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Burn Your Memory Down

Lost in a dark vaporous pit
Suffocating in the fumes of you
After you went up in flame
I tried to extinguish you for good
Still you hang around 
Like a broken parachute
Trapped on a tree limb
What does it matter
We won't be taking off 
Or crash-landing ever again
In the vast and vacuous
Space which is your soul
I have been too many times
I'm climbing out now
I think I've seen the light
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Neels Avatar
October 17, 2010 at 12:51 PM
Empowering write Deb. Enjoyed it tonight ;)
Hilliker Avatar
October 17, 2010 at 12:13 PM
Knowing that it's time to more on is a powerful thing. Nice write.
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October 17, 2010 at 8:19 AM
When you love someone and find yourself this unhappy, it's best to climb out of the pit, Deb. Don't know if you can burn away the memories (it's hard for me), but autumn is a good season for bonfires so have at it. Wishing you the best always. Love, Carolyn
Mehta Avatar
October 17, 2010 at 8:08 AM
Smooth flow of predicament in Love....Rise, fall, hope of rise again...... Deb-nice write.....Luv/Best wishes always... Hitendra Mehta
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October 17, 2010 at 7:31 AM
i love the realness of life in poetry. it gives beauty to the things we do like seperating, enduring,lossing. the hard things in life. john
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October 17, 2010 at 5:18 AM
Beautiful write!!! nice flow....always Michael
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