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Seconds Away

January 20, 2010
poetryangel SILVER,
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&quot;We know not what we&#039;ve done.&quot;-RJA &quot;Godspeed&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;I ain&#039;t got no fight in me <br /> In this whole damn world&quot;-Robert Pattinson &quot;Never Think&quot;


I should have seen it.

I could have seen it.
If I had looked.

But I didn’t.
I refused.

I didn’t want to see it.
Didn’t want to see the possibilities.
Didn’t want to lose myself in him.

So I looked away.
Maybe for a second too long.
When I turned back,
He was gone.
Lost forever from me.

Not for her.
She found him right away.
Swooped him up
And sped him away.

I lay breathless,
Looking back at
My ignorance.
His disappearance.
My deserving of it.
Her stabbing gain.


The author's comments:
This is a poem about a personal situation with a guy I like, in which I found out my feelings too late. He is now with another girl and it is all happening before my eyes.

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on Apr. 1 2010 at 11:16 pm
freeyourmind PLATINUM, Princeton, Illinois
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You can never truly appreciate what&#039;s good in life until you have experienced what&#039;s bad.

wow, i know exactly how you feel. this is a good one too : )