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Poetias
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since 2000-07-06
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0 posted 2000-07-07 11:28 AM


HElp me remember what I love about you.
I have hidden my love
my purest adoration is masked
locked away where it will no longer be vulnerable to the brutality that spews forth from those lips.
Lips that once made me quiver with the mere utterance
of three words.
I have created a safe haven for myslef
which, to you, may seem a cold and frigid, an unforgiving retreat.
My longing for you slips further and further
with each hurtful word, with each lonely day.
For even when you are here I am still alone.
I have lost the partner I had married,
and I am left instead with you,
his residual self.
Stay here or let me free
for this should prove long-lasting
or never be.

© Copyright 2000 Nira C Jones - All Rights Reserved
Jamie
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since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168
Blue Heaven
1 posted 2000-07-07 11:33 AM


So sad

Jamie

Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil.
"Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely".


X Angel
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since 1999-11-07
Posts 1521
Oregon
2 posted 2000-07-07 01:01 PM


I think alot of people have been there....
*sigh*
~Heather

Mark Bohannan
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since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song
3 posted 2000-07-07 01:13 PM


Very sad-hope you get your freedom which ever way it goes.  Nice read.
Poetias
Junior Member
since 2000-07-06
Posts 26

4 posted 2000-07-07 03:58 PM


Thank you to all who have indulged in my self expressions. I find it truly invigorating. Thank you for welcoming me into your family.

Poetias

Poetias
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since 2000-07-06
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5 posted 2000-07-07 04:07 PM


Oh yeah, I forgot to say.
Freedom in relation to me is my writing, and as long as I have those who are willing to read. I am free....

Poetias

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