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So I write
Published: 2009-03-23 01:36:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 13447; Favourites: 450; Downloads: 152
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God,I can barely remember
when we were strangers
and all I knew was your name.
And I could sit next to you,
and not feel a thing.
I could look in your eyes
and not know exactly what you were thinking.
I wish I could draw out my feelings.
But all I would get
is a mess of paper and pencil
and some scrambled up picture
of demented people
with missing heads and limbs.
Or no faces.
So I write.
Because thereβs something so methodic
about the rolling of a ballpoint pen
running over college ruled paper.
Itβs an antidrug in itself-
rehab in every letter
and safety in every punctuation.
No, not like a cut.
Not like a sharp, shiny razor
slicing a beautifully, unmarked arm.
No, nothing like that.
Nothing compared to the constant typing of words
or the forming of sentences. And thoughts.
So I write.
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Comments: 193
Ah, this is such a beautiful piece of writing. I feel like this at many times and I'm relieved that others share this feeling too.
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thank you! I'm glad everyone feels mostly the same way I do. X D
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I LOVE GOD!!!
AND I LOVE THIS PEOM! *.*
nya!~
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It started out wonderfully, but the second half does sound a bit emo-cutting-forced, which I personally didn't really like. But the first part is still great, I can really feel it
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Wonderful! I can truly relate.
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... best thing i've read today.
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Honey, in my humble opinion, you should read a little more.
=yourpleasantdarkness
=stormchylde [link]
*Ghost-of-Ink
For starters.
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So pretty, it's totally cool! -thumbs up!-
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I've often felt that writing is both a drug and the antithesis, depending on the writer. Well done.
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It's good.
And that's all I can say, because I might be the worst critic ever. I can see errors and corrections, but I really don't see why this should be changed or 'corrected'; if art was correct or made any form of sense, it wouldn't be art. And as for poetry, I always think the writers have a reason for doing what they do, or wanted to write what they wrote because they wanted to, and then who are people to change what other people want?
Good job, ranting aside.
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Thank you SO much for understanding. I know, I see errors too, but I'm not going to change them. It's how I wrote the piece originally, and plan to keep it. Thank you.
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It's nothing. Thanks for the reply; I really didn't think I'd have understood you right. But anywhoo, thank you. 
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beutiful, this almost inspires
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whoa. i cant even describe how much this makes sense. it explains to us why we write when we have an extreme emotion of some sort whether it is anger, love or sadness. it just makes sense to those of us that write when we've had a bad day. some draw others sing, but i write. thank you for making sense of this
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I'm glad you liked it, thanks!
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no prob. it just makes so damn much sense that its scary
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I love the first stanza in particular. Isn't it amazing how hard it can be to pinpoint when a person goes from being not-a-part-of-ourself to someone we wouldn't be our self without.
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yes, exactly the point I was trying to make. thank you.
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You're welcome! It's something I've thought about for a long time, and it happens over and over in life, and a rather mysterious process each and every time.
Lovely work.
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I love this! it's so stragetically written and fantastic!
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I love this! it's so stragetically written and fantastic!
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I love this! it's so stragetically written and fantastic!
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I am always looking for the words to describe the reason I write. The best I could come up with are "Because I do." A cop out.
This is truth. Thank you for sharing.
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Beautiful poem.
You have talent.
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Your poem is so beautiful..Writing can truly become something like a great escape. It's not necessarily relief you're feeling, but it's definitely easier to let the words flow on a piece of paper, than throw them in the wind and not be taken to the right place 
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I love it; it brings memories to mind =]
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"the paper has been used, the poet has spoken.
when she uses her mighty pen, the words are unbroken."-me
simply beautiful.
nothing more words can say.
simply beautiful.
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very, very nice quote.
thank you.
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thank you. i am something of a poet myself... you should get that published or something, you know?
good luck!
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Wow your writing is beautiful!! it's something you should really Prusue! keep at it and wright your heart out! and congrats on the DLD! what an honour!
~Shearkin
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I can't give anything constructive, since I'm crap at poetry, but this was great to read.
This really explains the feeling writing gives in a moving fashion, its not trite or forced, its just honest and still manages to sound eloquent.
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It's... just.... so wonderful! Really helpful I suppose to people who don't know what to do with their frustrations...
Love it!
And congrats on the DD, you deserved it!
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Congrats on the DD! Absolutely stunning work...and I totally feel you on it!
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thank you, thank you!
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Wow... this really is amazing. And so many write for the same reasons. (...grammar. XP (my own, I mean.)) Great job, and congrats on the DD! ^^
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Beautifully written, congratulations on the DD.
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