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pegasus111
Member Elite

since 2000-07-27

Posts 2219
ocala, fl, usa

0 posted 2005-11-02 05:10 PM

Like the moth drawn irresistibly to the deadly flame
Knowing it’s danger but mesmerized by it’s beauty
I come to you

Explosions of reality inundate my brain
Pounding cruelly against the fantasy I have created
For myself, for us

Somewhere deep in my subconscious I know
But I reject the knowledge
Flailing in futile helplessness against the thought

The signs are there, everywhere
But I am a blind man in the light
Searching, probing, finding only empty dreams
Silent echoes my reward

Why do I continue the charade
Playing the game already lost
Telling myself all will be well

I know you care, just not enough
Not the gut busting all consuming
Frantic way I care for you

What went wrong
Was it the commitment
The unfamiliar tenderness

I return endlessly to the traffic signal in your heart
Willing it to change
Knowing it won’t

Forcing myself to pretend it’s new
We’re new
There must be a way

There isn’t
It’s hopeless
Retreat from the fire that consumes me

There are only bitter ashes after all
I can’t
Don’t you see
I forgot how to say goodbye

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

1 posted 2005-11-02 07:17 PM

This is so very sad and so well done. Love, Joyce

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

2 posted 2005-11-05 09:54 PM

pegasus111: A very poignant poem! Saying good-bye is so hard at times!

Betty Lou

Betty Lou Hebert

Tramp Poet
Senior Member

since 2000-01-06

Posts 754
Could Be Anywhere...

3 posted 2005-11-06 05:02 PM

hey Peg...
good write.
gut wrenchingly real
i can relate, bro!
well done...
tramp

Annie78
Member

since 2003-10-03

Posts 469
here then there then back here

4 posted 2005-11-11 05:02 PM

Great write....i know this feeling all to
well. Couldn't have said it better myself.
Annie

there is but a short time to exist, love,laugh,live and never stop believing in miracles

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

5 posted 2005-11-11 07:13 PM

Well such and much enjoyed.
Chris

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
~Carl Sandburg

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

6 posted 2005-11-15 01:35 PM

Peggers~
Such poignancy to your thoughts dear man~

SIX ?

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*No matter what I search for ...
let me know when it is LOVE that I find*~ <))><

Email - [email protected]

pictureme2
Member

since 2005-11-13

Posts 194

7 posted 2005-11-15 10:31 PM

This was bitter sweet. I felt the love yet I feel the goodbye!

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