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Balletbabymari — this POINT in my life
Published: 2004-06-16 03:33:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 162; Favourites: 0; Downloads: 13
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Someone built a ceiling over the sky here.The bridges, a tressel, and telephone lines
draw a barrier so I cannot trespass the heavens.
Someone walled off the rivers here.
Massive gray concrete can obstruct nature,
and it does, very harshly.
Nobody even likes change here.
The windows downtown are dismal and empty,
as empty as their souls.
Someone boxed in this place,
and for a while it was all I knew:
A haven, a little cave of comfort.
But since then I've grown; there is no more comfort here.
I'm too tall for this place,
my shoulders are sore from bending under its roof,
and my long legs can't stretch without breaking these walls.
The ceiling forces a life of darkness;
I'm afraid of this dark. Spare the light in my eyes.
The walls are closing in slowly, and harshly.
I'm claustrophobic, too. Spare my strong life.
I cry and see the emptiness swallow everything.
I'll never be ready to die in this place. Spare my soul.
My only comfort now, is looking back as I leave this place.
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I liked this, aside from your word selection in the first stanza.
I don't like the word tresspass in reference to heaven or paradise or anything remotely comparable. I consider the heavens as a place where poets are openly welcomed.
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thanks for the comment. i'm sorry you feel that way, but hey, i'm glad you took the time to form an opinion. right on, man.
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ooo i love it... lol... i have personal connection to that.. everytime i step into my moms i get that feeling.. bitch kicked me out lol.. oh well... ^^
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i'm sorry to hear that. it's terrible.
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::shrugs:: it was for the best.. me = happy now soo its all gopod, and yep person below was right cute eyes ^^
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That was very nice... the descriptive element especially!... i love!
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Then stretch your legs, break the walls... and run.
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[I just wrote a comment and I dont know if it went or not but the page-cannot-be-displayed thing showed up so ... here we go again]
Nobody even likes change here.
The windows downtown are dismal and empty,
as empty as their souls.
^ I love that, I feel you, it's exactly what I feel for where I live.
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thank you. i'm sorry you have to live in a place like this.
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a little home i loved so much
that held me and loved me
and as I grew it seemed to shrink
a prison now, i regret to think.
I lve your poem just a lil pieceof inspiration I got from it, 
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lol. i wish. washington dc will be big enough for me, though. I love the poem you wrote ^_^ . It looks like the start of a very good thing.
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I really like how emotional this is, i know how you feel, probably not from the same factors, but i've been in times like that.
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Thanks, and i appreciate your empathy. Kurt was very empathetic, did you know?
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deep and depressing... id want to leave that place too if i lived there. the picture is cool too, you have beautiful eyes
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