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Thoughts to Live By

January 23, 2016
By Maculate_Dream DIAMOND, Riverside, California
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Maculate_Dream DIAMOND, Riverside, California
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Favorite Quote:
I have not failed, I just found 10,000 ways to not succeed.<br /> <br /> All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

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Good times never stay,
I rather be left alone,
I want to be unknown,
I don't want anything to say.

I don't want to have friends
I don't want other men,
To ask, "how have you been?"
They'll never be with me to the end.

Love, so pointless to me,
Would it always be true,
If they say, "I love you?"
Just to make me feel empty.

Feelings make my heart ache.
Thoughts of life make me feel bad,
Thoughts of you make me feel sad.
Leave my heart alone to break.

I do not care anymore,
I'm sad, hopeless, miserable,
The world stays terrible,
I don't want to feel anymore.

Let me go to cry,
Please please leave me,
Please leave me be,
I just want life to go by.

But a thought, came in instant grace.
Leading me to ponder about life,
To question my own strife,
Will I die with a smile on my face?

© Liza C., Seattle, WA

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Raw feeling, just thoughts I live by. Enjoy.

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Saturn. BRONZE said...
on Mar. 16 2016 at 11:26 pm
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Gripping. Amazing. Scary. Powerful. shall I keep going?
Maculate_Dream DIAMOND said...
on Jan. 29 2016 at 1:31 pm
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I'm glad I was able to touch someone in an emotional way, thank you for sharing this with me.
Dameon_Farris PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 29 2016 at 12:33 pm
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Wow this poem is so true and is an heart wrenching expirience and journey in witch explains a life of a girl who's been hurt way to much and has just hit rock bottom and reality just slapped her strait in the face leaving a mark forever to stain. I personally love this poem not only because it rhymes and is fluent but because it's relatable I always have troubles with falling in love I'm always left heart broken and she's with some other guy. And I soon just gave up on dating altogether and decided to never lend my heart out unless I personally have a gut feeling that they won't tear it up or just throw it away I'm the kinda guy who's not an indie givers when I give something to someone I don't take it back so when I lend my heart out its for good and that's why I'm extremely carful to who I give it to.