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carvingbackbone — please don't try to win.
Published: 2007-12-25 23:05:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 2642; Favourites: 78; Downloads: 70
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[must see full]They were still arguing when I pushed and squirmed my way out.
It was too late. mistakes had
opened the door for her challengers.
she fell hard. Scrambling to her feet
only to stumble.
watched in dismay.
he turns away and ignores me.
It hurt a lot and I cried, but not for long.
clearly in distress.
put on a brave face.
Everyone has forgotten about me!
If you play alone you will never lose.
Please don't try to win.
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*brought her to tears*
....makes me unable to move.
i cannot look in her eyes. my heart breaks in so many fragments.
this piece is the hardest, but most beautifully important thing I may have ever done.
someone finally sat beside me, and made it okay.
someone could look ME in the eye and feel what I feel. understand me. help me. heal me. know me. care about me. hold onto a part of what i wouldn't let anyone see or know.....and take some of that, carry it, and let that be okay.
......i have absolutely never known that before.
and i want to cry.
please, please be gentle with me on this -- i've never been so afraid to share.
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IMPORTANT!!!!!! the LEFT image is NOT my own! it is a PRINT purchased from deviant ~StannLeigh because of what it meant to me. PLEASE DIRECT FAVES AND COMMENTS ALSO to HER work. it is crucial to this piece and would be NOTHING without it. only with her permission and priceless capture was I even able to do this. PLEASE give her credit. She deserves more gratitude than I could pay her myself.
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I'm really, really glad that you found someone who can fully and completely sympathize with you. I hope someday I will be able to find someone like that, too, because as much as I know my friends love me, and as sincere as I know they are when they listen to me and encourage me, sometimes the only thing I -- and many, many other people -- really want is someone who can say:
"I know EXACTLY how you feel."
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gah, i know precisely what you mean and i pray that you're able to find that too.
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This photo is beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing it.
~Josh~
Though it hurts to be ignored, I will not cry
Though the sobbing seems not to end, I shall not raise my voice.
Though this pain in my heart, tears at me, I won't move.
~I don't want to make you worry~
Though these butterflies are free, I'll stretch my arms to the sky
Perhaps, you'd like to come with me?
We could create a new world, just for us.
~Anything is better then silence.
Will you create a new hope for me?
Protect me from the darkness..
Become my light..
~End~
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thank you so much. this work actually makes me want to cry so often when i look at it.
the poem: "anything is better than silence."
that line just JUMPED out of the whole set and attacked me.
it's a mixture of no! speaking is unsafe.
and....you're right, silence is killing me.
an oxymoron inside; but a truth in your words.
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I also wanted to cry when I first looked at this photo. It's so emotional for me. But beautiful as well, I think. It's really sad when you think about it. She seems so alone, in a dark room. She must be so scared as she lays there. It's like she's asking for help desperately. That's what I think anyway.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read my poem. I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
Anything is better then silence. That's true. When I'm alone, and start thinking to myself, I tend to think bad thoughts, which isn't great. That's why I listen to music, or play video games or what not. I don't like thinking too much.
Sooo ^__^
Take care of yourself, okay 
~Josh~
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i still cry when i look at this photo. this is my molly again. and it's in my room where i can see her every day and pray for her and love her all at once.
and yes, she'd do anything for help -- desperately. anything at all. and i hope i can continue to be that for her.
thank you for caring once more!
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You're welcome.
She's in my prayers as well.
Heaven will help her smile.
I truly hope that Molly can be happy.
No child should be alone.
So I'm going to be praying for her, and you as well, Kristie.
~Josh~
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thank you very much.
for absolutely EVERYTHING.
you know this
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You're welcome 
~Josh~
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Beautiful work, thank you for sharing.
Walking this path your on, is one I've barely been able to look at. It's so terrifying, and dark.
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thank you very much.
that means a LOT to me. truly.
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I love this, and I love the burnt words, and I love the collapsed girl in the empty room.
This is powerful and meaningful and saddening and hopeful, even.
I hope you feel very, very proud for what you've accomplished. It takes so much to develop something to this caliber.
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thank you so so much...
you have no idea what this piece means to me
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It should mean a lot, it's wonderful
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again, thank you so so much
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It's undescribable.
I.... Well, I'm speachless.
But not in the shocked 'omg-this-is-uber-cool-ness' but in a way I haven't ever felt after looking at art.
!
Ok, good word:
dazzled.
emotionally packed
Goodness I want to say how great this is but it's too big of a feeling, I'm sorry
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awww.... thank you so so sooo much
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This is truly an amazing piece. It's heartbreaking but also comforting in some way... I'm so glad you found the courage to share this.
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thank you so so so very much.
you haven't any idea what that means to me :happytear: i'm so grateful that it's appreciated and that someone appreciates that i shared. thank you so much
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aw... i cannot thank you enough -- truly
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omg.. I must tell you that this actually made me cry... you have put so many emotions into this that it is impossible not to feel them... And I'm really happy you felt that security, it's a blessing... treasure it.. I had that and lost it, biggest lost ever
amazing work
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awwww....
i am absolutely speechless.
i cannot thank YOU enough for sharing that with me as this was the single hardest piece of artwork i've ever done. and of course am terrified i too am going to lose that security as i've never had it and have been taught the opposite all my life and having someone safe to share it with is foreign and just as terrifying.
i'm still speechless, touched, and honored.
thank you SO much for sharing.
it's meant the world :happytear:
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I think all of us should be honored because you shared it with us, very brave
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aw, i cannot thank you enough -- again.
really, i means the world
and, as for you -- i pray you find it again. truly.
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I understand how much it means, and thank you very much, it also means a lot to me to hear something like that, kind of keeps me going
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youre so very welcome
shared encouragement is so wonderful
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This is chilling and probably totally not the one I was supposed to look at, but I do like it alot. It reminds me alot of my childhood, though it wasn't really as cold as this seems. Still, very powerful.
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....
you found it.
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oh!
oh! oh!
this is the inescapable awareness one!
oh!...
that makes it so much more....
more...
well, meaningful to me.
you did a wonderful job.
and it came from your heart.
can i even begin to imagine how lovely your heart is?
you are wonderful.
"out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks"
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.....i couldn't help it.
it fit too perfectly.
even though i need the title to stay what it was -- the meaning of it was too perfect and that was it was to me. it was defintely inescapable awareness.
this is such a delicate and fragile piece, and i just,..... ah, i'm speechless
you really have no idea what it means to me, especially on this piece above them all
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i'm so glad it's helped in some way.
even in a small one.
this piece continues to astound me.
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aw, you haven't any idea what it means to me.
keeping it in my room is so so hard because i fall to pieces -- but in the most moving way... it's growth for me. it's a painful growth. and it's necessary
knowing that it effects others is my greatest honor
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This is just absolutely mind-blowing that you could bring this piece together. The message is so strong, it hits you and leaves you breathless and bitterly satisfied. It's like, "holy crap, that was so worth the pain".
And sort've as a side note, I really like that pink and brown around the print. It's got that rosey feel tarnished by age and neglect. Very powerful. Very wonderful. You are no doubt a strong and brilliant mind.
+Fav
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i absolutely cannot thank you true enough for your words.
they've meant SO much to me on this piece, and i'm in turn, left in awe by your kindness.
i just truly want to thank you and let you know your words have meant so much.
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I'm speechless.
Amazing.
Its so full of emotion, its really heart wrenching.
You know art is art when it brings someone to tears.
Just amazing,
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...thank you mandie
you haven't any idea whhat your warm words and thoughts mean to me on this one.
more than any other.
i just simply can do nothing but thank you truly.
you mean the world.
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(:
I have much love for you,doll.
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as i do for you sweetheart
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if you play alone you will never lose....
something about that line strikes a chord inside
great job on this one, seriosly
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really.
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