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My flesh is now wounded and scarred.
My body has traveled ten lifetimes,
But my soul never made it that far.
I’ve lost all control of my senses.
A kind word of gesture is strange.
Sadness now leads me towards darkness,
And I’m much to far gone to change.
The candle that once guided me is fading.
My destinations getting harder to see.
The bulk of my strength has now vanished.
My conscience is my worst enemy.
My heart has iced over from hatred.
My body is tired and weak.
The emptiness in my soul is unchanging.
My voice whispers and groans when I speak.
Desperation shadows all of my movements.
I regret everyday that I live.
And irony says this could have been avoided
If instead of anger I had chosen to forgive.
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If Instead

Contributed by AnenaLynne on Saturday, 28th July 2007 @ 01:34:01 AM in AEST
Topic: DarkPoetry

My heart has iced over from hatred.
My flesh is now wounded and scarred.
My body has traveled ten lifetimes,
But my soul never made it that far.
I’ve lost all control of my senses.
A kind word of gesture is strange.
Sadness now leads me towards darkness,
And I’m much to far gone to change.
The candle that once guided me is fading.
My destinations getting harder to see.
The bulk of my strength has now vanished.
My conscience is my worst enemy.
My heart has iced over from hatred.
My body is tired and weak.
The emptiness in my soul is unchanging.
My voice whispers and groans when I speak.
Desperation shadows all of my movements.
I regret everyday that I live.
And irony says this could have been avoided
If instead of anger I had chosen to forgive.

Copyright Â© AnenaLynne ... [ 2007-07-28 01:34:01]
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Re: If Instead (User Rating: 1 )
by onlyme1119 on Saturday, 28th July 2007 @ 04:10:26 AM AEST
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oh my goodness...such a lovely read...excellent use of words..im off to read all of your other poems!

Re: If Instead (User Rating: 1 )
by blissful-ignorance on Saturday, 28th July 2007 @ 06:36:21 AM AEST
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your poem, honestly took my breath away, i really really like it. and im kind of speechless, i dont think any compliment i could give could quite give it justice...wow.. its really great...

Re: If Instead (User Rating: 1 )
by Eternal_Dreamer on Saturday, 28th July 2007 @ 09:28:56 AM AEST
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Wow, Nena~
Now that's what I'm talking about girl. Damn this is good. The rhyme and flow are top notch. I love your entire write especially the last two lines,

And irony says this could have been avoided
If instead of anger I had chosen to forgive.

Bravo Nena, keep it up girl~
*warm hugs*
dreamer

Re: If Instead (User Rating: 1 )
by ladyfawn on Sunday, 29th July 2007 @ 02:39:31 AM AEST
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excellent poem, beautiful write!

love n' hugs nessa

roses

Re: If Instead (User Rating: 1 )
by love_lost on Sunday, 23rd September 2007 @ 12:36:14 PM AEST
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wow those last two lines are soo amazingly true! and i noticed that you dedicate a lot of your poetry to "byron"..he sounds awesome lol

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