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nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29
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Between the Lines

0 posted 2003-02-11 06:43 AM



Absenteed

This pounding drives through the core of my being.
Its rhythm blocking the sound of my heart.
Each strike forging my shape for the day,
counterfitting my form.

There are remnants, surviving your trace.
Remainders after the division, a vestige
of happier times.

I lay prone to the predator's touch, inclined
to lean against insecurities, finding myself
always, on the outside looking in, but
never wanting to be on the other side.

The clock strikes louder.
I cover my ears wishing time away,
close my eyes to reality, pretending
to be her, or her, or even her,
just as long as I am not me for the now.

I am not to be addressed, I am
but that absentee ballot, forgotten, tattered
unable to be processed, cast off,
having lost  the power.

The pounding continues, no easing
of its discomfort, leaving me
in the extreme of myself
for another day.

"Love is not blind - It sees more and not less, but because it sees more, it is willing to see less."
(Will Moss)

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GG
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since 2002-12-03
Posts 3532
Lost in thought
1 posted 2003-02-11 07:01 AM


ohh felt this one
being ourselves is so painful but then usually when you really look deep into someone else... wouldn't want to be them either.
And as for the time... I wish it would stop too

Always, Alyssa

- And so it was that time stood still -
     (blink, breathe, stand, fight)

inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392
Ohio
2 posted 2003-02-11 07:01 AM


painful, but moving
be you, not her

Ericc
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since 2003-01-31
Posts 4178

3 posted 2003-02-11 08:06 AM


Powerful and beautiful.
Thanks.
Eric

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