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Listener.

May 22, 2013
By SincerelyManon GOLD, Holyoke, Massachusetts
SincerelyManon GOLD, Holyoke, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
Memories are the only things that don't change when everything else does.


I listen.
I listen listen listen.
And keep everything tucked inside.
Your missing.
Missing missing missing.
Out on things that are barely keeping me alive.
So tell me.
Tell me tell me tell me.
That your worries are worse than mine.
And I'll sit here.
Sit here sit here sit here.
And slowly tear my own book in half; stripping it bind by bind.
I lean.
I lean I lean I lean.
Against that cool wall. Waiting for you to realize that I'm slowly falling apart.
Dripping.
Dripping dripping dripping.
Into an empty cup that never fills or or never stops. A never ending start.
I hold back.
Hold back hold back hold back.
Everything that's building up inside me like a bubble worn and watered.
I close
I close I close I close.
Close my eyes to the days when I never saw darkness or a face left un-faultered.
I lose
I lose I lose I lose.
All feeling in my body except my chest which is a knot of messy, tight thoughts.
I grab.
I grab I grab I grab.
At the last piece of confidence I have with me. The last remnant to be found or brought.
So I cry.
I cry I cry I cry.
As I watch the last piece of myself shatter its unique glow into crystals on the floor.
And I see
I see I see I see
As that last piece floats into the sky, like a feather falling; no more.
But
But but but.
I smile
I smile I smile I smile
And listen to your worries dear.
I don't show
Don't show don't show
That I have insecurities, faults, or fears.
Because that's not how the strong show things.
And that's not how I'll be.


The author's comments:
Make sure your "listener" doesn't break.

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on Aug. 2 2013 at 11:17 am
SincerelyManon GOLD, Holyoke, Massachusetts
10 articles 0 photos 27 comments

Favorite Quote:
Memories are the only things that don't change when everything else does.

Thanks!:) it means a lot!

on Aug. 1 2013 at 4:55 pm
vegetariangirl, Hamilton, Ohio
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Favorite Quote:
Being normal is boring - Marilyn Monroe
You only live once -?
A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit -Richard Bach

I love your poem!

on Jul. 15 2013 at 7:44 am
SincerelyManon GOLD, Holyoke, Massachusetts
10 articles 0 photos 27 comments

Favorite Quote:
Memories are the only things that don't change when everything else does.

thank you!

sarah98 BRONZE said...
on Jul. 6 2013 at 6:35 pm
sarah98 BRONZE, Holyoke, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
It is better to write for yourself and have no audience than write for your audience and have no self.

beautiful. i cried. :""""""""""(

on Jul. 5 2013 at 8:20 pm
SincerelyManon GOLD, Holyoke, Massachusetts
10 articles 0 photos 27 comments

Favorite Quote:
Memories are the only things that don't change when everything else does.

Thanks a bunch!

on Jun. 27 2013 at 2:57 pm
Court901 BRONZE, Magnolia, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
"Imagniation is not a talent of some people, but it is the health of every person" -Ralph Waldo Emerson

I really like this poem. I like the message within the words and the style of it. The repetition was good as well. Good job.

on Jun. 12 2013 at 8:49 pm
SincerelyManon GOLD, Holyoke, Massachusetts
10 articles 0 photos 27 comments

Favorite Quote:
Memories are the only things that don't change when everything else does.

No worries! And thank you very much!:)

on Jun. 12 2013 at 1:22 am
LexusMarie PLATINUM, Las Cruces, New Mexico
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Favorite Quote:
The more control you have over yourself, the less control others have over you.

Hello there! I'd like to apologize for taking awhile to get back to you and give your work a read! I really enjoyed this. I found the set-up to be very interesting. I loved the use of repetition. I loved the rhymes. I loved the attention to small details. I loved the way you wrote this, as far as the sadness and the happiness. The ending was great, the strength in the ending is powerful. You are a wonderful writer!