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The Big Mistake

It was a mistake To test everything I know. The fabric I trusted to hold Tore. What was left behind Were empty rooms which led To windows that framed women Naked in their repose As if their bodies were idols To be worshipped In temples of long dead religions Or as if they are a still-life in an obscure Museum Nowhere near Your hometown. some became dancers sooner or later unaware of The stare coming from the phantom audience in a Monday afternoon club. Their names have become letters Floating to the bottom of a sea With millions of other names. Its currents will guarantee you will never return.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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Date: 8/8/2017 12:26:00 AM
Hi Matthew. Stunning piece of work here. It is so simplistic in its beauty and complex in its process. Deliciously vulnerable and a honest take on oneself. I aspire to be like you. Your poetry is more focused on quality than quantity. This poem should be more exposed on PS. Really great stuff
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Date: 8/1/2017 12:07:00 PM
thank you for the comment.
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Date: 7/28/2017 11:00:00 PM
Oh the past experience always sink down to be stacked in history but surprisingly at time one of them do float upwards! :D Nice write. :) Sunita
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