"ok"
the only word
i utter,
in flat tones
while my head
is screaming
"do i fucking
look ok?"
after all this time
you still believe
that simple little lie
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Written November 2nd, 2004
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Simple.
True.
Real.
I like it.
I like it a lot.
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really good i really liked it. i know just how you feel
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thanks, do you have aim? i'd like to add you to my buddy list, your poetry is so heartfelt and your comments so kind.
~Kate -
OMG! I so have to appauld this, i'm loving your writes more and more (if possible) with each piece and every line I read from you. You and I seem to deal with things in so many similar ways, whenever someone askes me if I'm okay, I always say "of course" or "I'm fine" when really I want someone to see through me but ppl seem to see the lie instead of that pain we hold inside... hang in there, I'm here if you need me
---Sara
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Ah yes, this kind of situation. I cannot remember how many times someone asked me how I was doing and I said okay, thinking something similar to what you were thinking here. I usually try to make my face become a part of the lie when I'm saying that because I know if I say that I'm not okay, they'll ask why not. And in this situation, I never really want to explain why not.
I mean, if I just stubbed my toe or something, I might curse for a second or two, but after that I'll be thinking "eh, oh well" or "I'm such a klutz" and then I'll forget about it. Physical pain is so much easier to deal with than emotional pain.
I don't know who you are, but you have a talent for expressing things very clearly with the minimum amount of words. Don't ever stop writing. -
i get it now! i get it now! (see, i told you) and so many times i've felt the same. i mean WAY too many times. yet everybody knows its gonna happen over and over and yet over again. i hate that fact. life's unfair. but hey, y not let me applaud this while im at it? from the only:
Lil Trini -
It reminds me about a lot of moments in my life. When people would ask me if I was okay, when they knew I wasn't. Very sad.
~Acadia~ -
if you read a few more of my recent poems, it might make more sense.
~kate -
it takes a lot of thought for me at least to figure out the meaning of the poem. its really good and in my soul i understand it. my mind just doesnt. but ill get back to you when i do get it. i love poems that make me think. from the only:
Lil Trini
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