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[aid] => mick
[title] => Embers
[time] => 2004-06-24 15:23:05
[hometext] => Comments appreciated.
[bodytext] => The last sight she saw Was the moon reflecting off the gun As she closed her eyes and tried not to think To finish and be done The last sound she heard Was the hollow, solo shot Ringing clear throughout the room Thus, with one twitch of the finger, One world had ended And another’s to crumbled into hell One fatal decision Too many hard times One worn out soul, drawn to death, Seeking nothing but salvation, A place to rest from tiresome hardships Of her present life The fist thing I saw Was the moon reflecting off the gun As I my hands flew to my mouth And my heart jumped to my throat The first sound I heard Was my knees thud to the ground As I collapsed Next to a cold body I’d loved so dear Whose life I’d tried to make brighter Whose fire I’d tried to keep burning Only to find it doused by water Embers of grief are the only remains In that one instant reality turned to fiction My life lost all meaning I had failed with no second chances Nothing would be the same No memories can bring her back No tears will reincarnate The spark in her eye I once stared upon so fondly A fatal decision And too many hard times we could’ve gotten through Ended her world And shocked mine Now, embers of grief are the only remains [comments] => 3 [counter] => 166 [topic] => 36 [informant] => iluvpencils [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 8 [ratings] => 2 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Suicide )
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