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Painful Pleasures

August 13, 2011
By TaleGate GOLD, Clackamas, Oregon
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TaleGate GOLD, Clackamas, Oregon
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"If you want the rainbow, you must put up with the rain."

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My thoughts are demented,
completely dark,
more than just tempted
to leave more than a mark
on my fragile body.

Painful pleasures
given to a mind rotting
reassures
that blood's the only thing I've to lose.

So I'll float in the air
not needing shoes
just to see who cares
if I actually leave.

Would people cry?
Would their stomach's heave
at the news that I died?
Would they care at all?
Was I more than a person?

No, just an abused animal
praying to not be hurt again
and wondering what it'd be like
if one day I disappeared
without so much as a goodbye.
And all the things I had before feared
would not hurt me any more.

© Morgan C., Fridley, MN

The author's comments:
I was in a really dark and stressed out place when I wrote this at the beginning of the year. I look for anything, even if it's drastic to make me feel happy again. So I was just inspired by everything I had been through lately.
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In_Love_with_Writing GOLD said...
on Jan. 7 2013 at 9:10 pm
In_Love_with_Writing GOLD, Easton, Pennsylvania
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I liked how you really expressed the emotion. Nice job! Can you comment and rate some of my work?