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skoolyardturtle
Member

since 2005-06-28

Posts 96

0 posted 2005-08-18 10:07 AM

he was used to seeing you walk away
just when you thought he could take the hint
the dirty looks and messages on his machine
had gone way over his head
you couldn't remember better days
hours on end spent driving to anywhere but home
feeling the aura of the world around
by keeping the windows down
constantly reminding yourself how alive you were
despite sullen soul punctured by tin needles of infidelity
but he was used to seeing you that way

goodbye notes written in your favorite lipstick
crimson english and empty threats
scribbled across memory of better days
the flowers that sat on window sill
wilted along with your love for living
but never getting back the years spent with him
was a pill much too large to swallow
it seemed to him that you had always been this way

the sunlight came crashing through the windows
sleeping on the couch of a boring hotel room
unsure of the state you were in
was the way you liked it
you felt you might as well have been lost in a literal sense
while remaining a lost soul without direction
an honest life
spent on working for gas money
waking every morning just for the the feeling
of constantly driving towards absolutely nowhere
a reminder that you had always been alive
but i had always seen you that way

[This message has been edited by skoolyardturtle (08-19-2005 01:03 AM).]

LoveBug

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Member Elite

since 2000-01-08

Posts 4697

1 posted 2005-08-20 02:08 PM

A lovely story telling poem. I like these the best! Great job.

Love's a lovely lad
His bringing up is beauty
Who loves him not is mad
For I must pay him duty
-Anonymous

electricxheart
Member

since 2004-09-05

Posts 184
far away from home.

2 posted 2005-08-22 02:59 PM

amazing.
love the images that this creates.

fearing-laughter
Senior Member

since 2001-04-24

Posts 605
land of cheese (Wisconsin)

3 posted 2005-08-23 01:51 AM

cool as hell, i agree the images are awesome...and the honest life working for gas part? really good.

bergundy

At least we're still friends! At least we're still alive!--Alkaline Trio

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