Perusing ancient memories
Yellowed with age and time.
You loved me once, but now
You don't even remember my name.
Then again, I don't suppose
You care enough to remember.
For I have been gone many years
But you forgot me long ago.
I am but a dream, lost forever
In the pages of your mind.
Forgotten, insignificant
And I know that you don't care.
You are always in my dreams
Raping me, with your evil eyes.
Yet I wake, screaming, without you
For I am not worth the sacrifice.
So if I bleed, then let me bleed
Pretend that you don't care anymore
Just leave me alone, forsaken and lost
Because I am no longer missing you.
Author notes
"Dark and darker..."
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The inspiration for this one was "Missing" by Evanescence, but the title was borrowed from the song by Within Temptation.
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A contest entry
- Amazed by You in this Heat of the Moment by Rock-Junkie.
410 points, ended March 24, 2008, 7 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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good poem
another poem that is great.your work is awesome my work won;t even compare to yours
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There is a great sense of depth and darkness woven within. A pained piece of angst and well expressed emotion. Nice write!!
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Oops, sorry! I just realized that you actually said it was inspired by Missing...
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This is actually really, really beautifully written, very evocative. It carries undertones of and, perhaps, derives from Missing, by Evanescence. "You don't care" "You forgot me long ago" are direct quotes, and "So if I bleed, then let me bleed" is very similar to ,"And if bleed, I'll bleed knowing..."
You even use the word missing.
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interesting mixture of title and song. both went well together. since I know the forsaken, and am quite familiar with missing.. I believe you did a good job on this!
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very deep, full of pain, and raw emotion. Great write.
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I am but a dream, lost forever
In the pages of your mind.
I really liked these two lines beat of all.
Thanks so much for posting in my contest and good luck. -
"You are always in my dreams
Raping me, with your evil eyes.
Yet I wake, screaming, without you
For I am not worth the sacrifice."
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Wow... this is great and how people of the past sometimes arrive in our dreams.. it just might be a way of letting them go. I have had a similar experience and its helped a lot to just let them go. Thank you for posting this poem for us to read
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So much depth and anguish in your words...sometime in life the ones that are hardest to forget and let go of are the ones we hate the most...love/hate, fine line.
Beautiful and sincere.
Always a pleasure.
Best!
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A good amount of anguish and resolution in this piece.
Nicely done.
-ten-
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Sad and intense emotional and so very heartbreaking...
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Very nice write, full of sadness. Thank you for entering the contest, good luck.
♥
whisper
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Loved the opening lines
'perusing ancient memories
yellowed with age and time'
I guess what you refer to as dark I see as sadness magnified in the mind. It has a great flow.
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This is sad like purple cauliflower is so out of place in existence.
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That reminded me of a repeating dream I have had in the past. It is sad this poem, but so well done. I felt the emotions of it deeply. Makes me want to give you a hug.
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DAMN that was good!!!! Very Evanescence-esque!! I LOVE them... even wrote some lyrics called Broken that I could imagine her singing! Anywho... this was brilliant... I'm really impressed! I'm totally reading more of you missy!!!!
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I'm an old timer but I actually like Evanescence, sorry, was your author note,
Some people are hard to forget, probably because they are despised as much as they were once loved. Those we did once love always have the ability to hurt us the most I guess.
Ah, I have been there a time or two, but nevermore (I hope.)
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Brava! Very nice poem you have here!!! Absolutely love the song, and this poem fits it quite nicely! Great write!
♪ Dawn ♪
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this was pretty!!
good usage of words.
i lovved it.
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They got some great stuff, and I can see they inspired this quite heavily, but its so emotional and strong. Fantastic! Thanks for entering!!
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I am glad that these thought were inspired by the song
You have beautiful word flow, and imagery. Thank you for this wonderful poem
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Nice
Lots of emotion, but Evenescence is known for as much. I can see the lyrics comming out a bit, but in a great way. Thanks for entering. -
Woah, very nice Mum...
"I am but a dream, lost forever
In the pages of your mind.
Forgotten, insignificant
And I know that you don't care."
i like the reference to the yellowd pages...really good, keep up the good work and i luffles ya.
Claire-Anne
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I am so glad that this was inspired by a song and not by your own personal tragedy... for it is a constant reality for a lot of people and though this was full of angst and was dark, you made a positive ending out of it and that is wonderful. Best Wishes in this contest, wonderful poetry you have and thank you so much for commenting on mine!
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You have such a wonderful of making your words sing. I love these writes of yours and I will be reading more. That is for sure. I added you to my favs. You are a great talented writter. Keep them coming.
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I like your use of imagery to evoke emotion. There is a definite feeling of loss and seperation here. It's almost a forlorn feeling really. To be forgotten by someone who once love you is so heartbreakingly sad.
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Very dark for sure these lines - easy to read and understand what you are saying here - good flow and a nice HM to go with it. Way to go.
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This is a great poem, although, I got the feeling of "My Immortal" more than "Missing" from this. I loved this. Thanks for entering and good luck.
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I really like this and there are some similarities between Evanescense'Missing' and this poem which is really nice as you still managed to keep some originality. Good job
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"Missing" by Evanescence ROCKS! So does your poetry! I know these feeling and am impressed by the way you've expressed them. Stellar work here Poet!
Much Love ♥
Renee
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Makes sense that this is inspired by Evanescence.
"Isn't something missing?"
In the case of this poem, no. There's nothing missing, my mistress. When it comes to me, there is something missing...a treat for your loyal snow leopard.
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Great poem!
Finalist [=
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ooohhhhhh, I love evanescence!!!!
this is a powerful poem. and I love the imgagrey!
amazing write
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AWESOME
Oh wow. What an awesome entry. Good luck with this contest. That idea was so cool. I loved this. I was like whoa myslef, and there is a great picture too.
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whoa! ... wow.. i really like this! amazing, i can feel what your feeling and discribing to me! great job!
allie
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