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Maddy vanD Member
since 2003-09-06
Posts 99Newfoundland, Canada |
HAUNTED All my life I've been haunted By the ghosts of someone else's past And all I've ever wanted Is to walk barefoot in the grass Can't you hear the voices screaming late at night, with the stars all aglow Please don't wake me if I'm dreaming I want to be free, I want to let go Cut these strings that bind me to this life full of pain Let me drift where none can find me Somewhere beyond the rain By the light of day, I am crying It ain't right, so I'm told They say I really should be trying but the summer sun is so cold Your tender words are like pouring gasoline on a fire They bring me no relief, they only inflame my desire And the heart that I gave so freely has come apart at the seams And the need to feel something drives us on to new extremes So in the twilight's last gleaming I sold my soul for whiskey and gold And the illusion of true love from a boy just 16 years old |
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ShannonMarie Member
since 2003-09-09
Posts 55in a state of being |
no improvment needed, I liked it very much, it really speaks to me. |
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Endlessecho Member
since 2003-09-05
Posts 398I live within myself |
"All my life I've been haunted By the ghosts of someone else's past" I love those lines. What a completely fitting description; I couldn't have said it better myself. How do we break away from paying for their mistakes? Wonderful read! |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
Maddy - fine writing here, you caught me on the first stanza: All my life I've been haunted By the ghosts of someone else's past And all I've ever wanted Is to walk barefoot in the grass me too . . . xxoo |
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eor Senior Member
since 2002-09-26
Posts 959blues & greys |
enjoyed this thanks for sharing "There never was a genius without a tincture of madness." |
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junemac Senior Member
since 2003-04-24
Posts 1005uk |
this is really good. well thought out with some clever lines. good subject too. june x |
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mysticpoe Senior Member
since 2003-02-28
Posts 883 |
Your thoughts were conveyed very nicely. mysticpoe If nothing is something |
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Maddy vanD Member
since 2003-09-06
Posts 99Newfoundland, Canada |
thanks all for the time to read and comment. I agree those opening lines are some of my best,,,i was sorta afraid i couldn't follow them up, but it seems you think i did, so i ain't gonna argue with you. I wrote this while in the hospital this summer, I was in a somewhat doped up state, so I was free-associating a bit, but all in all i think it turned out pretty good. Maddy |
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