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Tearful

"I'm going to wake up and bury my heart if you're not in it, I could never forget, so I pretend it never happened, I'll live in delusions." _ by poet. My lingering trepidation blooms with thoughts of your being, fading, slipping into a narrow delicate shadow as whisps of memory is thrown in the circle of windy motions, swirling in destructive steps. You left me with sights that would create demons. I knew they were all sweets of a dangling viper, vaping energy, puking poison as mocktails, yet, I believed. I bathed in them like lavenders till they were roses. I let myself loose, spewing like helpless canons, shooting into the heavens. I grasped his horns and envisioned it a costume. I thought he was art, my masterpiece, so I surrendered, I offered myself as a muse, he gulped my every juice. I gave myself as a canvas, he stroked the world's darkest Miseries on me. He was a masquerade of fragrances, a knight of melodious charades. My brain had a non-function atom, it couldn't recognise signs, there was no thinking made, just a dive so deep I drowned. You haven't hugged and embraced pain until you wish for its non-existence. These won't travel with the breeze of the night, they can't be cemented. Like truth, I flung them out and they bounced back like morning dews. Folded like crumpled pages, my heart bleeds into a trillion shreds. Memories weigh heavy like the Champions League, encasing my soul in cursed ice. I want them wiped like the end of every teaching on a blackboard, only then would I truly live.

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Date: 4/23/2024 5:35:00 AM
Tone, congratulations on your win in my contest, Constance
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Date: 3/23/2024 8:46:00 AM
A deep and emotional one. I hope this is on a winner's list. Love it
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Tonye George
Date: 3/23/2024 10:22:00 AM
Thank you, Andrea. It was.
Date: 3/14/2024 6:32:00 AM
Appearances can be so deceptive. There are lions in sheep's clothing. When you surrendered, he 'gulped your every juice'. It has plunged you into deep pain and agony. A very poignant poem, deeply touching. Your metaphors and images are so powerful, dear Tonye. All the best, dear friend.
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Date: 3/14/2024 6:59:00 AM
Thank you dear Valsa. They can really be deceptive, cheers friend.
Date: 3/13/2024 11:13:00 PM
Im in awe of your word weaving here dear tonye. Just impeccable! Brilliant metaphors and descriptive wordplay throughout: yes the worst are the ones that come dressed as angels luring us into a realm of deceit and darkness, while we see something else, as they hide their truth within a false facade. I really love so many lines in this including your quote as well as “ I thought he was art, my masterpiece, so I surrendered, I offered myself as a muse, he gulped my every juice.“ wow! I love that. “ He was a masquerade of fragrances, a knight of melodious charades. “ iv seen many like that too. What a powerful write this is! Youv bled your heart out in this. And I absolutely loved this! A fave it is for me
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Tonye George
Date: 3/14/2024 2:49:00 AM
Thank you, Ink. You've said it so well, I'm glad it's part of fav.
Date: 3/13/2024 6:38:00 PM
A treacherous trip into the fire of hell, the only solutions is the cleansing blood of Christ. A tremendous write, Tonye, a FAV for my list. You explain the sensations and emotions of complete surrender to darkness. I pray this isn't a real-life experience, but if it is or was, there is hope. Many have been deceived by the Prince of Darkness and been born again into new hope through faith in their Creator God. I pray this will be your experience. If just a poem, it is powerful and scary
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Tonye George
Date: 3/13/2024 8:00:00 PM
Hahahaha Bill. It's just a poem. Thank you for your wonderful comment and support. We definitely need the blood of Jesus to cleanse every heart break that caused so much pain.
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Tonye George
Date: 3/13/2024 7:16:00 PM
Hahahaha Bill. It's just a poem. Thank you for your wonderful comment and support. We definitely need the blood of Jesus to cleanse every heart break that caused so much pain.
Date: 3/11/2024 5:44:00 PM
outstanding and profound write, Tonye. I felt like I was on a journey with your heart experiencing love, betrayal, and then healing and renewal. Your poem is evocative and powerful at every turn. Faving. enjoy your evening, Sara
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Tonye George
Date: 3/13/2024 8:51:00 AM
Thank you dear Sara. Cheers.
Date: 3/11/2024 1:16:00 PM
This is excellent Tonye.. very deep and emotive.. Your poem is a poignant meditation on the complexities of love and loss, capturing the tumultuous journey of the human heart as it navigates the highs and lows of emotional connection. Its evocative imagery and heartfelt reflections invite readers to contemplate their own experiences of love, betrayal, and the quest for healing and renewal.
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Tonye George
Date: 3/11/2024 3:28:00 PM
You've said it all. Thank you for your wonderful words Silent One.
Date: 3/11/2024 6:42:00 AM
Dear Tonye, Your poem is filled with raw emotion and striking imagery. The symbolic journey through pain and betrayal is palpable, especially with lines like "I bathed in them like lavenders / till they were roses." Your artistic portrayal of surrendering to deception as a muse is hauntingly beautiful. The longing for liberation from memories is akin to wiping clean a blackboard after a lesson. A Wonderful Poem sharing your emotions. I loved it my dear friend. - Blessings Daniel
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Tonye George
Date: 3/11/2024 6:49:00 AM
Thank you Daniel. I really do think when we write fiction, we are sharing in the emotions of someone unknown crying to us. We help them paint their pains on paper.
Date: 3/11/2024 6:41:00 AM
"You haven't hugged and embraced pain until you have wished for its non-existence." How true this is and what a powerful breakup poem you've written. Did he really have devil horns lol?
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Tonye George
Date: 3/11/2024 6:48:00 AM
Lol, Tommy. He did have horns, so dark and long. I really do think the worst kind of hurts are never wanted to be felt or remembered. The memories are lethal.

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