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June 25, 2010
By IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
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IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
44 articles 16 photos 2206 comments

Favorite Quote:
Boredom instigates extreme creativity.
~Amoniel

"Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'"
~Thesilentraven

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So many people
I long to embrace
one last time.
To hold their firm
shoulders,
their fluttering
hearts,
their shining
souls.
I long to just
one
more
time
know their
shattered hopes,
and their
growing dreams.
I long to
once
again
laugh with them
during their
greatest triumphs,
and to weep
beside them
when they have
fallen far.
Now,
I can only
watch,
Soul-yearning
from a distance,
tugged along
a shimmering string
leading from their
hearts
to mine.
I attached it
long ado,
before it was
painful,
back when we
were best-friends.
We are best friends
no longer,
the string
pulls me forward,
relentlessly,
tortuously,
never
letting
me
close
enough
to
touch.

© Liana D., Somers, CT

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IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Jun. 13 2011 at 5:56 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
44 articles 16 photos 2206 comments

Favorite Quote:
Boredom instigates extreme creativity.
~Amoniel

"Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'"
~Thesilentraven

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Thankee, that is high praise indeed :)
Aderes47 GOLD said...
on Jun. 9 2011 at 2:24 pm
Aderes47 GOLD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
11 articles 0 photos 897 comments

Favorite Quote:
You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.
Henry Drummond

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WOW! OMG! That was awesome! :)

TWO THUMBS UP!

IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Nov. 22 2010 at 5:12 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
44 articles 16 photos 2206 comments

Favorite Quote:
Boredom instigates extreme creativity.
~Amoniel

"Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'"
~Thesilentraven

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Wow, thank you so much for your praise, I am also almost at a loss for words.

I am really glad you find beauty in my work.

A_shy_dove GOLD said...
on Nov. 22 2010 at 9:03 am
A_shy_dove GOLD, Hubli, Other
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Favorite Quote:
Never compare your life with others, as you have no idea what their journey is all about.

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Nice work! I read most of your works and I am at a loss of words. There is so much to say; i mean to appreciate. I hope you don't mind. You have a great way of expression.....
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 24 2010 at 7:20 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
44 articles 16 photos 2206 comments

Favorite Quote:
Boredom instigates extreme creativity.
~Amoniel

"Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'"
~Thesilentraven

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Thank you so much for your praise :) I always enjoy your comments.

 

Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 24 2010 at 6:12 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
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Favorite Quote:
"il piu nell' uno," (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)

"Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality" ~Emily Dickinson

"The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain"
~Kahlil Gibran

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Sometimes, I am so overwhelmed by life...

There are a few people that I would love to envelop in an embrace.

Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 24 2010 at 6:10 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
"il piu nell' uno," (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)

"Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality" ~Emily Dickinson

"The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain"
~Kahlil Gibran

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I will maximize the praise of Madam Mimirocks by saying 'I really really really really really really like it.' I loved how short the lines are and how you illustrated the frustration of longing. The poetry is, of course, excellent.
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 26 2010 at 5:47 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
44 articles 16 photos 2206 comments

Favorite Quote:
Boredom instigates extreme creativity.
~Amoniel

"Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'"
~Thesilentraven

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Thank you :) I'm really glad you think so.
meganwagner21 PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 26 2010 at 11:56 am
meganwagner21 PLATINUM, Old Bridge, New Jersey
42 articles 0 photos 139 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Sometimes good things have to fall apart so better things can fall together." -Marilyn Monroe
"Nobody can go back and make a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending." -Maria Robinson

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like it. the last couple of lines r relly good (starting from "never")