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Contradiction

May 9, 2010
By nutmegc1992 SILVER, Oldenburg, Indiana
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"All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream." -Edgar Allan Poe

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The silence always seems so loud

yet never says a word
Your voice I hear is a beautiful sound

yet a screaming, horrible dirge
The things I see are hard to describe

yet easy enough to tell
That all I want is to feel alive

in this world meant for hell.

© Valerie W., Stephenville, TX

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not sure where this poem came from but iwrote it down anyway
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