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Curb Your Romanticism
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Curb Your Romanticism |
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soul drifter Senior Member
since 2004-09-08
Posts 711Colorado |
Curb Your Romanticism Off you went off the handle I'm sent lonesome shaking hell that's my decoder ring found in specially marked packages of crying for my hilarious history with women crashing like cars into dark empty bars Here I am here I always am lonely and surrounded by all these old records my hands heavy with the love for her I've meekly carried through these years crumbling like dirt got my heart hurt Always I tell myself, curb your romanticism don't flinch, make the incision and grasp at your heart make a decision regarding whether or not your lifeless art even matters anymore There we go a band-aid even though the wounds heal themselves in the dusty books on the shelves next to the sun's rising her smile weighing heavily on poor pitiful me kicking and screaming sick pleasant dreaming Always I yell at myself, curb your romanticism don't care for an exorcism 'cause I like the company demons have risen and taken permanent residence in the haunted mansions of me everyone's invited, I'm sure Oh there you go sweet redhead in blue taking me down to my bare bones oh you always knew the dead sound of a dialtone would leave me feeling low down low such sick pleasant dreaming oh me, such is beaming like a beacon So off I go into the colorless rainbow to paint it back to blue there you go, there's my sighs found in a specially marked woman's eyes what a funny love I devote to you smashing the stars covering up scars And always it's my inner self that can't curb this romanticism fumbling into a cataclysm 'cause I needed the attention and a little baptism to ensure whether or not my swelling heart even matters anymore and Alyson's at my door wanting more... "The moon ain't romantic, it's intimidating as hell". -- Tom Waits, 'Bad Liver and a Broken Heart' |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
"So off I go into the colorless rainbow to paint it back to blue" ~ Oh, no! A heart as romantic as yours should be bathed in all the glorious colours of the rainbow!  btw ~This is one wonderfully-written love blues song!  EA |
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scorpio Member Ascendant
since 2002-10-02
Posts 5178right...there |
Well done. believe in what your heart feels... |
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Bodger Senior Member
since 2005-06-12
Posts 1260Tolerance for a short time |
I associate with this and I like it Dave |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Someone just told me last week that that their problem was putting women on pedestals. That's what your poem made me think about it. I'll tell you what I wanted to tell him -- just pick the right one to put there. Very well expressed and please don't lose your romanticism! ...jo |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
agreeing totally with Jo above. and never curb your romanticism. ~hugs~  Tracie Love is the life of the soul... |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Reminds me of some relationships where I realized that I was interested mostly in the outer shell...James |
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weepingwillow Junior Member
since 2006-01-09
Posts 33Sin City-Las Vegas |
I can relate completely to this...Great write |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
just goes to show you, regardless of the romanticism, its always best to slow down, allow both to take the time to get to know one another...safer on the heart, allowing time for each other to decide if you have more in common... wonderful and wise write |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
Loved this...it reminded me of another I love to read..  "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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Dominique-Simone Senior Member
since 2005-11-12
Posts 643 |
'cause I needed the attention and a little baptism to ensure whether or not my swelling heart even matters anymore and Alyson's at my door wanting more... This says it all |
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