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This requiem you built for me

Do you like the look in my eyes as you hang me off the edge
And if i would sell my soul to you, would you keep your pledge
Let me live, please just let me hang on
I can never leave your side, and forever i will be your pawn
Its the love you had given me and so cleverly left me without
And forever its that love that makes my heart scream with doubt
Every lover can never help me rid myself of you
So here i am to give you the rest of me, what is it i need to do
This sweet cry from a heart that has long ago died
One that makes every black heart break down and cry
A requiem for one who lays broken and alone
Whose eyes were brighter than anyone you have ever known
Living, loving, but not being loved
Everyday brought so close to hope and quickly shoved
This is a requiem for one who live this pain
Who long for a person but with them have nothing to gain
And all it takes to keep them alive
Is that small sliver of hope to help strive
Lay back down in your corner, this isn't pretend
Because the days are long and there really is no end
All you have is false hope and dreams that are torn
But a commitment to one whose love was once sworn
I have slept so long without you
That i forget what is exactly that you do
That keeps me hoping and hating
For the one that keeps me waiting
You brought the stones in one by one
Started placing them around me, shading the sun
No doors to enter or leave
Just four walls that keep me here to believe
One day you'll come back for me
Bring my dead soul back from defeat
Bringing me back from the darkness of hell
But for now I have nothing but this grave to dwell
Here in this requiem you built for me
In the end it was for love...you will see

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Writing around a work like requiem is different but i tried my best being sick and drowsy..lol

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  • NeverSayAddiction
    December 9, 2007
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    wow...

    i felt every word...ive been thee...VERY nicely done...I love to see greatpoets like this on ap...


  • RuthKephart
    December 9, 2007

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    Don't you just love the sound of that word...requiem. I'm not sure that one can build a requiem though. I do love these lines:
    A requiem for one who lays broken and alone
    This is a requiem for one who live this pain
    ...good way to tie the poem together. Not bad for being "sick and drowsy" I almost saw this as a song while reading it. It would make some nice lyrics. Thanks for the entry and best of luck in the contest
    Ruth