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    3am

    It's 3am again
    Shakingly, I awake
    But you are not with me.

    Hurtfully,
    I gaze at the wall
    And wonder what
    I could do

    To be a part
    Of your life again.

    Like the sand
    Falling from my fingers
    Too loose to grasp
    Too light to remain.

    All of my efforts
    Slap my face
    As I try to gain
    A peaceful slumber.

    Terrified of losing you
    I have but already lost.
    For I live in the past
    And in the future
    Because now is something
    I cannot be
    A part of.

    8-09

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    Artie commented on 3am

    08-08-2009

    I love how you described your feelings of longing - For I live in the past And in the future Because now is something I cannot be A part of. - very good!! 10 from me.

    JadedJezzabel commented on 3am

    08-08-2009

    true hollow feelings of love slipping through your fingers the more you hold on the faster it seems to go.......know this feeling well......very good poem.

    GentleT commented on 3am

    08-08-2009

    We must deal with the hurt to heal but look for new doors that open in your life.

    frog

    08/09/2009

    So very true.

    dahlusion commented on 3am

    08-08-2009

    Sadness can create such beautiful poetry in all of its longing, desires, and truths. Lovely!

    BraveMoon commented on 3am

    08-08-2009

    I like to see windows opened into reality, the end was truth, but the beginning was also, I believe all emotions are valid, it is what we choose to do with them that defines the validity of our intentions, I have been in that waking night, it will pass if you will it so

    frog

    08/09/2009

    It's true. Some days are better than others. I think the moon was full when I wrote that.

    Poetry is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality.

    T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

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