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Futile

May 16, 2011
By Lahari GOLD, Edison, New Jersey
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Lahari GOLD, Edison, New Jersey
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\\\\\\\&quot;Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That\\\\\\\&#039;s why its called the present.\\\\\\\&quot; <br /> &mdash; Eleanor Roosevelt<br /> <br /> \\\\\\\&quot;When life gives you lemons, make grape juice. Then sit back and watch as the world wonders how you did it.\\\\\\\&#039;

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I beg and I plead,
Crash down to my knees.
Your eyes are empty,
Boring in to me.
I search your figure
As I try to find
What I thought was there,
And what’d never be.
Your mouth is rigid,
Dark eyebrows furrowed
And I watch you sink
Into the hole you burrowed.
I hold out my hand,
To help once more,
But I see your glare,
And head for the door.
We’re complete opposites,
I think as I leave
You embrace the past,
I try to let it go.
Hand on the doorknob,
I look back again.
You’re still sitting there,
Feet on the ground,
And I move onward,
Never turning around.

© Alexa S., Marblehead, MA

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KonyaB!!! GOLD said...
on Jun. 19 2011 at 2:35 pm
KonyaB!!! GOLD, Edison, New Jersey
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Amazing. Really touched the soul, as does all your other poems of course. :D Keep on writing!!!!!!!!! :D:D:D