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rm711
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since 2002-11-30
Posts 131
Wiltshire, England

0 posted 2003-02-12 05:36 PM



I wish I were just the blank cover
Of this messed up book
Pages ripped out
Ink blurred

If you took a moment to look
You’d realise why
The story that haunts its pages
Has brought me right here

To this moment in time
You’ll realise
How much has been wasted
Because this book was kept closed

On the top shelf
In a corner in shadow
You didn’t know I was there
So you didn’t care

Books need a lot of looking after
But no one has tried
To give me what I need
So when opened I scream

I’ve forgotten how it feels
For my pages to see the light of day
For my many pictures
To been seen vivid again

Breathing the fresh air
I’m not accustomed to
I was always waiting
To be opened up by you

The colours have never faded
But the pages need to be turned
Each part, each word of the story
Relived

The only way
I’ll ever be with you again.

small insignificant useless me

© Copyright 2003 Rosie Mitchell - All Rights Reserved
the_loner_23
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since 2002-06-08
Posts 5479
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
1 posted 2003-02-12 05:39 PM


I really liked the way you expressed your feelings.

Cold hands means a warm heart

Ericc
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since 2003-01-31
Posts 4178

2 posted 2003-02-12 08:32 PM


Beautiful.
Eric

garysgirl
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since 2002-09-29
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3 posted 2003-02-12 08:35 PM


Rosie, this is beautiful, but sad.
Thanks for sharing...

"Love makes the world go around"
~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~  
                  

Nightshade
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Member Patricius
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962
just out of reach
4 posted 2003-02-12 09:22 PM


Very well written piece. Enjoyed. Chris

"Hope" is the thing with feathers-
that perches in the soul....
                  
                       -Emily Dickinson

Jason Lyle
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since 2003-02-07
Posts 1438
With my darkling
5 posted 2003-02-12 09:27 PM


Liked the analogy,and the poem.Nice work.
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