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[sid] => 183928
[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => Contrast
[time] => 2017-02-16 23:24:03
[hometext] => I wrote this about my first attempt at a relationship after being in an abusive one for a long time; easing my way back into writing poetry again!
[bodytext] => I was coming down the stairs from a landing painted red Closed my eyes to hide the black and the blue You looked at me and my heart sputtered back from the dead Figured I could use the good there in you But I didn`t mean to use you that way Thought you`d be a safe place to stay And you were, you did, you gave You were just the kind of guy I needed But everything I felt receded My soul, his name, engraved I lived so long with those waves crashing down on me so hard Then we were so still I couldn`t hear a sound I spun around and hit the ground in complete disregard Missed the music, even sad songs resound I didn`t expect to leave you that way Thought I wanted someplace away And I did, I would, I caved It was just too big a change too fast The way the dark and light contrast Unmasked, mismatched, depraved I didn`t mean to hurt you at all Didn`t think I had further to fall But I did, I tripped, uphill So if I never said I`m sorry For being lost in purgatory I was, I am, I will One day, I may, be still [comments] => 1 [counter] => 203 [topic] => 24 [informant] => MoonlitAngel [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => LoveRemembered )
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