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Terminal

I linger long after you've gone and watch the coming of the dawn, with crusted eyes from little sleep, a cross to bear, a wound too deep for me to cauterize or stitch, an all-consuming, scratchless itch that aggravates me to the core and cruelly whispers nevermore. A locket in my pocket and a tear-stained kerchief in my hand, emblems of a stillborn romance, listlessly I change my stance and wander mindlessly, my eyes fixed firmly on the ground, the skies are cold, the wind is gray, I never will forgive this day.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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Date: 5/19/2012 12:09:00 PM
All too unfortunately I can relate to this. I assume you are speaking about death rather than a romance gone bad. You elicit the pain of loss almost keeping it in check with your well chosen words.
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Date: 5/17/2012 5:08:00 AM
Shed a tear with you Keith, sad poem but beautiful written. - oxox hugs Anne-Lise
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Date: 5/16/2012 8:22:00 PM
you have such a fresh and interesting way with words (especially rhyme) that i find myself reading your poems several times in a row and enjoying them more with each reading. this one has a very powerful and poetic ending, too.
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