I cant cry Ill soon be at your side
I cant absorb myself into your world
I cant even see myself reflected in your eyes
Branded flesh sews through and through
Heavy lidded eyes ready stance giving preperation
For anything so controlled
Cut fingers bled upon me staining if you touched me
The iris is blind how can you see
Lungs no longer move or make you breathe
Wheres the door to walk through
How do I follow from my world so I can follow you
Find myself seperating body soul and flesh
Can I just let go a moment and find you
Is me inside of you where have I found myself
So helpless
How can I see you laying there so cold
No longer limber
Frozen forever
Can I give my life for yours in this sad box
Now as you wait for someone to lay you down
Forever buried remembering that you cant remember
Hating dirt hating the dark
Not even a beating heart
Wheres the blood that flowed from your flesh
Helpless to find a way to replenish you
Panicked to find a way to
How do I breathe the life from me into you
You no longer respond to me
Only so stiffly reject me
I can hear it moving inside you
What was it that poisioned the skin
Empty incision on your chest
Departed organs seperated from your flesh
You touch me cold and hard as you are
Love me suddenly ravagly for no second parting eternity
Is it the cold deck above your head
Would it be the flank that makes your bed
I curse you for cursing me
Rest In Peace will never let you sleep
Awaken my love to a new life
Eyes that never open
Lungs that never breathe
Heart that never beats
Nothing that I once saw in you
I once saw in myself was no longer you
So lay this rose upon your bed
Its something small for something lonely
That both will be left for alone
Let it rain upon you from the sky and from my eyes
Ill give you myself
Its no longer my job to take you home
I hope you found somewhere to go
I have to move on now,
I dont know how Ill let you go
But its time for me to go to my home
Itll be one of emptiness without you
I know youll be there in some way
I cant give myself light so Ill hide in the dark
Ill wait for you beside where youre lain
Maybe someone will find me and put me in my place
Where Ive always belonged at your side.
Author notes
Written December 9th, 2003
A contest entry
- Prewrites! by aeolia.
380 points, ended January 19, 2008, 116 entries
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Wow, this is wonderful. The background is beautiful too. ^-^ It was long but kept my interest.. and trust me, that's a good thing.
Nice write, keep it up.
X_Unvivid_Dreams_X
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thank you so much for your comment on this poem it really means alot to me that you would have such an honorable position to comment on my work. thank you!!! ~Lf
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wonderful poem, excellent background, you are an excellent poet!
~JO~
BD
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The intensity and descriptiveness of your words in this really kept my attention. Its so sad and powerful. Great Poem
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absolutely wonderful
i actually felt this poem. it worked its way into me. what a talent you have. -
this had wonderful, i mean WONDERFUL, flow...and i could feel the emotions, making me think...very good!
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Wow. This is incredible, but extremely sad. The intensity of your words and emotions is very rarely found in a poem. Thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed reading this. Keep it up.
~Miranda
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Touching
This is sad, but I like the point you're making. Very cool poem. You have a real talent. I've never read you before, but I only wish I could write like this. Awesome job!
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I love this. I took it as a separation of a loved one by death - metaphorical or real. its incredible, the pain that goes along with a separation that cannot be denied. So lonely, but the poem is beautiful. Good write!
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Well, I was certainly touched by the weight and sorrow that dragged the darkness across this poem.. THe images and words had a searing quality that cut into the flesh as the poem fell across my eyes.
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Very Good
Yes, very touching and so sad. Pain filled words, a heart longing for the love that will be no more, a soul feeling so empty and yet with the will to go on until the time is ripe.
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that is an amazing work of words. i promise i will take the time and check out your writings
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excellent emotions very real to me
I don't believe I've read your work before? This poem is so intense. Loving,yet sad. I've read this twice. I am not sure, I am reading what the author meant to deliver as a message or not? Are the images that come into my mind, those that remind me of my own personal pain? I just feel the longing of being with one that has gone on before. Trapped here and wanting to be there? In this grandma's opinion, this poem could deliver many messages. It is probably delivering to me, what I wish to see. Today, it the hardest day of the year for me. On this day, I always long to be else where, than here. I can feel the overwhelming pain while trying to go forward. You did an outstanding job, with you expressions and visual images. I felt pulled into the painting you placed here in this moment of time. Thanks you for sharing and penning here at AP. May God Bless You! I'll be back to read more as soon as I can. I have a very long reading list. This afternoon, I'll be reading to just make the day. I hope U can read typo? My hands do not cooperate a lot of the time.
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