I've been hurt

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    • Sitting, waiting on the world to turn

    I've been hurt

    The scars have faded some, and the broken veins now glow. It's been 30 years since my friend larry, for some reason punched me in the nose. Well he got the worst of it, and as I helped him from the dirt.  We shook hands. Yes I've been hurt.   I got the papers in the mail, about 20 years ago. It's really over now. No more encores for this show. Somehow we can talk now, time washes off the dirt. We're not really friends. Yes I've been hurt.  Grand Pa told me years ago, son you need to lose some weight. Being the fat kid in every class, made it hard to get a date. He died a few days later. I watched them put him in the dirt. I still need to lose a few. yes I've been hurt.  I bailed her out of jail again. I'm getting used to this game. Just going to the store again. It's about to drive me insane. It past time to grow up now. Get a job, make life work. Too much like her mom. Yes I've been hurt.

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    carynontherhine commented on I've been hurt

    07-30-2010

    Wow, this is great poetry at best! reading on I realized he was going through different marked experiences in his life where he has been hurt. I loved after each case you write "i have been hurt." I got the meaning of this write half way through. I love it!! Wonderful and inspiring poetry you write. Thank you for sharing.

    sunshine33710 commented on I've been hurt

    07-30-2010

    That was very good. I have been hurt as well but now I am fine.

    NenaT commented on I've been hurt

    06-25-2010

    I like the matter-of-factness of it and your acceptance of it. It leaves the reader thinking, yep, I've been hurt.

    SavVySam commented on I've been hurt

    06-13-2010

    Your clarity of thought is so well communicated through this quiet piece...that repeating line is very effective throughout the poem...Nice work my friend!

    Papa

    06/14/2010

    thank you. at least you understand me. I'm not onthe edge, it's just a poem.

    Springsize commented on I've been hurt

    06-12-2010

    This is very good... it runs together, from format ? like a story, but rhymes and flows like a poem... the message is honest, open, revealing of the feelings of emotional hurt from the male perspective ... and loving, how you love is never wrong... I've never once been sorry for any kindness or loving gesture I've been able to provide... and I like your faithfulness, loving beyond the flaws....

    Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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