Missing Pieces

Once there was a time. 
A long time ago.

As I was looking for a flat.
Making sure it was right for me.

Just so I could make it my own.
I took a walk through the halls.

Way over there, in an out of the way corner. 
That's when I saw it, the writing on the wall.

The closer I came, the more I saw a love spell.
 Although  It was wearing thin from years past. 

 This is how it read: 

 She asks if she could get back all the missing
 pieces ~  all the pieces she had given away,
To lovers that didn't stay.

All the parts that had been broken, and betrayed.
All the parts that were left out in the rain.

All the parts that were dropped and kicked around.
It said she didn't think they wanted them anyway.
 
All the parts of herself, she felt she lost along the way.
She asks for all the missing pieces to be returned to her.

If that was ok  ~  Just so she wouldn't fade away.  
 





7/ 9 / 2011  8pm
Was looking through a 3 ring binder of my old poetry,
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013


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Date: 1/29/2014 7:14:00 PM
I enjoyed your beautiful write today Debbie...well penned
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Date: 6/12/2013 8:07:00 PM
The older we get the less we recognize ourselves. Could it be we are only an empty shell of our former selves ? Things that make you go hummmmm! I can identify with this poem. Write on my poet friend. Tlee
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Debbie Duncan
Date: 6/12/2013 8:48:00 PM
Thank you Terry ;}
Date: 2/12/2013 10:44:00 PM
Debbie, you should start posting those old ones from the binder. How many other binders have you made since then? I didn't really start writing a lot until 12 years ago.
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Debbie Duncan
Date: 2/14/2013 9:28:00 PM
I will start posting Andrea ;}
Date: 2/11/2013 4:25:00 PM
so you have a binder too. I have three but the pages are all so messed up inside them. I really need to do a major overhaul!!!
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Date: 2/11/2013 4:24:00 PM
wow, this is very creative. I really liked that last part, so she would not fade away. Awesome!! Glad to see this one today.
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Debbie Duncan
Date: 2/12/2013 12:13:00 AM
Thank you Andrea ;}
Date: 2/11/2013 10:35:00 AM
Lovely write Debbie. love phyl
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Debbie Duncan
Date: 2/11/2013 5:43:00 PM
Thank you phyl ;}
Date: 2/9/2013 9:55:00 PM
!!!
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Date: 1/25/2013 11:49:00 AM
I love to find hidden or lost messages: marginalia in old books, notations in family bibles, discarded letters found in the dumpster, even rude messages scratched into bathroom stall walls. You've done a wonderful job of describing your discovery. Jack
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Debbie Duncan
Date: 1/25/2013 2:12:00 PM
Thank you for reading ;}
Date: 1/22/2013 4:42:00 AM
Not shure what use they would be to her :) I sure wouldn't want it, don't give anything if you can't afford to loose it. love Elizabeth
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Date: 1/22/2013 4:35:00 AM
think to the new days to come dear friend very nice thank you
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Date: 1/21/2013 3:00:00 PM
with just a touch of sadness, the past emerges hey, very emotive still :(
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Don Johnson
Date: 1/27/2013 9:19:00 PM
he sadness of broken dreams, the might have beens, and the sometimes, gladness, a life lived in between, goodness n badness.. it would seem... can up n downs bring madness, when too much hurt has been? Don re: Debbie Duncan "Missing Pieces"
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Debbie Duncan
Date: 1/21/2013 3:03:00 PM
Thank you for reading Don ;}
Date: 1/20/2013 1:44:00 PM
Debbie - Your word choices and sensitive ideas are sad. Our souls don't fade away.
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Debbie Duncan
Date: 1/21/2013 3:35:00 PM
Thanks for reading ;}
Date: 1/19/2013 4:32:00 PM
What an interesting perspective. I am so glad you rediscovered this one, exquisite!
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Debbie Duncan
Date: 1/19/2013 9:36:00 PM
Thank you Richard ;}
Date: 1/19/2013 8:06:00 AM
Debbie, How we view the past can be changed by what happens in the present and future, however. This is a magical poem-I like it a lot. It's something I believe in even though I am a rationalist. There is something special about feelings, and you nailed it!
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Debbie Duncan
Date: 1/19/2013 3:41:00 PM
Thank you Duke ;}
Date: 1/18/2013 8:13:00 AM
The past cannot be changed even by Gods! Very real situation, impossible task though! Wonderfully expressed. Thank you!
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Date: 1/17/2013 11:44:00 PM
wow, I really enjoyed seeing this poem, Debbie. It is a deep one from you. One of your best!
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Date: 1/17/2013 3:12:00 PM
Enjoyed reading this one..I am glad that I chose it to read today..Thanks for stopping by...Thanks for saying that my name reminded you of the song Sara's Smile...Sara
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Date: 1/17/2013 1:41:00 PM
Nicely done on this poem but was so looking forward to a carry on from the last one. love phyl
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Debbie Duncan
Date: 1/17/2013 2:27:00 PM
Thank you Phyllis ;}
Date: 1/17/2013 8:56:00 AM
i also see and read this much deeper, Debbie... but it is wonderful poetry,, and you a very caring poet...
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Debbie Duncan
Date: 1/17/2013 2:27:00 PM
Thank you harry ;}
Date: 1/17/2013 1:15:00 AM
the nasty taste of betrayal, the false god, with his feet of clay, shallow men, a truth that fails, toothless liars get to pay, when handsome gets a coat of grey, and no one wants ya anyway:) yer mojo has set sail... re: Debbie Duncan "Missing Pieces" Don
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Date: 1/16/2013 9:56:00 PM
Hi Debbie, a very precious poem, about wanting and finding the missing pieces. i like the way you rationalized the poem... always PD
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Debbie Duncan
Date: 1/16/2013 11:04:00 PM
Thank you very much PD ;}
Date: 1/16/2013 6:57:00 PM
your making me feel so guilty. i'm trying to break up.
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Date: 1/16/2013 5:45:00 PM
An excellent sonnet, provoking many questions from this broken and lonely soul. Thanks for sharing Deb. Warm Smiles, Connie
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