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The Trick is to Keep Breathing
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The Trick is to Keep Breathing |
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Astraea Member
since 1999-11-09
Posts 378California! Yeah! Okay, I'm done now |
Your heart's stopped beating Here, in my chest, it no longer has a home. Someone help me understand why it hurts So much To let someone go when you want Him To stay. I'm not the kind to go crying on shoulders, And in the morning find a stranger. I'm not the kind who would say I love you When I know we're headed for pain. I love you, my heart. But I'm not the kind to tie you down In chains When all you want to do is get away. I used to read love in your heart. I read a lot more there, too. I read a brilliant future we could have. I understood how much I meant to you. I saw dedications, promises, dreams, And I admit that for a little while, For a precious moment, I believed. I dream the same things. So long, good bye, have a nice day. My heart cries for me to hold you tight, But your own would deny me. I'll hold your hand, caress the memories, And then you'll leave. And I'll say, I love you, my heart. It's too bad you have to go. It's too bad you have to go. I've never been the kind to love easy, And I'll never say it hurt to watch you go. I close my eyes, Counting the thumps in my chest, Numbering each moment you're gone. I used to be the kind Whose heart spoke loud and clear. All my disappointed heart seems to say Is my mantra, Lonely. Lonely. Lonely. Lonely... I'll go home and cry. I'll go home and continue. I'll go home and act like nothing's new. I'm alone again. I'll go on and smile, As if I knew some secret. I'll tear myself apart, And only keep the melody of my heart As my song, like a coyote's cry. The trick is to keep breathing. The trick is to keep breathing. The trick is to keep breathing. The trick is to keep breathing. The pain is to keep hurting. The trick is to keep breathing. The trick is to keep breathing. The tears will keep falling, And the secret is to just breathe. "Sometimes stars can only be seen in darkness." "Sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things." |
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Toddles Member
since 2000-07-24
Posts 396New Orleans, Louisiana |
Astraea: What well-crafted & obviously heartfelt verses you have woven here! Thank you for sharing this! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind!"...Dr. Seuss |
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Alwye
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Member Elite
since 1999-06-16
Posts 3850In the space between moments |
Astraea, it's great to see you around my friend! This is a wonderful, heartfelt, and sorrowful piece, I greatly enjoyed it!  *Krista Knutson* "One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar." Helen Keller |
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Romy Senior Member
since 2000-05-28
Posts 1170Plantation, Florida |
Oh this does hurt so bad! Your poem brought back memories of my own, thinking I would never breath again! Great job on this, you really captured the sorrow that all of us must feel at some point in our lives, when love is gone. |
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Isis Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296Sunny Queensland |
I know it all too well, and I have had to remind myself to keep breathing to bother to get out of bed in the mornings too.. *hugs of understanding* Now breath with me ...... IN..............OUT............ soon it will be second nature again. Great work Isis *I believe every time you put your words to paper, you change. Each feeling is set free, and you may follow.....* ~Isis~Goddess~~Sovereign of the Sp |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
Astraea, nice to see you again my friend. . . And yes, the trick is to remember this. . . and soon, you'll be doing it again. . . Excellent poem. . . ----------------------------------------------------- That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Your words are so beautiful...loved reading your thoughts of love...I believe the reason this is the way it is would be because love promises us so much and sometimes gives us so little...still I have hope that love can deliver and I adore the possiblilities of love and when it does manifest itself I will breathe in the happiness...I will savor all its beauty. Love is indeed something worth desiring and believing in... James |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
I know, the pain at first is too much, you just have to keep breathing, and wait, and wait, and hope it fades. Great rendition here, and I understand the story completely. Sandra PS Your name here is almost the same as my email- Astareae.. funny coincidence. |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
"So long, goodbye, have a nice day." You have captured some of my feelings within this poem....I don't want to say goodbye but fear I must because perhaps she is not the right one....I hope and hope and hope I don't have to walk away...Have you heard the song by Electic Light Orchestra on the Xanadu album called "Don't Walk Away"...it describes these feelings perfectly....a sad but beautiful song...James |
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