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Just Ask Her MAG

December 15, 2009
By Anonymous

Just ask her.
She's felt me.
Touched the bruises
No one's ever found.
Seen the places
We each mapped
Out to be the end.
She's lit the embers
On my path
That I am long
Past deciphering.

Don't ask me.
I've kissed her
Scars that bled
Her nearly dry.
Cupped the blood
Black lipstick that
Masked so many of
Her years of youth.
Dreamed her same
Hopes. And I too
Felt them decay
Beneath my touch.


The author's comments:
I had a friend who taught me that I am not alone. In the process of saving me, she killed herself.

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on Aug. 19 2011 at 10:29 pm
thetruthawaits94 SILVER, Duncan, Oklahoma
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Favorite Quote:
Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, but learning to dance in the rain.

wow! Wonderful job! Amazing how you told such a complex story in such a complicated way and yet, i could understand it all so clearly. I'm so sorry about your friend. I know it is difficult to understand, and sometimes i don't believe it myself, but everything happens for a reason. Your friend taught you that you are not alone for a reason. It is what you do with these "reasons" that makes your life! Ya got ME? :) Great writing

on Jan. 28 2011 at 9:07 pm
batmanfreakk SILVER, Valparasio, Indiana
5 articles 12 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
This isn't a fairy tale or some book, it's reality.

Beautiful.

on Jan. 28 2011 at 11:51 am
trapped-in-a-broken-wonderland PLATINUM, Houston, Texas
30 articles 0 photos 43 comments

Favorite Quote:
love in it'a essence is just spiritual fire

this was very beautifuly written, and very powerful, i could deffinatly feel the emotion coming from it, and easily relate to it. awesome job. and i'm very sorry for your loss....

on Jun. 2 2010 at 7:24 pm
sparkofheart GOLD, Plymouth, Minnesota
16 articles 2 photos 253 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Always" - Severus Snape

wow...i am so sorry. the description wanted to make me cry...i am currently suffering from...lets just say, "these feelings," and i can relate to this poem so much. definitely on my favorites. check out my work too please i think we have a similar style

on Jun. 2 2010 at 6:59 am
AndTheVinesSpin GOLD, Romulus, Michigan
11 articles 1 photo 44 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Love is the Movement" -TWLOHA
"Love is our weapon." -Christofer Drew
"I'ma get me a High School Diploma, even if I gotta steal one!" -ThisKidInMyMathClassLol

You couldn't possibly have any Idea how well I relate... No Idea at all..

It's beautifully written. Five stars.


on Jun. 1 2010 at 10:00 pm
TheSummoningFreak PLATINUM, Lugoff, South Carolina
41 articles 0 photos 122 comments

Favorite Quote:
if you can never let yourself fall you'll never know what it's like to love

this is great i lvoe it very much and i am soo sorry for your loss i know what you feel a friend of mine killed herself and it's never easy no matter what.

 


on May. 7 2010 at 10:11 pm
TheColorRose BRONZE, Springfield, Illinois
3 articles 2 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Live deliberately." Live infinitely.
-Thoreau

much thanks

on May. 2 2010 at 7:29 pm
Victory_Of_The_People SILVER, Haverhill, Massachusetts
9 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
I would rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not

its beautiful...woah