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Find Me Don't Follow

April 3, 2011
By MadiBird PLATINUM, Warrenton, Virginia
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"Hate isn't the opposite of love. Indifference is the opposite of love. Because if you hate, you still care."

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Find me
don't follow
into the hollow
deep black hole
in my heart.
A secret of mine
eats my insides,
slowly tearing me apart

Find me
don't follow,
or watch me wallow
in my own
piteous tears.
Splash in the pain
again and again,
as I wish
to be anywhere but here

© Elizabeth G., Marblehead, MA

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Jas1234567890 GOLD said...
on May. 19 2011 at 3:32 pm
Jas1234567890 GOLD, Yorba Linda, California
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Wow, this poem really came from inside you. I love the structure and flow of it, and also its really relatable.

Incredible work.