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Array ( [sid] => 179632 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => 10 Years to Long [time] => 2014-11-09 21:09:08 [hometext] => [bodytext] => Tawdry,
My life is like a trinket,
Or a cheap photograph.
Washed out or washed up,
I don't know anymore.
I have set aside my convictions,
To preserve the happiness of others.
I hear her voice,
But I don't know her anymore.
Like a drunken one night stand.
It happened,
It's regrettable, but it happened.
And some things you would never trade.
This isn't one of those.
We have been walking side by side,
On separate paths.
The fork in the road foretells of new experiences.
Do I stay on this death march
Or will I venture out into territories unknown.
This cannot be my crowning achievement,
My magnum opus.

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10 Years to Long

Contributed by deadreckoning1983 on Sunday, 9th November 2014 @ 09:09:08 PM in AEST
Topic: Lifepoems



Tawdry,
My life is like a trinket,
Or a cheap photograph.
Washed out or washed up,
I don't know anymore.
I have set aside my convictions,
To preserve the happiness of others.
I hear her voice,
But I don't know her anymore.
Like a drunken one night stand.
It happened,
It's regrettable, but it happened.
And some things you would never trade.
This isn't one of those.
We have been walking side by side,
On separate paths.
The fork in the road foretells of new experiences.
Do I stay on this death march
Or will I venture out into territories unknown.
This cannot be my crowning achievement,
My magnum opus.





Copyright © deadreckoning1983 ... [ 2014-11-09 21:09:08]
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Re: 10 Years to Long (User Rating: 1 )
by softerware on Sunday, 9th November 2014 @ 11:34:20 PM AEST
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You have answered your own question, Deadreckoning, " I have set aside my convictions to preserve the happiness of others." "Do I stay on this death march?"
Who among us has not thought of throwing away everything rather than untangling their mis steps!!…your greater insight seems to be--so long as I choose to measure value by the pain of it absence, how shall I recognize it in that which I already own?
softerware


Re: 10 Years to Long (User Rating: 1 )
by RussellReinhardt on Monday, 10th November 2014 @ 02:53:36 AM AEST
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Hi there

I can only but agree with Soft.
God bless

Greetings
Rus


Re: 10 Years to Long (User Rating: 1 )
by hauntedscorp on Monday, 10th November 2014 @ 08:48:53 AM AEST
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We have been walking side by side,
On separate paths.


Heavy sentiments. That is a struggle when one feels isolated like that. It takes two to tango, so to speak, therefore it will take commitment on both of your parts...If you choose to right the ship.

Full of emotion, and well expressed.


~Scorp


Re: 10 Years to Long (User Rating: 1 )
by ladyfawn on Monday, 10th November 2014 @ 04:02:05 PM AEST
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dripping in sadness, it is a heartfelt heart touching write,

hugs n' love nessa


Re: 10 Years to Long (User Rating: 1 )
by Beyfoxman5 on Monday, 10th November 2014 @ 06:02:36 PM AEST
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It's hard to understand something fully if you don't feel it. I certainly felt this write. Great stuff.

Fox




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