That overbearing, all pervasive
dark matter,
the swollen river that floods my
heart and breaks my banks,
chokes my throat and pierces my
brain stem, that sticks it’s bamboo
needles under mental fingernails, creates
tattered meat from perilous fortune, twists
my will until my spine shatters like crystal
and leaves me
a pointless fool.
All because
of you.
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Where does the love go?
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My lonely heart gets stored in a shoebox under my bed, where it reads, meditates, does sudoku and watches soppy videos (no streaming in shoeboxes). One day it’ll come out again and shine 😉
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It’s good to know where you can find it 😊
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For a rainy day lol 😉
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Wow – such words / images! For a moment, I thought you had slipped inside my body and were describing my disease, myself left a “pointless fool”.
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Hi VJ! As you know, poetry can be interpreted any way the reader wishes. I’m glad when people get something special from my poems, even if it’s different from my original intent. I like that people are reading, caring and thinking. My work here is done (he said, riding off into the sunset) 🙂
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Hardly done, lol. I love that too – when what I write transfers from my meaning to something universal.
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I’m not sure if this is meant to be a negative feeling but I took it as how I feel when I see someone I love, but I love the poem none of the less!!
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Thanks, Emmi. Poetry is what you make of it—whether it’s different from my interpretation as the author is irrelevant. You get what you want to get from it. And that’s what makes poems and songs so great. The reader/listener invokes an interpretation based on their specific mood and circumstances. Now I’m sounding like some crazy old teacher lol 😉
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Did someone leave you broken-hearted
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Always 🙂
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Interesting
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Thanks! I like my poems to give people something to think about 🙂
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This one is really sweet
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Thanks, Courtney! Sweet wasn’t quite what I wasn’t quite the vibe I was aiming for, but that’s okay lol. I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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Lol i couldn’t find the right words to say that’s how good your words are on your page
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You’re welcome and i couldn’t find the right word to say about this poem though Let me say this,Its amazing wonderful beautiful poem that i have ever heard off
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Thank you, Courtney. Occasionally I actually write nice poems, as opposed to my usual depressing fare. Type in Window on the search bar on my site page to find another one you might like. 🙂
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Sorry i just now got this Message and I will for sure And you’re welcome Yeah and I am going to write one of my poems that i wrote on paper few months ago if you want to see it i will post it
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Sounds good 🙂
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🖤
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😃👍🙏❤️
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I think you’re definitely my favorite person on wordpress, I understand a lot of people’s poems but I relate to yours.
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Thank you, Olivia! That means a lot to me—very much appreciated 🙂
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So wretched. I love it. I totally felt where you went. Very good.
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Thanks! Wretched is my middle name, along with sad, depressed, lonely and homeless. 😉
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What state do you live in?
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The always amazing state of NSW 😉
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Well alrighty then!!
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…or maybe you meant my state of mind. Up and down, like the proverbial emotional roller coaster. 🙂
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Beautiful i love the words to this
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Thanks so much, Courtney! 🙂
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You’re welcome anytime 🙂
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