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Poetry posted in this category are works of fiction. Names, places, characters, events, and incidents are created by the authors' imaginations or are used fictitiously. Any resemblances to actual persons (living or dead), organizations, companies, events, or locales are entirely coincidental.
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No More Words - 1. No More Words

You've always seen what you want to see
But your truths aren't based in reality
And I refuse to exist in your fantasy
In other words

I can still taste you on my tongue
Ours was a love that songs were sung
Yet this is where my hurt was sprung
From your words

If I'm crushed and my life starts to bleed
Will you comfort and make love to me
I only need you, why can't you see
Here are my words

If my heart breaks and I start to cry
Will you help me live or just watch me die
No matter your answer, I think you'll lie
In your words

Why did I ever let you back inside
Now from you, I feel I have to hide
The best way to achieve this I can't decide
Here are my words

You claim you've changed your ways
If this is true our love can be saved
Right now I don't want to walk away
So no more words

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Poetry posted in this category are works of fiction. Names, places, characters, events, and incidents are created by the authors' imaginations or are used fictitiously. Any resemblances to actual persons (living or dead), organizations, companies, events, or locales are entirely coincidental.
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Jason Rimbaud
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13 hours ago, ReaderPaul said:

Well done, Jason!  Well done indeed!

I entered two, the first one I played safe, tried to play safe with the theme of choices. I wanted to be hopeful. My second entry, because of @Lee Wilson went a bit dark. I might have went over the line, but I decided to go with the other set of choices one makes at the end of a relationship. I have debated over and over whether or not to keep it included but my fear won out and I decided to keep it in. Wish me luck!  

4 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

Very nice.  This is a good poem.  :) 

Coming from one who is a legend on GA because of his poetry, I feel humbled. Thank you! 

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I don't know much about poetry, but I do know that every stanza drew a different raw emotion out of me, and it felt like I was reading something so private it was like being caught red-handed being engrossed in someone else's journal entries. If that isn't skill or at least a certain degree of mastery with words, I don't know what is. 

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11 minutes ago, BendtedWreath said:

I don't know much about poetry, but I do know that every stanza drew a different raw emotion out of me, and it felt like I was reading something so private it was like being caught red-handed being engrossed in someone else's journal entries. If that isn't skill or at least a certain degree of mastery with words, I don't know what is. 

That is a wonderful comment. Not about my words, but about the power of poetry to draw out emotions in the reader. Either intentional emotion from the author or from the reader's own experiences. 

A good poem does a bit of both. The author sets the framework and hopes the reader can connect with something on the page. Thank you for your kind words. I'm not sure the next entry will elicit the same response. 

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10 minutes ago, Headstall said:

I found myself relating more and more with each word read. Sometimes I wonder if we ever really learn, but a test I had recently tells me we do. :) 

Great poem with a good cadence, sad but with a stark honesty I appreciated. You used 'words' in the verses well. Cheers!

When it comes to matters of our emotion, we rarely seem to learn in a timely fashion. Usually a lot of time and anger has to pass before the lesson sinks into our brain.s 

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The origin of this piece, I approached it lyrically, almost musically. I found the tone, the rhyming scheme, and then chose to present the theme through the repeating motif of words. 

Most of my poems are autobiographical, but for both of my entries, I decided to write fictional protagonists and manufacture the emotion like I would in a story. 

Thanks for your kind words. Its appreciated it. 

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3 hours ago, Thirdly said:

We can't control someone else's moods. Try as we might to lift their spirits, remind them that they're loved and missed by others, thay they are a beacon and refuge for at the very least one other person... but, sometimes, no amount of support cuts through, neither words, touch, gifts, or presence. Then, we're the ones trying to lift our spirits off the ground.

 

The only way a relationship works, both parties must have the same goal in mind. The choices we make sometimes brings us to separate paths. 

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