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I opened my eyes today

July 19, 2010
By bigdreamsbigheart PLATINUM, Ypsilanti, Michigan
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bigdreamsbigheart PLATINUM, Ypsilanti, Michigan
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\\\"When I stand before god I want to have no talent left so I can say,\\\"I used everything you gave me\\\"\\\"

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I opened my eyes today
Realizing the feeling that you once
Gave me was fake

I searched my mind today
For all good memories
But it dawned on me
They all disappeared

I closed my eyes today
Trying to shut out the feeling
You gave me
But I failed yet again

I finally realized today
Your sayings come back to haunt me
And your words now put me on
My deathbed

But sweetheart today I realized
That yesterday was the day
That a year ago you asked me to marry you
And now today is the day you said
Goodbye

© Jess B., Nottingham, United Kingdom

The author's comments:
For it was not my ear you whispered in, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.
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thewriteidea DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 24 2010 at 3:36 pm
thewriteidea DIAMOND, Pleasanton, California
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this is a great poem to express your feelings in. i can really feel the raw emotion through your words. i was hooked from the first word to the very last. wonderful!

you can rate/comment on some of my work, too if you'd like. great job on this! keep writing!(: