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Tears of Glass
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since 2000-12-04

Posts 182
Physically? VA.... Mentally? I'm not quite sure

0 posted 2000-12-22 04:46 PM

Crossing the bridge,
I've made it half way.
It hasn't been easy.
I struggle each day.

But today I sit down,
and I cling to the rope.
I am out there alone,
and have somehow lost hope.

So which way do I go?
Is it forward or back?
Or sit here and wait
for the strength that I lack?

I want to run back,
to my empty, dark place.
Where I'm lonely, but safe,
and you can't see my face.

But I've made it so far,
If I run back and hide,
Then I'll never know,
What's on the other side.

It's got to be better,
After such a long fight.
Behind me is darkness,
Ahead I see light.

So I'll slowly stand up,
hanging on to the rope,
I'll look back with sadness,
then continue ahead with hope.

*Jennifer

DancinQueen

Senior Member

since 2000-07-29

Posts 1092
Kokomo,IN,USA

1 posted 2000-12-23 03:44 AM

awesome! i cant believe it remained un-replied to for so long. dang...this was great. keep up the great work

*dq

¤Sometimes the hardest thing to get over, is something you never really had¤

LoveBug

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since 2000-01-08

Posts 4697

2 posted 2000-12-23 10:33 AM

This is a great piece! I'm glad that you have found the strength to move ahead. Thank you for sharing this with us. Keep up the good work!

"Where there is great love there are always miracles" -Cather
"Love heals everything, and love is all there is"- Zukav

xShUgArHiGhx

Member Elite

since 2000-09-26

Posts 3150
tRyIn tO fIt iN2 mY oWn ShoEs

3 posted 2000-12-23 09:12 PM

This was an excellent piece..it sounds like you have a lot going on in your life right now..i hope things get easier for you and everything works out well

Dopey Dope

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Member Patricius

since 2000-08-30

Posts 11132
San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 posted 2000-12-23 11:53 PM

This was very good. The flow was great and i hope that you surely post more. Good one here!

I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust.

I hate your socks. I'd like to burn them!

Melster
Member

since 2000-12-09

Posts 442
Brisbane, Qld, Australia

5 posted 2000-12-24 04:19 AM

Great poem - I am glad that you decided to go forwards as you had come soo far... never go back!!

Melz!!

Dont believe what ur eyes r telling u they only show limitation. Look with ur understanding, find out what u already know & u will see the way to fly

Child of the Stars

Senior Member

since 2000-09-07

Posts 1658
Ann Arbor, MI

6 posted 2000-12-26 10:41 AM

Wow, this was great. My fave stanza:
I want to run back,
to my empty, dark place.
Where I'm lonely, but safe,
and you can't see my face.

I feel like that lots...well keep writing...

~Carly

Ina
Senior Member

since 2000-10-09

Posts 1236
Quebec, Canada

7 posted 2000-12-26 12:38 PM

there was a beautiful flow and power of experssion.
keep it up!!!
regina

Lakewalker
Member Elite

since 2000-08-05

Posts 3289
On the streets w/ people

8 posted 2000-12-27 12:48 PM

Yeah, great job with this one! It's very good, I love the flow

"Disagreements stimulate thought, thought stimulates action, and action stimulates life." --Lakewalker
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silvrduck
Member

since 2000-11-05

Posts 146

9 posted 2000-12-27 01:05 PM

So which way do I go?
Is it forward or back?
Or sit here and wait
for the strength that I lack?

Wow, this was excellent! Great job.. and i hope everything works out for you.

take care,
Sarah

*The hardest thing to do is watch the one you love, love somebody else.*

Acies

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Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-07

Posts 7665
Twilight Zone

10 posted 2000-12-29 11:19 AM

excellent excellent excellent
just plain marvelous
i see you already have figured out the right way...we always have to move forward, but in able to, we still have to remember the past. There is no way of learning from our mistakes in the past if we just leave it behind. great job

bravo

I see no changes, wake up in the morning I ask myself, "Is life worth living or should I blast myself" TUPAC SHAKUR

jeremydraul
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since 2000-08-01

Posts 1118
State of Despair

11 posted 2000-12-30 12:14 PM

holy.... how in the... I MISSED THIS?? Shear brilliance!

~JDR

"A writer doesn't acquire a vacancy of mind, but rather a inadequacy of words." - Jeremy D. Raulinaitis

Skyfire

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since 2000-12-27

Posts 3381
Riding

12 posted 2000-12-30 01:48 AM

Wow. Wow, wow, wow! That is just... wow. Sorry it took me so long to find it

~*Skyfire

*~Always Canadian*~
~*~I used to be an idiot, but I'm all right now~*~

HiddenSparklez
Member

since 2000-12-29

Posts 190
British Columbia, Canada

13 posted 2000-12-30 03:31 PM

Love your idea of making life into a bridge you must cross either forward or backwards... you've certainly gotten enough wisdom to know forward is better than backwards.

Will DeVore
Junior Member

since 2001-01-01

Posts 12
Weddington, NC, USA

14 posted 2001-01-03 09:54 PM

Beautiful! Simply beautiful! I loves every moment of it.

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