine in response to your poems--hope
it might help you not feel so alone..Its called the Agony of Death..bless you...

bsquirrel
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9 posted 2000-01-08 10:08 PM


Hi, Cokey. I dunno -- when poetry is used as catharsis like that, I don't think anyone really has the right to critique it. That's not the poem's purpose. But thanks for understanding.

Mike

Eloise
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since 1999-11-27
Posts 1096
Wyoming
10 posted 2000-01-08 10:21 PM


Cokey, welcome to Passions. This was a very touching piece.  I'm sorry about the loss of your mom.  ((Hugs))
First__Knight
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since 1999-11-08
Posts 678

11 posted 2000-01-08 10:31 PM


Welcome to Passions....and I admire your courage in this writing :0

 Being in love with someone is more than just saying "I love you"



Paul Hoekman
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since 1999-12-28
Posts 382
Harwinton Ct. U>S>A>
13 posted 2000-01-08 11:34 PM


WELCOME COKEY,
so nice to have you with us,
nice work,keep on writing,
the more you put it down,
the more you let it out.

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