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...Therefore I Am

It's just so amazing-
the results of crash & collision
unbound,

almost like rainbow tears
cascading down geisha cheeks,
like a melody without words.

I chew and swallow the lies,
they taste like cough drops
but with a sandpaper twist.

We see the same thing each day
and it never seems to grow old
        - but we do.


Each and every moment
is a lifetime between parted lips
and silent chaos.


























I suffer
...therefore I am.











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i wrote this a really long time ago, but never posted it on AP.

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  • indomitable
    July 7, 2008
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    darn, im soo glad i went through the poems in my contest to make sure i had commented on all of them. i had written a lovely comment on this one, and it seems to have been lost in the underworld of the net. this is a beauitiful and simple poem, it makes you think of life and all the chaos and serendipity that comes with it. a powerful and lovely write, thank you.


  • ecrivain01 gold member
    July 1, 2008

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    This is really a good job ...

    and that despite the fact that I am not a big fan of free verse. There's a bit too much space between "chaos" and "I suffer", but otherwise, this is literally perfect (for what it is).


  • funny valentine
    April 5, 2008
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    It's really good... vivid... emotional... I love it.

    [stay sick']
    xx Sin

  • theoneguy
    March 31, 2008
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    I enjoyed the visual of a cough drop with a sandpaper twist, that was a good metaphor.