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Blame the Innocent

September 4, 2010
By Shelly.B DIAMOND, Lawrenceville, Georgia
Shelly.B DIAMOND, Lawrenceville, Georgia
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Favorite Quote:
Be happy, the sky is still blue....kinda'


This current silence makes me believe that the entire world rests in my very being,
and if I stop breathing,
eternity will never happen,
flowers won’t grow on my grave,
and bees will never make honey.
I used to trace the lines of my reflection,
hoping nothing would ever change or stretch
to a point where even my eyes became unrecognizable,
but the smile, the smile is always the same
broken crescent of the moon you used to dream on
Until…
Until…
All the music in the world became disjointed,
and that little girl’s spine wouldn’t straighten,
so now we bow towards the rising sun
forced to tread the coarse dark waters of regret.
Drink my darling,
drink and remember when fire was everything but ash.
They draw molten crosses,
brands on closed eyelids,
begging us to forgive what was never wronged,
but they’ve never realized my darling.
They’ve never realized the haunting beauty of spiders.



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on Sep. 19 2010 at 5:40 pm
-LeftBehindBroken- GOLD, Providence, South Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
Artists paint on canvas; Musicians paint on silence

Your poetry is beautiful. It flows so well and just makes me want to read more!!!!!

on Sep. 19 2010 at 3:39 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
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Favorite Quote:
"il piu nell' uno," (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)

"Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality" ~Emily Dickinson

"The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain"
~Kahlil Gibran

Oh joy, here lies an example of pure poetry.

on Sep. 19 2010 at 9:54 am
FreemanCloe BRONZE, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
" Nature always wears the color of the spirit"- Emerson
" It can't rain all the time"- Heath Ledger( the crow)

This was  a very interesting poem. I like the good use of words to create a mental picture in the readers head. Great job!!! :) 

p.s. if you could please check out my work thanks!