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Open Poetry #36

terminal

skoolyardturtle
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since 2005-06-28

Posts 96

0 posted 2005-10-18 01:05 PM

the night seemed to die away slowly
when i started the beginning
of the end of my life
i tried staring directly into the twilight sky
searching for an answer
a motive
but all i found were jumbo jets
filled with people searching for lives lost
i could make out the patterns of stars
graffiti drawn in by the souls past
the colors were wrapped in each other
and slowly spread through darkness
heading towards absolutely nowhere
tracing the paths with my finger
only for her to come to mind
i had missed her more than i missed the feeling
of being without her

i walked aimlessly through the city
and wound up in the middle of nowhere
the day was beginning to end
the orange and violet stretched on forever
the buildings had pierced the clouds
and obstructed my means of escape
i took the 204 towards another day
and the fall had blown its way in
life had become something beyond a nightmare
the sun had clocked in and out the same as it always has
the lonely nights and empty diners were all i remembered
i'll always try to remember
that never changing smile of yours
that chilled me to the very center
life was hard to bare
wondering what the future held
was a past time that fueled useless past with never ending sorrow
running away from life
through the bedroom window
only to return home
the satin sheets soaked with your tears of dissappointment
where did we go wrong?

the stars were brighter than usual tonight
the terminal was filled with the lifeless souls
of lives not worth living anymore
i patiently waited for my turn to make my way towards nowhere
life had been worth living
but the already faded colors washed out with frozen rains of shadow concepts
with my face in hands i wondered almost aloud where i went wrong
only for you to come to mind
because i missed you more than i missed the feeling
of living without you

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

1 posted 2005-10-18 07:01 PM

Turtle~
You have some poignantly beautiful, though very sad, thoughts in this piece~

'the sun had clocked in and out the same as it always has'

WOW ... I like that~

'i patiently waited for my turn to make my way towards nowhere'

I could visualize the slow progression toward the 'nowhere' destination~

Hope this is just a really good emotional purge and that you now know there is always that brightest of lights just around the next bend in the terminal~

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*No matter what I search for ...
let me know when it is LOVE that I find*~ <))><

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