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elisalie16
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since 2006-07-12
Posts 118
new jersey

0 posted 2006-08-03 09:07 PM




conversations can be played through minds
but cannot replace the real words spoken into ears just days before.
pictures can be hung on walls
but will never match the happiness felt
when their captured faces
stood in flesh and blood on the floor
locked tight in arms that kept them held securely in
instead of turning them away.

for once my face was burried in a shoulder
due to a smile so deep
i had to hide my head,
not to prevent the feeling from an expression
but rather to press it against you as best i could
to make sure i left an imprint
hot on your heart and deep in your mind.

i guess i miss you even when you're here
an absence of the future
brings a sadness to the moment
because i can't imagine letting go
or seeing you walk away
even if i'm sure you'll pick me back up as soon as you can.

the tears i cry from you
are better than the smiles i flash for anyone else
and when the answers can't be given
your whispers of uncertainty pacify my gasps for air
because i know you won't let me question this alone.

even your silences speak the world to me
and i wish i could show you
the inside of everything wonderful i've ever felt
and always wanted and will forever need.
the only problem is
i guess it'd be hard for you to look into your own eyes.

[This message has been edited by elisalie16 (08-03-2006 09:56 PM).]

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the quell
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since 2006-07-19
Posts 144
Liverpool, UK
1 posted 2006-08-03 09:22 PM


Some real depth underlying this; my favourite lines were:

"i guess i miss you even when you're here/an absence of the future"

Beautiful and poignant.

They aren't flaps; they're my face!
                           - The Mighty Boosh

elisalie16
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since 2006-07-12
Posts 118
new jersey
2 posted 2006-08-03 09:34 PM


thank you very much!
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