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If I Lied

If I Lied On nights that life seemed merciless and cruelty stood beside. The spirits flowing in my heart escaped through blurry eyes. A peaceful sea has raged to life with madness on her mind. I do not know if I can stand the storm that threatens now to rise. Just like a child awakened to the flashing of the night, so suddenly she finds. A soul that’s caught between two worlds the one of dark, the one of light. A choice is made and resonates like thunder breaking in the sky. How could you ever look at me if I confessed it’s all a lie? In disbelief at life’s surprise. Denial does now twist the truth and finds a way to separate the honest words from lies. An act of preservation and a mechanism to try and cope. An insufficient bandage over deeply wounded shattered hopes. And with the fast approaching dawn lies looming loss a dying song. The mounting darkness clouded grey and rising in the skies. It asks of both now you and I. This simple rhyming phrase, Would you forgive me If I told you that it’s all a wicked lied?

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Date: 7/9/2010 2:16:00 PM
I like the essence of this poem and how it flows. It has certainly outlined a dilemma people faced at times in life. I like the ending. Welcome to Poetry Soup and great job! Joseph
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