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Array ( [sid] => 97790 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Seventeen [time] => 2005-06-12 18:08:06 [hometext] => Not one of my better pieces but true to my past and the places I've been. Misguided Seventeen [bodytext] => I toss, I turn
I need, I yearn
I lose all track of time.
Day in, day out
Fighting this doubt.
Scraping every dime.

Godless; I'm aching
Slowly, I'm breaking
And now I'll reap
All that I've sewn.
My heart is neglected.
My hatred; reflected
In this society I've known.

These lies I've told
Have become so old.
The silence is so loud.
I bottle my shame
For who is to blame?
Daddy, are you proud?

What's right? What's wrong?
I'm not that strong.
The clock ticks my life away.
Which road to choose?
So much to lose...
I keep my tears at bay.

My emptiness fades
The bitterness jades.
All that I touch, I tear.
Without the pain
There can be no gain.
It doesn't have to be fair.

I'll give up the fight
To sleep through this night.
I miscalculated the cost.
I paid the price,
I tossed the dice.
Life is a game and I have lost.

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Seventeen

Contributed by KayeRains on Sunday, 12th June 2005 @ 06:08:06 PM in AEST
Topic: Lifepoems

I toss, I turn
I need, I yearn
I lose all track of time.
Day in, day out
Fighting this doubt.
Scraping every dime.

Godless; I'm aching
Slowly, I'm breaking
And now I'll reap
All that I've sewn.
My heart is neglected.
My hatred; reflected
In this society I've known.

These lies I've told
Have become so old.
The silence is so loud.
I bottle my shame
For who is to blame?
Daddy, are you proud?

What's right? What's wrong?
I'm not that strong.
The clock ticks my life away.
Which road to choose?
So much to lose...
I keep my tears at bay.

My emptiness fades
The bitterness jades.
All that I touch, I tear.
Without the pain
There can be no gain.
It doesn't have to be fair.

I'll give up the fight
To sleep through this night.
I miscalculated the cost.
I paid the price,
I tossed the dice.
Life is a game and I have lost.

Copyright © KayeRains ... [ 2005-06-12 18:08:06]
(Date/Time posted on site)

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Re: Seventeen (User Rating: 1 )
by Calista on Sunday, 12th June 2005 @ 08:26:35 PM AEST
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very, very great poem

Re: Seventeen (User Rating: 1 )
by pUnKa_RaCh on Monday, 13th June 2005 @ 03:53:12 AM AEST
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ahhh i can relate so much to your feelings....and am still plagued by these thoughts
well done though, i like the flow, its a wonderful read

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