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Tara Simms Senior Member
since 1999-08-12
Posts 1244Honea Path, SC USA 
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I wrote this one in high school (about an eon ago). Where were you? Where were you when I needed you Or when I was scared? You weren’t here when I called for you Although you said you cared. Where were you when I laid in bed Crying myself to sleep? How do I heal my shattered heart When wounds are cut this deep? Where were you when I craved your touch, Ached to see your face? I drifted off in dreamless sleep, Pillow in my embrace. Where were you during those times When I needed you near? I don’t know where you were But you sure as hell weren’t here. |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Ah, this is so sad. Well written! Denise |
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Jeffrey Carter
since 2000-04-08
Posts 2367State of constant confusion! |
Very well written I could feel your pain All too familiar Jeffrey |
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WhiteNite Member
since 2000-04-09
Posts 241Montgomery, AL |
I really like this one.. espeically that ending. Very nice. "The storm rises up when the shadows descend every beat of my heart every day without end I will stand like a rock I will bend till I break till theres no more to give if thats what it takes I will risk everything I will fight I will bleed I will lay down my life if thats what you need every second I live thats the promise I make" I have no idea who wrote this... tell me if you know. =) |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Whew Girl...you tell it like it is !!!  |
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Tara Simms Senior Member
since 1999-08-12
Posts 1244Honea Path, SC USA |
Ruth, yeah, I've never been one to beat around the bush. One of my better qualities, I think. Jeffrey, thank you. It hurts when people don't keep the promises they made. Denise and Whitenite, thanks for reading! It matters not how strait the gate; How charged with punishments the scroll; I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. --W.E. Henley |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
Excellent Tara. . . I know that I felt that way when I was in high school. . . Wonderful poem my friend. . . ------------------------------------------------------------ That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl |
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Tara Simms Senior Member
since 1999-08-12
Posts 1244Honea Path, SC USA |
Thanks Sven! |
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Balladeer
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
He was probably putting Noxema on his zits, Tara. Don't take it personally |
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hsystems Member
since 2000-03-28
Posts 319Murray, UT, USA |
Tara - very well expressed, and I can relate! I was not very popular in high school. My father can remember me trying to get a date for a school dance, once. I had to call 14 girls before one said "yes." I wore my heart on my sleeve, so I could really relate to this poem. Thanks for the trip down memory lane, and I hope things are better now!  Troy Beautiful, Thought-Provoking Poetry http://www.h-systems.net/p1.htm |
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Torrie Junior Member
since 2000-04-09
Posts 19 |
I can totally relate. Good job expressing it. |
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Butterflies_dont_cry Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733Michigan |
.gif) I see memories of parent's, lovers, friends....anyone loved who never came...much sorrow in this one. Well done and said with style. Hold me for yesterday Kiss me for tomorrow But love me for today. |
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Tara Simms Senior Member
since 1999-08-12
Posts 1244Honea Path, SC USA |
ROFL@Balladeer. Gee, thanks! And here I thought I had touched him with my words. You had to burst my bubble, didn't you? hsystems, sounds like this was a painful trip down memory lane for you. Sometimes it's only when we look at where we started that we truly see how far we've come. butterflies_don't_cry, thank you. This was (as you guys probably guessed) originally written for my first love, but as I recalled the poem and typed it up, it occurred to me that it also applies to my mother (who died when I was very young). |
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