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gemjop
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0 posted 2003-07-24 11:29 AM



I couldn't look worse
inside of the out
I know I'll see you,

These nails I paint
could only scratch the surface
I know I won't find you,

Remind me why this room is mine
since it's filled with you
defaced pictures and all,

Mocking me through beauty
your eyes still lean towards mine
photographic standstill,

Sick to the bones
of what is no more,

If I could tear down these walls
that watched us evolve,

I would.

Instant karma's gonna get you.

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Wind
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1 posted 2003-07-24 11:42 AM


wow..scary, shocking, sad, disturbing, too many words to describe this so I'll settle with great...as usual
Kaoru
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2 posted 2003-07-24 11:43 AM


Gem, gem..
I feel this more than you could imagine..
I've just lost a love very recently, myself.

Keep them coming, I need the relation.


ctowen
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since 2001-10-18
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3 posted 2003-07-24 12:58 PM


The next step is just that...


         ...  STEP!        
      
        
        One at a time.

Ladybug
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since 2003-06-17
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4 posted 2003-07-24 01:07 PM


This is another great write!  Wow, I love your style, you have an excellent way of describing things.  

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end...

Aenimal
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the ass-end of space
5 posted 2003-07-24 01:35 PM


What gives you the right
to smile at me from
albums and frames

To stretch through years
so that your shadow casts
itself in too many memories

To use the word Love
when it only ever applied
to yourself and not us

What gives you
the right to linger
when I need to forget?

..think of Starwarskid and play Stay young..

[This message has been edited by Aenimal (07-24-2003 01:37 PM).]

passing shadows
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displaced
6 posted 2003-07-24 01:58 PM


pain, pain, pain
garysgirl
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7 posted 2003-07-24 02:20 PM


Mocking me through beauty
your eyes still lean towards mine
photographic standstill,


Gemma, I wish I knew the right words to say to make you feel better.....I really don't think anyone can, though. It will happen in time, though.
Hugs to you, my little friend  
Ethel

Janette
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8 posted 2003-07-25 09:22 AM


"These nails I paint
could only scratch the surface
I know I won't find you,"

WOW ... this image just blew me away.

I really do adore the cool spin you put on your words.  You are soooooo good, Lady.

Patricia
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since 2003-04-06
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Missouri
9 posted 2003-07-25 10:10 AM


Sick to the bones
of what is no more,

If I could tear down these walls
that watched us evolve,

I would.


Whoah, Gem...I know this.  I also know walls confine us...tear 'em down, kiddo, if they only be the walls of your mind that hold you back. And then rebuild what YOU want!

This rocks!

Patricia

Goldenrose
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10 posted 2003-07-25 10:37 AM


Lots of emotion being released here Gem...seems like you are trying to exhorsise a ghost from the past...thanks for the words...

Goldenrose.

LeeJ
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11 posted 2003-07-25 01:21 PM


know the feeling, incredibly brutal and honest...leaving an empty ache within....

Your poetry is awesome...thank you for sharing....

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