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__________________________________ [bodytext] => tears fall like sequins from your eyes
falsifying your remorse
to nothing more than a lie
that won’t hold up in the morning
when your tongue is swollen
and the bad habits beat at you
like the wings of death
worn out and ravaged by time
consistent with your living
to excess day after day
until you have robbed them all blind
still expecting more compensation
because life has treated you so badly
unanswered your prayers
float just out of reach
and you can’t call them back
so you sit underneath them
drink until empty and fill up on pills
swerving into the night
you’ve lost your reflection
the drummers are drumming
insistent rhythms demanding
attention and melodies from inside your head
where you are shattered
by the accounting of losses
you never expected to end up this way
gmm2003

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fall beneath the prayers

Contributed by Merry on Tuesday, 23rd September 2003 @ 10:05:00 AM in AEST
Topic: Lifepoems

tears fall like sequins from your eyes
falsifying your remorse
to nothing more than a lie
that won’t hold up in the morning
when your tongue is swollen
and the bad habits beat at you
like the wings of death
worn out and ravaged by time
consistent with your living
to excess day after day
until you have robbed them all blind
still expecting more compensation
because life has treated you so badly
unanswered your prayers
float just out of reach
and you can’t call them back
so you sit underneath them
drink until empty and fill up on pills
swerving into the night
you’ve lost your reflection
the drummers are drumming
insistent rhythms demanding
attention and melodies from inside your head
where you are shattered
by the accounting of losses
you never expected to end up this way
gmm2003

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Re: fall beneath the prayers (User Rating: 1 )
by RICHARD_CAMPBELL on Tuesday, 23rd September 2003 @ 01:31:55 PM AEST
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hi marry ,
this is a very good write.we can only stop what we do to ourself if we learn how to love.
it is the easyest thing a person can do .its not in any bottle,or smoke,its in your heart.
open it up and let some joy in.good write.

Re: fall beneath the prayers (User Rating: 0 )
by Former_Member on Tuesday, 23rd September 2003 @ 03:58:24 PM AEST
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great expression, I remember when. good write, Crow

Re: fall beneath the prayers (User Rating: 1 )
by SinfullyTwisted on Tuesday, 23rd September 2003 @ 05:36:37 PM AEST
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That one certainly spoke to me. I not only see some of myself in this one, but like you, a lot of people I know. Great piece of poetry. Keep writing.

Re: fall beneath the prayers (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Tuesday, 23rd September 2003 @ 06:25:13 PM AEST
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Awesome write Merry!

Re: fall beneath the prayers (User Rating: 1 )
by venkat on Wednesday, 24th September 2003 @ 03:36:13 AM AEST
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Good..there is some reality..venkat

Re: fall beneath the prayers (User Rating: 1 )
by jaeann on Thursday, 25th September 2003 @ 02:22:27 PM AEST
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astounding.....how'd you slip into my life????

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