As I sit here alone,
Empty chairs at empty table,
My eyes cast about my broken home,
Teardrops proving I'm not able,
To go on defying gravity,
Because now I can finally see,
That when it all boils down,
It's got to be her or me.
You can close every door,
Make empty promises through lies,
But there's a fine, fine line,
Between an ending, and a reprise.
Sitting between the music and the mirror,
On this long Sunday afternoon,
I say, bring on tomorrow;
For me, it cannot come too soon.
With tears on my pillow,
Any dream will do.
Because even though I'm not that girl
I will still always love you.
Author notes
I'm a big musicals fan, so here's a list of some of my top musicals songs, incorporated in a poem. If you didn't get what the theme is about, let me know - but hopefully it should be obvious 
[prompt #1] Symphony
Empty chairs at empty table - Les Miserables
Defying Gravity - Wicked
Her Or Me - Miss Saigon
Close Every Door - Joseph
There's A Fine, Fine Line - Avenue Q
The Music and the Mirror - Chorus Line
Long Sunday Afternoon - Blood Brothers
Bring On Tomorrow - Fame
Tears On My Pillow - Grease
Any Dream Will Do - Joseph
I'm Not That Girl - Wicked
In a list
A contest entry
- Your Favorite Songs by aboomer.
525 points, ended October 14, 2008, 17 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Musicals by Sadistic klown girl.
400 points, ends November 30, 3 entries
• next poem in this contest, • Add to finalists list, or remove from contest
Comments
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very nice
good luck and good writing
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i like this, the song titles work like a charm.
thanks for entering -
love has room for only two, two's company and she's a crowd, one cannot split the right and left half of the heart between two loves,
it would be broken by such an act. though many try. I am glad you are a one gorl guy, and can still have the capapcity to love him anyway, that says a lot about your heart and the vast rooms it holds.~~~Artis
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Wonderful
Very creative and so well done. Congratulations on the silver. It was well deserved.
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Wow.
This is a very good song/poem. It shows so many emotions and a very good write.
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Sad write
I know some songs take me to my knees they tell stories of those we often know and the heartbreaks often lived -
Great Write
A wondeerul write with so many nice songs mixed in your poem. A delight to read. Take care, Sandy
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This is brilliant and lovely.
*Is speechless in the presence of poetry greatness*
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Music is the food of poetry as you have shown here.A clever write, Ros
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I so know what you mean
So many songs wrap around me and places me on another plain sometimes crying sometimes a gentle smile for within the words from a writter that can touch ones soul it is truly an embrace you take willingly and sighe
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Ah.,.I love the sentiments poured here reflecting the beauty of your love..wonderful indeed..thanks for sharing such a heart warming piece..well done...
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wOW THIS IS VERY HEARTFELT, YOU HAVE A VERY STRONG RHYTHM, ALMOST AS IF ITS ANGRY AND DEFYING THE MISERY OF YOUR HEART, IT HAS A VERY GOOD RHYME THROUGHOUT TOO. I love the way that you incoperated musicals this is a very novel idea, and gives this poem dinension, thanks for sharing this it is different to so much of what I have read, and very memorable take care littlefishone, ps hope you dont mind but im going to add you to favourites this writee really grabbed me
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Nice job! This reads smoothly and has depth to it. I especially like the way you have ended this,
'Because even though I'm not that girl
I will still always love you. '
Thank you 'Symphony' for this entry. Best wishes in the contest.
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thank you for your comment
"Im Not That Girl" is my absolute top song from a musical; in fact, my motto is a line from that song, "Don't wish, don't start, wishing only wounds the heart" thank you for the inspiration 
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You got the song titles in there and it fits perfectly. The rhyme and flow is great, and the last two lines is a heartfelt, great way to end it. Emotion is woven in every word that seems very, very real (so what if it's not?). Good job, good luck in the contest too, though I doubt you need it!
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Thanks Pensi! [your name's too long for me to write out; too many i's] it actually worked out better than i thought it would have..
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wow...this is amazing!!! I love how you managed to get all the song titles in and yet still tell a story. I love the sont Long Sunday afternoon from blood brothers. (we went to london to watch it for school and it made me and my freind cry, and we got to stay up till half 1 becuase the coach was late so we were late back to school to get picked up by our parents, but we were all shattered the next day.) Anyway...
Great write, I love it
good luck in the contest
-bambi
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it's an amazing musical isn't it. did you jump at the end when there was a bang? i did, the first time i saw it - and then i cried!
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yep, I jumped and screamed, but so did most of my friends
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this is deep and sad!! I feel the pain!! I have been here before!! You did a wonderful job expressing your emotion!! This is truly excellent!!
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that you've been there before. so have i, though not in the context of love; but that's a long story.
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