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The Town

November 11, 2012
By nmk1128 SILVER, Fort Myers, Florida
nmk1128 SILVER, Fort Myers, Florida
6 articles 0 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say." - F. Scott Fitzgerald


Damn this town for what it's done
You can hate a place because of love
I'm not ready to move on; I'm sure I'll never be
It runs so deep within me

Feet walked its every street
Carved characters in wet cement
Adventures and make pretend
Sunsets and sundowns
And best friends

Mischief. So clean, so simple
Friends were friends; crushes crushes
Adoration so genuine
The touch of lips so innocent

Tires roll all its miles
Reckless and fickle
Unappreciative
Conformed conformists
Sheltered, but all knowing
Lost and keep going
Midnight jail breaks
Alcoholic inmates
Drug addiction and soul confliction
Ourselves found in each other
And other times we didn't intend

I look upon it all with euphoric remittance
What an impossible beauty
A beautiful youth
And I walk it
And I drive it
Never did I realize it until I lost it
Never did I find it until it was lost
This town; this damn town
What beauty lies in its memories

The next will live it all
Just as I, but
They shall be the archaeologists
And I the fossil found
My friends and I, memories
Beautifully impossible memories


The author's comments:
Enjoy your childhood, it isn't forever

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on Feb. 23 2013 at 9:06 pm
redhairCat PLATINUM, Pebble Beach, California
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Favorite Quote:
"I can do anything!"

I can really relate to this poem! It is soooo good! Keep it up!

on Jan. 29 2013 at 6:10 am
SaphiraBrightscales DIAMOND, Islamabad, Other
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Favorite Quote:
I&#039;ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. <br /> - Maya Angelou <br /> When i was little/I used to point a chubby finger toward the dark sky/And ask my father/why some stars moved and others didn&rsquo;t/He would laugh and explain that some were airplanes/I still wish on them today ~ Laugh-It-Out<br /> The feathers of a crow are black/The ink of my pen is blacker/The pain of my heart is blackest~ Mckay<br /> If love produced a blossom/I&rsquo;d take it in my palm/What a blessing, the bright color!/How soothing, such a balm!/I&rsquo;d keep a petal for my own/The rest, drop from my hands/For such a flower would multiply/And populate the lands~ thesilentraven<br /> And I began to rival legends/Long entombed before my birth./But for all my much envied fame/The lust for more would not abate./The plaques and prizes with my name/Will, like all things, disintegrate. ~ TheEpic95 now known as Helena_Noel

You see I'm a lot more indepth than most because I choose for others the same that I choose for myself and I'd like others to share their own unique interpretations of my poetry or articles so whenever I read someone else's I try to comment as honestly as possible and explaining everything I felt when I read it. SO You're welcome and waiting for your feedback on my work then... :)))

nmk1128 SILVER said...
on Jan. 28 2013 at 11:25 am
nmk1128 SILVER, Fort Myers, Florida
6 articles 0 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You don&#039;t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.&quot; - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Thank you for your comment and your time reading this (: and I think I will! I really enjoy and appreciate your feedback btw you're a lot more in depth than most. 

on Jan. 28 2013 at 6:37 am
SaphiraBrightscales DIAMOND, Islamabad, Other
75 articles 16 photos 1136 comments

Favorite Quote:
I&#039;ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. <br /> - Maya Angelou <br /> When i was little/I used to point a chubby finger toward the dark sky/And ask my father/why some stars moved and others didn&rsquo;t/He would laugh and explain that some were airplanes/I still wish on them today ~ Laugh-It-Out<br /> The feathers of a crow are black/The ink of my pen is blacker/The pain of my heart is blackest~ Mckay<br /> If love produced a blossom/I&rsquo;d take it in my palm/What a blessing, the bright color!/How soothing, such a balm!/I&rsquo;d keep a petal for my own/The rest, drop from my hands/For such a flower would multiply/And populate the lands~ thesilentraven<br /> And I began to rival legends/Long entombed before my birth./But for all my much envied fame/The lust for more would not abate./The plaques and prizes with my name/Will, like all things, disintegrate. ~ TheEpic95 now known as Helena_Noel

I can SO relate to this poem, my father being an army doctor and us haivng to  move every two or three years,...this poem is a reminder of all the awful times I had to let go..how those times taught me to let the memories linger lightly just there behind the translucent veil and not to grasp at things with clumsy fingers like a drunk fool.....It is very well written and I love the way every single line connects to to next.. It has conherence... Loved reading this. Maybe you could check out some of my poems and writings. Promise you'll say time well spent. :D

flanny SILVER said...
on Jan. 19 2013 at 9:24 am
flanny SILVER, Madison, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;You must do the thing you think you cannot do.&quot; ~Eleanor Roosevelt

I really like how in the beginning you say how sometimes love can make you hate. It immediately makes the reader wonder what the situation is

nmk1128 SILVER said...
on Jan. 13 2013 at 10:19 pm
nmk1128 SILVER, Fort Myers, Florida
6 articles 0 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You don&#039;t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.&quot; - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Thanks for your review and I'm really glad you enjoyed it. . At the begining the speaker is reflecting on how he will miss his home town and then each stanza is a phase of childhood and growing up. Hope that clarifies! 

on Jan. 13 2013 at 5:39 pm
therabidrabbit BRONZE, Rockville, Maryland
3 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
Two things are infinte: the universe and human stupidity, and I&#039;m not sure about the universe - Albert Einstein

I love how fast it is toward the middle - no punctuation blocking the way. the sense it conveys - i definitely think you got your point across! the beginning was a bit confusing though