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What We Were Before

April 3, 2012
By WrittenEmotions PLATINUM, Fairhope, Alabama
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WrittenEmotions PLATINUM, Fairhope, Alabama
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The only people who don't get anywhere are the people who don't dream of a better place for themselves...

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So many times you've looked at me,
Denying it all, 
Everything...
Watching me shatter beneath the beauty you speak,
Making me dream that each word was for me...
Only me...
Alone.
Why, sweet love,
Haven't you had enough pain?
Dear, my...
Why are you my only desire?
Can't I look away from such eyes?
A blue sea of seduction and simpleness,
I've allowed myself to drown...
Far beyond the surface of all I thought we were,
Deeper...
Just deeper...
And still alone...

Always...
Never yours again...
My darling,
Save me...
Kiss me...

Just one last glittering sensation,
Before you leave me,

To cry,
Sink...
Into What We Were Before.

© Michelle W., Ada, MI

The author's comments:
Eyes are so beautiful, aren't they? Especially Blue(: this is about how I see someone, how I adore him, bit he can't see it in himself, so I basically am drowning in not my pain, but his. Because he doesn't see how beautiful he is to me.
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Shivam GOLD said...
on Apr. 21 2012 at 2:34 am
Shivam GOLD, Lucknow, Other
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Its nothing like nothing or all.. its just that how far you climb up the tree before you fall..

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written by heart, a beautiful break-up poem... gr8
WrittenEmotions PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 17 2012 at 11:34 pm
WrittenEmotions PLATINUM, Fairhope, Alabama
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Thank you! Can you check out my other work and comment on those too? I'd really appreciate it!(: I'll check out yours too!
MissKrissyKat BRONZE said...
on Apr. 17 2012 at 11:28 pm
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Omg this is really good, and i feel like it was written for what i feel. I really love this! :)
raeee GOLD said...
on Apr. 8 2012 at 6:20 pm
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Okay, here's that comment i promised. (: 

this is by far the best i've ever read. i love the way you write  it's phenomonal. absolutely. i felt all the emotion that was written in this piece, and let me tell you, i'm pretty sure all girls have seen what you've written, and many boys for that matter. well done, keep it up (:

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This makes me want to cry :')
TheGirlWhoReachesForStars SILVER said...
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oh wow... this poem... this is just, exactly how i feel... wow Written :) you've outdone yourself
Wonderment DIAMOND said...
on Apr. 5 2012 at 10:18 pm
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Amazing. I can really relate to this right now. It's just ugh. I know exactly the feeling being discribed her. Wow. i can't even form real thoughts here, on how this hit my heart. Amazing. Simply, Amazing
_ella_herondale BRONZE said...
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I love the words "what we were before" I think u made the emotions u felt wen u wrote this come across very well. Good job, good job, good jb. AGAIN!