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[sid] => 117692
[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => Hollow
[time] => 2006-04-04 11:27:26
[hometext] => I wrote this on my 13th birthday when my grandmother passed away. I just found it yesterday so I thought I'd share it
[bodytext] => Her eyes were like glass; she no longer saw Her hands were cold; she no longer felt pain Her lips no longer moved; her voice was long gone Her fingers no longer worked right; she could no longer grasp Her mind swam; alone she thought She thought of the better days; back when she could smile She thought of the younger days; back when she could laugh She remembered how the sun felt on her face; she missed the warmth She remembered what it was like to run; she missed the wind She was still now; slowly she faded Where were her friends; all the faces in her memories Where were her children; the little ones she helped grow Where was her husband; the man she loved for so many years Where was her life; had everything really changed Where would she go; if she could cry she would Here came the cold; it was like needles down her frayed body Here came the silence; it burned into her ears Here came the fear; she didn’t want to leave Here came the end; she was so tired Here came the night; slowly she closed her unseeing eyes [comments] => 3 [counter] => 172 [topic] => 39 [informant] => silver_runaway [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 10 [ratings] => 2 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Grief )
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