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Separation,
Desperation.
It's beginning to set in.
Nothing to do
But curl up into a ball
And wait
Wait
Wait for the nightmares to end.
This hellish life,
These scarring nightmares,
They know no boundaries.
They know no ends.
The hope is gone,
The hope of improvement,
You have learned to be content.
Content.
Right.
I wish I was content,
I wish I was okay,
I wish that I was alive.
I am none of these things anymore.
Dead inside, outside, too.
Like a flower wilting;
Slowly I die.
I can feel the furious flames of




death,
Licking at my body.
They will never cease.
They can only grow stronger.
And so I wait,
Curled into a ball.
I wait for the nightmare to end.




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Metal4LifeThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
yesterday at 9:59 pm:
Great job creating such vivid imagery! I really enjoyed this, I see absolutely no error or flaw! Wonderful job!
 
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dragonsandthreeThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
yesterday at 7:46 am:
Great job! I really like this, it's the same kind and type of poetry that write for the most part.
 
becca.37This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
today at 4:58 pm :
I noticed that as I read yours! Thank you :)
 
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Laugh-it-OutThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
May 20 at 10:56 pm:
Dark and mysterious, really good. My only helpful critisim is that in the first stanza you say nighmares twice in like 2 different lines. It sounds a bit awkward and repetative. My suggestion would be too take out "nightmares" and insert dreams so it would look something like this: "Waiting for the nightmares to end, this hellish life, these scarring dreams" I don't know if you see what I did there, but when I read it that way it flows better. Hope you don't take that... (more »)
 
becca.37This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
yesterday at 5:35 am :
Thank you for reviewing, glad you liked it! I hadn't realized I used nightmare more than once in the same stanza, thank you for pointing that out :)
 
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Chichot123This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
May 20 at 10:58 am:
Dark but beautiful. it really gave me the chiils. I love it :D !!!
 
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