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1slick_lady
Member Ascendant

since 2000-12-22

Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

0 posted 2002-01-10 12:09 PM

Cried Myself Awake

I’ve cried
myself awake
from tender
empty nights
and the dawn
of daylight
that offered
no invites

there once
was a time
I cried
myself to sleep
remembering promises
that just
wouldn’t keep

too much of me
to give
and feel so
all alone
so much
to know
and nothing
being known

today as I leave
my bed
the light
draws me near
the dust
of old dreams settle
sight focusing
to clear

today I
change my sheets
the tear stained
sorrows I take
the time
for mourning over
and I have
cried myself awake

"I have already paid for all my future sins." Sade...(King of Sorrow)

Startime
Member Ascendant

since 2000-10-03

Posts 5918
Canada

1 posted 2002-01-10 12:13 PM

*sigh* such pain and sadness in your words today...I could not help but feel the tears falling as I read this poem....My heart goes out to you, for you are suffering deep hurt..**big hugs** I pray the pain will not last too long and that healing will fill your heart soon.

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

2 posted 2002-01-10 12:15 PM

Helen - your sadness comes through your writing. But inside a spark waits. You write with grace, and they are excellent...

BC

LngJhnAg
Member Elite

since 1999-07-23

Posts 3508
Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion

3 posted 2002-01-10 12:16 PM

Helen - You have cried - I can only hope you are now looking up, because looking down is not in your spirit, is it?

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

4 posted 2002-01-10 12:24 PM

Sad, but not without hope. There is determination in your words. Excellent!

Mon Cherie

Senior Member

since 2001-10-31

Posts 922
Land of Never-ending Summers

5 posted 2002-01-10 12:27 PM

Helen, thank you for sharing this with us. I am very familiar with crying myself to sleep. Yet til now, the light of dawn has not beckoned to me with warmth. I still dread the loneliness I feel. I hope one day I will wake up, and change my 'tear-stained sheets' the way you did.

_,,,^.^,,,_
Florence

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

6 posted 2002-01-10 12:57 PM

This is one of the saddest writes I've read in quite some time. Hope you are ok.

Kathleen--(Kay)
A true friend does not love you for who you are, but in spite of who you are." -- Caroline Tran

S Arthur Grey
Senior Member

since 2001-03-19

Posts 719
woven by a poet's loom

7 posted 2002-01-11 03:10 PM

Poignant
Cleansing
Well constructed
Circles back to a new place
I like it

S Arthur

. . . Hills jump with brooks.
trees tumble out of twigs and sticks;
e e cummings

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

8 posted 2002-01-11 03:13 PM

I believe that tears are a cleansing of the soul. Take heart sweet poet. Chris

Life is not measured by breaths you take, but by moments that take your breath away.

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

9 posted 2002-01-11 03:16 PM

(tears fall down my cheeks) Oh Helen, such sadness fills your heart, sweet friend, my heart goes out to you! We all make promises we never keep and have these tears, but I know deep down all the tears will reflect the sunshine and hope and love will follow and you will smile and embrace a brand new day of comfort! (sigh) Always believe in your heart, sweet friend, we all wish you the greatest happiness and healing! (kiss on cheek) We all love you so much, sweet friend! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Helen, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

rebekah33
Member

since 2001-12-13

Posts 140
MD/NJ

10 posted 2002-01-12 03:02 AM

What a wonderful piece. From a technical point of view I like the use of the juxipisition in the title and throughout the poem, but I also just like the poem in general. I really related to the emotions and it touched me. Thank you for sharing

"So stop and love and dance and live and laugh until you cry" Edwin McCain

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

11 posted 2002-01-12 06:59 AM

! slick_lady,
This was so sad, but perhaps everyone should experience such a wake up call.
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

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