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it was easy to forget to love you.so perhaps it’s my fault for our brokenness
for our extinguished spark;
it’s as if i forgot to plug us in or light our candle
but how many broken relationships
does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
none because there was only screwing up not screwing in
none because you screwed your lightbulb in someone else
i am trying to forget to love you again
but i’m still writing poems about what broke us,
summing us up in stanzas about lightbulbs;
do you remember that time when all my lights went out?
i sat on my bed and wrapped myself in shadows
until you showed up, with a box of florescent bulbs,
and scared away the dark
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Comments: 25
light bulbs and prose brings to mind easy bake ovens, paper mache' bombs and light brights.
A savior for those kids who were afraid of the dark (like me),
An unwelcome intrusion the first time I took my clothes off for a man (shy just a bit),
A road sign to the place where idea's are born.
And therapists.
do you know how many it takes to change a light bulb?
Just one.
But....
the light bulb has to want to change.
you have inspired me
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Wow, I'm so glad!!!
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Emotions can be all over the place; that's just how they work.
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That is very true. Sad, but very true.
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I can relate to this poem. It's a reflection of all the pain I had to endure after realizing how many years on someone I thought
would be "the one". Only to find out where I had made the mistake: "I thought" but never seem to realize what I had to accept no matter
how painful the reality was (and still is).
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Reality can be a bitch a lot of the time, eh?
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I can't argue against that.
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Aww...I can somewhat relate..me and my girlfriend where split up by my homophobic mother...we where forbidden to see each other and I felt so broken and empty. I thought she was the one...Well now here's where I can't relate. Apparently she was because we're back together and madly in love xD x3333
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I'm glad you're happy, love.
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I wish you happiness as well ^-^
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I can empathize with this piece, more than you might be aware of or even know.
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Oh, I'm so sorry, love. My heart goes out to you.
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This is so good from so many angles. I love how the theme can be used in so many ways, and I think you used it brilliantly. I feel like giving you a hug too.
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Haha thank you on both accounts. I'll never say no to a hug!
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This seems really heartfelt, and I like that it seems grim, it seems hopeless, but at the end there is a small spark of contentment.
at least that's my interpretation??? I really enjoyed it, anyway!! ^^
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I quite like your interpretation; thank you!
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It's really beyond me how people would ruin relationships on purpose just for bragging rights.
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Not ~totally~ sure what you mean here in regards to this poem, but thank you for the comment, nonetheless!
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I mean, in regards to the poem, that it seems to take a lot of relationship for someone to get bragging rights as a player/heartbreaker or whatever. And you're welcome.
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I agreed with your comment
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