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Pain? MAG
November 14, 2009
Weighty words sink in my stomach.
I swallow phrases, pretty
words that mean
nothing or
too much.
Cry?
Sometimes.
Sometimes,
Sometimes,
questions force themselves up the
tepid stream of ugly thoughts
that is my throat.
They catch sick
and die
on my lips,
poisoned.
Poisoned
Poisoned,
I grasp guiltily, covet
others' objective brilliance.
Cut off, distanced, separated.
I reach out to touch ineffable things.
They offer nothing
but a pain in the heart,
a texture to watch,
a smell to see.
© Catherine R., Phoenix, AZ
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GravityMcFalls GOLD said...
on May. 24 2011 at 8:14 pm
Wow, I feel like that too often. I'm one of those people who likes to be left alone but still craves to be in a laughing group.
I really love this poetry you wrote. :) Keep up the good up!
videotaped GOLD said...
on May. 24 2011 at 2:00 pm
Thanks... I hardly remember writing this.
Inkheart<3 said...
on May. 24 2011 at 11:20 am
Wow... heart wrenching
redneckromeo PLATINUM said...
on May. 24 2011 at 11:00 am
very nice poem can relate my writings to this plz comment on some
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