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[aid] => mick
[title] => Lovers' Lament
[time] => 2004-07-17 15:10:56
[hometext] => Oh! It's great while it lasts; but then comes the time to pay the piper....
[bodytext] => A handsome visage flits across her mind A familiar face so loving and kind Tho' ne'er seen before, she's not wrong This image in her mind just seems to belong The softness in his eyes as they turn her way Smiling at her fondly every day Their eyes lock in warm embrace She feasts on each detail of that loving face Her heart has longed for someone to come And say to her, "You are my only one" Her pretty phrases are all lost In her need to be his at any cost As his strong arms surround her She knows she should demure But the scent wafting to her nostrils Sends to her spine, tingling chills A shared dream, a hope, a lingering fear Forces them to grasp what is now, and here Lest this fond and fleeting moment Be ripped from view midst tears and torment Lovers rejoice, but also take heed Enjoy love's sweet bliss And savour each tender kiss ‘Cus tomorrow you'll hurt - it's the lovers' creed Stoney, April 13, 1997 Rejection can be devastating for many of us, but some sensitive souls just fail to recognize that this is simply another part of life's curves thrown at us from time-to-time. When I was on the ships, I observed the devastating effects of what a 'broken heart' can do. When you're young you think that the pain will never end, because it can take months to get yourself back on an even keel. I remember suffering through a couple of particularly bad ones myself. My lubricant of choice was whiskey; it kept the pain down during the interminable lonely nights. Not the best solution, but better than some I've seen. There were three acquaintances back then who couldn't take the pain anymore and took the ultimate step. They wrote themselves off. Such a waste of a human being... [comments] => 2 [counter] => 181 [topic] => 21 [informant] => Stoney1 [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Lifepoems )
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