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| A Story In A Poem | |
| By B.D. | ||||||||
| 02 June 2006 | ||||||||
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Again, not a personal poem. I thought it would be interesting to try to tell a story with a poem, although I know that poems are meant to express a feeling/moment/etc. (or at least that's what I've been told) so this is what I came up with. To understand the poem, you have to know that each stanza switches between who is talking. This is the order, starting with the first stanza: Guy, Girl, Guy, Girl, Guy, Girl, Guy's kids, Newscaster talking about Girl (I hope that helps!) She said she couldn't stay, said tears were waiting at the end and she couldn't be broken again. I don't know what I did that made her believe I'd hurt her and she didn't explain. I never got a chance to ask because she left and I never saw her again. I told him I couldn't stay, tears were always at the end, I wasn't ready to be hurt again. Out of all of them, he loved me the best and I thought because of that, if he caused me pain, I'd never live again, but I didn't explain because he'd convince me to stay, now I see that it was a mistake... I miss him but I ran away. I guess I moved on but a part of me stayed behind. Now I have a wife and family but she stays on my mind... I've grown numb since I left... haven't cried a tear since then... Now, years later, I regret leaving. He's not there anyway. I wonder why I let her get away. My marriage was short lived - all I've got is divorce papers and a tarnished wedding band. My anger stopped my heart that day and I've regretted it since then. Another night, another guy. I keep looking for the touch, touch of love I left behind. They say time heals all wounds but it just stretches mine. Our dad was a great guy - genuine, caring and kind but mom said he had a problem, one she couldn't help him with, and try as she might, her love couldn't reach that part of him. That was in her speech, the one that she read on the anniversary of the day they pronounced our father dead. Police have found the body of a beautiful woman, yesterday pronounced dead. They have no leads and think it was self-inflicted. They found a note that said: "I loved him but I ran away and since I'm not with him, I'm dead anyway."
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