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The Desperate Breath of Love

February 13, 2014
By Mairi317 PLATINUM, Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Mairi317 PLATINUM, Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Not all that is gold glitters; not all those who wander are lost.
-J.R.R. Tolkien

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I lie, I starve, I fail.
I'm little more than a
scalar number with magnitude and no direction.
But what is it?
I see it as I can.
Struggles or curses,
concern or hatred?
I lose myself in the search.
I move to swim but sink instead-
trying, but not hard enough.

Rebel, distract, withdraw.
Maybe one day I'll find her.

© Chelsea P., Kannapolis, NC

The author's comments:
I know that every person relates to and understands a poem in a different way, and I hope that mine will move you in any way possible, even if it is completely different from what I had intended.
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