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Published: 2002-07-26 14:01:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 1862; Favourites: 14; Downloads: 52
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The door left open. Cold and warmthand its sensible contrast;
neglected, once the changing tears-
start to rain down on me.
Fairytales told, hopes endlessly filled;
one more sip before I go.
Drink with me.
She says she can
she says she will
pull me back up,
pull me away from-
my shadows painted corner.
But we have sipped-
the last remains of the tea.
It isn't what it used to be,
the taste fell, warmth flew.
"What" I wonder
What have our mistakes-
bled into?
agony liquified.
ambushed and conquered.
her eyes without remorse.
But she does not show
hands cover her face-
No-one gets to come in.
She glares at the door,
as if it was supposed-
to close by itself.
"Are you going to close the door?"
I said with a muffled voice.
"I can't any more."
she replied whisperingly.
She looked away as if she-
could not bear me in her sight.
Puzzled and wondering
I walk towards the door-
"Could've told me it jammed"
"You don't have to know everything.
it just is, okay?"
Confused, flustered-
I fix my eyes on that same door,
Expecting it-
to close by itself.
Slowly I step towards her;
My fingertops close her eye lids gently.
And all of her promises
fall into a deep sleep.
Again she turns away from me.
Angrily I pass her,
take my coat, and rush out.
Straight into the rain,
inbetween wrong and right.
I see hopes hiding behind corners
But I defy without a chase.
Looking over my shoulder,
I see her car parked next to my house.
A relieved smile paints my face.
yet knowing the car is still running,
as if she's ready
Ready to leave anytime now.
Once back home;
A cold silence embraced me.
a shiver rolling underneath-
my skin like thunder.
I try to reach for a cup-
In the shade my hand falls.
The cup is empty, and there is-
no more coffee left.
There I am; right inbetween.
I wait and wait, for her to close
close the door behind me.
But before I realised it;
she was gone.
I look outside,
All that is left
is a cloud of carbon monoxide
where her car used to be.
.
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Comments: 28
mentalasylumcase [2005-05-03 06:03:24 +0000 UTC]
i like how when i was reading this.. it seemed as i was sitting right next to you and you were telling me everything. I really like your work. Great Job!
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ignite [2003-01-11 03:35:04 +0000 UTC]
unfortunately i haven't gotten the chance tonight to read many works which i truly admire. when i stumbled across this, it was some what of a relief. excellent poem. the descriptions and images are perfection. paints such vivid scenes.
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justaphase [2002-12-20 22:58:29 +0000 UTC]
interesting how you incorporated the dialect into the lines, i dont think it took away from the idea at all. repetative images used in lovely places... empty cup, door closing by itself. lovely.
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pachunka [2002-08-19 00:12:34 +0000 UTC]
Groovy
Yeah'm late.. whaddya gonn' do
A little bit much to entirely follow at this hour not having eaten all day but will come back tomorrow to absorb it more For the mo'- 'I can no longer' doesn't seem to really fit, to me.. I dinnow.. also, I don't think y'need the last line- it's perfect without it :j
So apparently you still rock :j Go you big red fire engine.. which btw, multiple people can be at once, 'fore I get in trouble
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keen [2002-08-14 14:47:39 +0000 UTC]
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2mo
welcome back (!)
this then demonstrates the shiney iridescence that lies under the rapidly peeled onion. the surprise: assault of nasal tingley sensing things that tear the eyes with shock at knowing other layers do indeed exist within this singular artist.
a fine read.
and / again:
welcome back.
.
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tmpst24myst [2002-08-06 19:11:22 +0000 UTC]
I read the original version when it was first uploaded, and I left a primo comment on it....sadly, it's not here that is so strange........I'm completely puzzled now.theis is the secone one this week...
........ a n y w a y ...
I really liked the first one, but these changes you have made are a nice tone.. they compliment the peice as a whole well. It carries a dreamlike state as you read from each stanza to the next.. I especially like the narrator leads us to believe that he has walked and left her and that she was holding onto him, when infact it was her that left and he hadn't wanted to accept it, holding onto the hope for reconcile throughout the read...... *sighs* the first comment I left was so much better....
You changed the form a little and added some more words..right?
congrats on the dp...well deserved I think.
great choice by faithwalker
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fire-strider317 [2002-08-06 14:13:07 +0000 UTC]
that's amazing!!! kinds sad, great flow of words.
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crashxcomrad [2002-08-06 08:20:39 +0000 UTC]
this is why im not a poet....slap sum pages on it and call it a novel!
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dreamz13 [2002-08-06 02:19:40 +0000 UTC]
I'm sorry for you that you have to endure the above idiotic comment(s) on your 1st DD upon your comeback. Yeah it's become a part and parcel of getting a DD, especially for poems.
As for the poem, it's a very interesting story, and I don't have much difficulty recreating it in my mind, for you described it perfectly.
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sheerie [2002-08-06 00:05:16 +0000 UTC]
And none of you assholes know what good poetry is. So shove it.
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sheerie [2002-08-06 00:04:39 +0000 UTC]
Can you see red and green? Or are you COLORBLIND?????
DIE.
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ineffable [2002-08-05 22:34:23 +0000 UTC]
interesting enough. disagree with some of the semantic choices... some just seem too, tepid or conventional to me. id like to see more of a stress on specific word choice to contrast with the fact that its about concrete moments. anwyay. just my 2 cents. grats on dp. nice poem
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siri [2002-08-05 18:42:42 +0000 UTC]
I love this!
You write so good, i could see everything in my head as i was reading.
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saintartaud [2002-08-05 18:33:36 +0000 UTC]
this is the best piece of poetry i've read on deviant art thus far (mayhaps i should read more...) but the flow of words is nearly perfect, and the emotion conveyed concrete. you're really capturing a total scene in my head. wonderful.
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melladh [2002-08-05 17:36:12 +0000 UTC]
It's not often people manage to write poetry which impresses me, but now I'm truely impressed. This is great in so many ways. I can't say in which ways, because when I try I find myself getting lost among all the words which attempts to salute your text.
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bloodybones [2002-08-05 16:11:46 +0000 UTC]
great work...nice useage....it's rare to find poetry written in the context of normal life....you went behind symbology and simply laid the emotions bare....I am in your debt....now I have something great to run through my head today at my boring awful job....lol
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djkufo [2002-08-05 15:24:40 +0000 UTC]
I love the imagery that you put into this poem. Awesome use of words too, I love it.
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faithwalker [2002-07-31 00:11:25 +0000 UTC]
Great visuals and atmosphere!! I truly love this
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justafish [2002-07-28 12:48:04 +0000 UTC]
beautiful as usual
reminds me of a favourite song of mine:
"step out the front door like ghost into the fog, where no one notices the contrast of white on white. And in between the moon and you, angels get a better view, of the crumbling difference between wrong and right. and I walk in the air, between the rain, through myself and back again..where? I dunno"
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-tank [2002-07-26 17:22:03 +0000 UTC]
wow...this is truely an amazing piece...i love the lines 'I walk straight into the rain, inbetween wrong and right'....i love this whole thing....instant
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