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The Last Beat of My Heart
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The Last Beat of My Heart |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA 
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I spent years trying to break through that wall With each hammer swing, I gave it my all With each brick broken, another seemed to take its place Laughing at me, while the sweat clouded my face. I continued to swing, sometimes by sheer strength of will But the wall would not break, it continued to stand still And in my heart, I knew that I could break through Break through to the treasure lost, the treasure of you. Then the day came where only one brick remained I picked up the hammer, my face showing the strain With the hammer's final swing, the wall fell It was the last beat of my heart, ending my life as well. ------------------------------------------------------------- That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl |
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StarrGazer Senior Member
since 2000-03-05
Posts 679Texas |
Sven this is so sadly tragic to stick with something for so long only for it to forever to be lost *sniff sniff* Great job  "A poet is one who spends a lifetime standing out in thunderstorms, waiting to be hit by lightning" ~Randal Jarrell~ |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
so much emotion in this Sven... we do put walls up around ourselves... but sometimes they close in on us... great writing of your thoughts here. take care, jm and you can say baby... baby can I hold you tonight maybe if told you the right words... at the right time, you'd be mine... baby can I hold you tonight... tracy chapman |
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Marina Member Elite
since 2000-02-10
Posts 2245Pickering, Ontario |
Sven,don't you make me go get a kleenix box! Marina |
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Broken Wings Member
since 2000-03-18
Posts 157Miami, FL. |
so sad, to think that the walls come up so quickly and it takes a life-time to tear them down only to find death on the other side. GREAT POEM IT TOUCHED MY SOUL take care, Broken Wings "As you learn and grow, you will realize the greater the pain, the greater the growth." -IYANLA VANZANT |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
So close and yet so far. Hope you lived to see the beauty of the treasure. Excellent poem!!! I hope all is not lost... Friends are friend forever if the Lord's the Lord of them and a friend will not say never cause the welcome will not end. --Michael W. Smith |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
Thank you all. . . your words mean a lot. . . --------------------------------------------------- That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl |
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