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May 15, 2012
By GhostOfMyself BRONZE, Westfield, Wisconsin
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GhostOfMyself BRONZE, Westfield, Wisconsin
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"You please no one when you try to please everyone" Mark Cuban

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I watch you.
You eat your meals,
Where I learned to eat.
There is a table,
Where I used to sit in my seat.
You lay there,
Where I learned to read.
You sit in my home,
But forever my heart will bleed.
I see your daughter,
So much like the prior me.
I wish I did't have to see,
To look away,
Buy my eyes are open.
The past is written,
with every step you take,
Into my heart, it is bitten.
Like a beast,
Enraged.
Tormented.
I see you.
But you don't even see my ghosts.
I see my past,
You see your future.
I see you daughter.
In your daughter I see myself.
But I now see outside my innocence,
Outside of my home.
And I don't like it.

© Elizabeth C., Andover, MA

The author's comments:
I attempt to portray the confusion a person sees and thinks when they look into the building that they grew up in. And they see how life inside the building moves on.
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DanielM SILVER said...
on May. 17 2012 at 10:29 pm
DanielM SILVER, Kent, Washington
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&quot;I would rather hated million times for what i did then loved a million times for what i didn&#039;t do.&quot; - Daniel Moto<br /> &quot; I&#039;ve sought out to be the best i could posibly be but when i hit a roadblock in life what did i do, i had two choices either stay at the roadblock or i take this roadblock and make of it and go around it and achieve my goal. So, what will it be?&quot;- Daniel Mathia <br /> <br /> &quot;People take love like its a four letter word or just a phrase that you tell people or your friends all the time. But in reality love is much bigger than a merely phrase or 4 letter word. Instead love is a genuine promise or covenant to that special person.&quot;-Daniel Mathia <br /> <br /> &ldquo;Why change yourself when you were made perfect and wonderfully by the creator of everything?&rdquo; &ndash; Daniel Mathia <br /> <br /> &ldquo;If live is not hurtin then were really not living in.&rdquo; &ndash; B. Reith

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i liked your poem. It was pretty deep. Maybe i would put in a little bit more like more imagery. Other than that i liked the message and everything. Great Job and keep it up!!!
madlinejoy SILVER said...
on May. 17 2012 at 8:27 pm
madlinejoy SILVER, Deale, Maryland
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ultamate stalker poem lol jk it's good

 

Lizzie_Love SILVER said...
on May. 17 2012 at 8:10 pm
Lizzie_Love SILVER, Sanford, Florida
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Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.<br /> -Jim Rohn

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I like it. Its really deep and I like how it is written