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Array ( [sid] => 178475 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Surrender or Success [time] => 2014-06-05 00:02:05 [hometext] => First try at poetry. I'm sure it isn't any good. But it's real. I know my grammar is Wack and I'm sure my format is too and all that so I apologize for that. Thanks for any input yall give. Positive or negative [bodytext] => They were together, they were brilliant
In her own words they "were doing it in living color"
He sat on their old leather couch that was given to them
But she had gone, so had his joy and placement in the world, that color had grown dim.

3 years had passed and so much had changed
That couch moved place to place and starting to show signs of wear
When it was new it it was brilliant red leather, now it'd faded to To a maroon ' ish brown
From home to home the the couch was dingy broken in and worn
The man the same way, so broke he didn't think he could be any more torn

You wouldn't think him pathetic, relatively smooth with the ladies
He came off confident adjusted he knew who he was
It shows that he'd been hurt a few times and had no intentions of it happening again
He'll fight his feelings on a daily basis keeping them all locked up
And the girl well she moved on had the family he wanted got her ring finger all rocked up

So he's sitting on their couch, used to be the cornerstone if their home
Looking back at everything he'd had and lost in the last few years
You would think he felt Down sorting through so much darkness
But like the flick of a switch he sees the color hadn't faded it was vibrant and had been the whole time
Cause that darkness that he's living in, to him is just like sunshine. [comments] => 3 [counter] => 96 [topic] => 43 [informant] => arice88 [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => oops )
Surrender or Success

Contributed by arice88 on Thursday, 5th June 2014 @ 12:02:05 AM in AEST
Topic: oops



They were together, they were brilliant
In her own words they "were doing it in living color"
He sat on their old leather couch that was given to them
But she had gone, so had his joy and placement in the world, that color had grown dim.

3 years had passed and so much had changed
That couch moved place to place and starting to show signs of wear
When it was new it it was brilliant red leather, now it'd faded to To a maroon ' ish brown
From home to home the the couch was dingy broken in and worn
The man the same way, so broke he didn't think he could be any more torn

You wouldn't think him pathetic, relatively smooth with the ladies
He came off confident adjusted he knew who he was
It shows that he'd been hurt a few times and had no intentions of it happening again
He'll fight his feelings on a daily basis keeping them all locked up
And the girl well she moved on had the family he wanted got her ring finger all rocked up

So he's sitting on their couch, used to be the cornerstone if their home
Looking back at everything he'd had and lost in the last few years
You would think he felt Down sorting through so much darkness
But like the flick of a switch he sees the color hadn't faded it was vibrant and had been the whole time
Cause that darkness that he's living in, to him is just like sunshine.




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Re: Surrender or Success (User Rating: 1 )
by ladyfawn on Thursday, 5th June 2014 @ 12:42:53 AM AEST
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first of all warm welcome to ypdc:) this is beautiful! you
have penned a lovely romantic story poem that is a
delight to read, you show true talent, great potential,
keep writing!

hugs n' love nessa

*remember to choose a 'topic'



Re: Surrender or Success (User Rating: 1 )
by Invierno on Thursday, 5th June 2014 @ 05:52:14 AM AEST
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Definite promise in your writing. (I would not say so if not so....you asked for feedback...good or bad).

Lots of great turns of phrase here, and the overall premise of the couch, and the tie in to him is quite good.

The last two lines kinda threw me though. especially the last line. Forgive, but they appear nonsensical to me. You built up this character that is so rigid...then the very real faded couch suddenly isn’t? Darkness is like sunshine to him? Maybe I don't understand it fully.

Either way it is of no matter....the poem is significant in a first attempt and merits praise. I would look forward to more from you...truly. If this is the first...then wow! Wait till you're at it awhile.


Re: Surrender or Success (User Rating: 1 )
by shelby on Thursday, 5th June 2014 @ 11:50:53 PM AEST
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Welcome to YPDC

I think you did a wonderful job with this,vivid and emotive, I felt this !Good work

Michelle
and I will throw in my super hug for you also:)




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