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Darken The Lights And Leave Me Here

November 26, 2010
By Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
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Darken the lights and leave me here,
I need to soak up the atmosphere.
So let me wander in the dark
Into steel pipes and panel frames.
I’ll grow accustomed to it all
With a few fractures and toothaches.
Every door that I think I can see
Will be a new hole in your basement wall.
It would be easier to admit my mistakes,
But that would defeat the purpose of it all…
-plus you wouldn’t call the ambulance anyway.
Just keep poking and prodding at me.
All these holes will make me like a sponge
To soak up any shards of glass that may fly.
So the next time you set this house on fire
Just darken the lights and leave me here
So I can soak up this atmosphere.

© Carollynn G., Hawthorne, NY

The author's comments:
This is about a bad atmosphere, the speaker's in an abusive relationship.She's locked in a basement with no lights. The abusive 'other' has set the house on fire. When the lady realizes she has no way out, she sits down and writes this. That's the literal meaning. Donne moi votre interpretation.
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Miss_Orange SILVER said...
on Jun. 25 2014 at 9:29 am
Miss_Orange SILVER, Makati, Other
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"I'm OK, I'm Fine and I'm alright are the greatest lies people tell each other everyday." By Me.

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you're welcome but I am sorry, that was the only thing I could think of typing...I didn't know what else to say, it's just that good.
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Jun. 24 2014 at 5:28 pm
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
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Thanks for the wow. Haha!
Miss_Orange SILVER said...
on Jun. 23 2014 at 4:35 am
Miss_Orange SILVER, Makati, Other
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wow. 
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Jul. 28 2011 at 7:20 pm
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
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haha. yoiure so awesome. i love how you just pop up everywhere. i love you captain.
Aderes47 GOLD said...
on Jul. 28 2011 at 4:38 pm
Aderes47 GOLD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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This poem is a great interpretation of abuse. It's really something. :) 
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Jul. 6 2011 at 4:52 pm
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! youre so funny captain. tu es tres amusante.
Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 5 2011 at 3:56 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
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&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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You are quite welcome. You are quite welcome. You are quite welcome. You are quite welcome. You are quite welcome. You are quite welcome. You are quite welcome. You are quite welcome. You are quite welcome. You are quite welcome. You are quite welcome. You are quite welcome.

I find no problem with repitition.

Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Jul. 5 2011 at 12:02 pm
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
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youre so freakin awesome for commentating captian. you are awesome and i am loveing the feedbakam. it is that i am saying these same things again and again over but it is that i am meaning them.
Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 2 2011 at 2:38 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
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&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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You're poems are so perfectly dark! One is at first inclined to be depressed, but then at a closer inspection realizes that the narrator or subject is somewhat noncommital, even sarcastic. That makes it so much easier to submit to the power of the poetry.

"Darken the lights and leave me here, so I can soak up the atmosphere." I must love it, and I do.

Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on May. 17 2011 at 5:18 pm
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
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yahhh! merci tres beacoup. je suis tres contente.
trapped-in-a-broken-wonderland PLATINUM said...
on May. 17 2011 at 8:58 am
trapped-in-a-broken-wonderland PLATINUM, Houston, Texas
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this is amazing!!! it made me want to cry.....
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Feb. 10 2011 at 1:59 pm
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
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Okay, so you know how to say "do you speak french?" what about Parlez-vous anglais-do you speak english (duh). or Je ne parle pas francais/anglais.-I dont speak F/E. or je ne comprede pas.-pretty obvious.
alanacarlene DIAMOND said...
on Feb. 9 2011 at 2:38 pm
alanacarlene DIAMOND, Mexia, Texas
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Silence screams too honestly and loudly.<br /> -Alex (aka GangstaEyes)<br /> Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four.<br /> -Winston Smith &#039;1984&#039;<br /> Don&#039;t go wishin&#039; your life away...<br /> -Daddy S2<br /> &quot;What a drag it was to be limited by reality.&quot;

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Yeah! I'd love to extend it haha
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Feb. 9 2011 at 2:02 pm
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
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would you like to extend that?
alanacarlene DIAMOND said...
on Feb. 8 2011 at 4:25 pm
alanacarlene DIAMOND, Mexia, Texas
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Silence screams too honestly and loudly.<br /> -Alex (aka GangstaEyes)<br /> Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four.<br /> -Winston Smith &#039;1984&#039;<br /> Don&#039;t go wishin&#039; your life away...<br /> -Daddy S2<br /> &quot;What a drag it was to be limited by reality.&quot;

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haha adios! ...

juuuust kidding! all i know in french is merci, oui, non, parlez vous francais, and j'taime! hahaha

Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Feb. 7 2011 at 7:01 pm
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
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freakin......awesome. perhaps maybe i could show you a bit. merci= thank you. there. youre a master. now go away. sike! please do stay captain.
alanacarlene DIAMOND said...
on Feb. 7 2011 at 5:25 pm
alanacarlene DIAMOND, Mexia, Texas
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Silence screams too honestly and loudly.<br /> -Alex (aka GangstaEyes)<br /> Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four.<br /> -Winston Smith &#039;1984&#039;<br /> Don&#039;t go wishin&#039; your life away...<br /> -Daddy S2<br /> &quot;What a drag it was to be limited by reality.&quot;

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Yeah no i gotcha haha i was just wonderin what it really meant haha you've inspired me to want to and one day learn the romantic language of french! haha
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Feb. 7 2011 at 1:15 am
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
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the second one. i love you. i kinda meant i like you but okay,...if you want to go there...
alanacarlene DIAMOND said...
on Feb. 5 2011 at 10:19 am
alanacarlene DIAMOND, Mexia, Texas
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Silence screams too honestly and loudly.<br /> -Alex (aka GangstaEyes)<br /> Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four.<br /> -Winston Smith &#039;1984&#039;<br /> Don&#039;t go wishin&#039; your life away...<br /> -Daddy S2<br /> &quot;What a drag it was to be limited by reality.&quot;

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haha you're welcome ok i have a question to the dude that speaks french.... does J'taime mean "love" or "i love you" or something?
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Feb. 1 2011 at 7:50 pm
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
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actually, i thought that part was where the music stopped and the those crickets...-i wont tell if you wont. shhh...taissez-vous. merci captain.