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Array ( [sid] => 68878 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Rosalie Dawn Murphy [time] => 2004-10-25 23:03:26 [hometext] => Rosalie Dawn Murphy April 19 1983 - October 25 2004 [bodytext] => never far beyond the grasp
of slim fingers of despair
gripping (though she thought it caressing)
massaging scars til they open again
dark eyes that hid a darker soul
dusty windows that shut in a heart
far too dead to scream

(she used to say
"life slips away
on gossamer clouds
of memories
each moment that we live
each tear we shed for love
is just another footstep taken
closer to the grave")

silk wrists kissed by failure
she tried and tried again

then one chill winter evening
as we sat in our secret place
she begged of me a favor
as tears rolled down her face
a tiny dagger from her purse
she placed above her heart
and with eyes that i could ne'er deny
she asked that i rend her apart

sadly, there was no inner struggle
to kill or not to kill
i kissed her once and tried to smile
forever a slave to her will

there was no fighting
my tears of sorrow
as i stabbed her snow white breast
and even if her plea
had not persuaded me
her thankful smile would have done the rest

and when the deed was over
snow streaked in still warm blood
i sat in total disbelief
of that which i had done
and in our secret place she lay
and there i laid with her
praying that the snow would cover my sin
and freeze me with my dear sister [comments] => 6 [counter] => 248 [topic] => 32 [informant] => Cancer [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 10 [ratings] => 2 [editpoem] => 0 [associated] => [topicname] => SadPoetry )

Rosalie Dawn Murphy

Contributed by Cancer on Monday, 25th October 2004 @ 11:03:26 PM in AEST
Topic: SadPoetry

never far beyond the grasp
of slim fingers of despair
gripping (though she thought it caressing)
massaging scars til they open again
dark eyes that hid a darker soul
dusty windows that shut in a heart
far too dead to scream

(she used to say
"life slips away
on gossamer clouds
of memories
each moment that we live
each tear we shed for love
is just another footstep taken
closer to the grave")

silk wrists kissed by failure
she tried and tried again

then one chill winter evening
as we sat in our secret place
she begged of me a favor
as tears rolled down her face
a tiny dagger from her purse
she placed above her heart
and with eyes that i could ne'er deny
she asked that i rend her apart

sadly, there was no inner struggle
to kill or not to kill
i kissed her once and tried to smile
forever a slave to her will

there was no fighting
my tears of sorrow
as i stabbed her snow white breast
and even if her plea
had not persuaded me
her thankful smile would have done the rest

and when the deed was over
snow streaked in still warm blood
i sat in total disbelief
of that which i had done
and in our secret place she lay
and there i laid with her
praying that the snow would cover my sin
and freeze me with my dear sister

Copyright © Cancer ... [ 2004-10-25 23:03:26]
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Re: Rosalie Dawn Murphy (User Rating: 1 )
by sicknivesevered on Monday, 25th October 2004 @ 11:14:46 PM AEST
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<=('_'Q) Man. You never cease to amaze.

Re: Rosalie Dawn Murphy (User Rating: 1 )
by Silent-No-More on Monday, 25th October 2004 @ 11:37:19 PM AEST
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An absolutely chilling write. Well written, incredibly presented... but gosh... I haven't even words enough to comment on this.

Totaled,
SNM

Re: Rosalie Dawn Murphy (User Rating: 1 )
by shelby on Tuesday, 26th October 2004 @ 12:05:59 AM AEST
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left me stunned with a single tear rolling down my cheek I dont know what to say
Michelle

Re: Rosalie Dawn Murphy (User Rating: 1 )
by brew on Tuesday, 26th October 2004 @ 08:13:19 AM AEST
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Deep and dark................wonder what ones thoughts were when this write was done.

Re: Rosalie Dawn Murphy (User Rating: 1 )
by bobotheclown on Saturday, 30th October 2004 @ 07:34:51 PM AEST
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wow a haunting write the painful imagery will
stick with me for a while. I just hope you didn't
actually kill her. I don't know what it would be
like to kill my sister, but i am sure your words
conveyed the feeling quite accurately. These
two lines blew me away.
"silk wrists kissed by failure
she tried and tried again"
And even though this does not do it justice
very good poem.

Bobo (Joel)

Re: Rosalie Dawn Murphy (User Rating: 1 )
by zenmind on Wednesday, 8th December 2004 @ 05:40:15 PM AEST
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You are f*ckin crazy!

gripping (though she thought it caressing)
massaging scars til they open again

That says it all. The inner turmoil, the self struggle, elequently and originally expressed.

far too dead to scream

don't know what to say. great line.

And I loved the way you expressed your experience, stabbing her....

sadly, there was no inner struggle
to kill or not to kill

You're nuts....great job

Be True,
zenmind

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