There are these lakes of tears on my desk
between my arms that prop my sobbing head
staring at the screen with an aching heart
How can reality be so cruel to those who strive
Only to get the best out of life, and be rewarded
with so much pain and suffering?
It's a sad thing
the true torture some endure
The only thing we have left in the end
is one another to hold onto
the loved ones around us
They are our reason for living
and we should never forget that
Author notes
I finished watching the amazing movie "RENT" for the second time in my room on my computer. In a sudden impulse I looked down at my desk and saw the puddles of tears that had dripped down from my moist eyes and dampended cheeks and I opened my notepad and wrote.. these words. The "finale b" song was stuck in my song, singing about how they'd die without one another, and how it might affect them, if it'd cost them their dignity and if someone'll care... it just touched my heart.
A contest entry
- Heartbreaks, Loneliness, and the Dearly Departed. by Star-of-David.
450 points, ended February 17, 2008, 36 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think, honestly =]
Comments
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Okay, my emotional barrier was broken by another poem earlier and this one got to me. I did feel my eyes burning and i'm adamant there was a few tears.
This is so true on every level, I can relate to everything you have written. Reminded me of a lot of times I have to face up to after trying to block them out for such a long time.
Definitely a very talented poet, and there's only one poet I know who can write like this, so i'm pretty sure I know who has written this (even though it's an anonymous contest! =p).
Best of luck in the contest.
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