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June 2, 2008
By Anonymous

Oh why have we settled in the unquiet darkness,
where the noise of the silence overwhelms our hearts?
And we fall apart –
the sun sets and it rises –
we make shapes of ourselves no one can see.
Oh why are we lost in these tears
if we’ve forgotten how to cry?
If absence makes the heart grow fonder
can we hold on much longer?
We are burning in a drought of faith,
unnoticing as the stars are earnestly shining,
desperately bleeding light.
Oh how ironically hopeless
is every star’s forgotten fight,
for we are just uselessly drowning
under the weight,
under the honesty of the unspoken.
Oh the noise of the silence overwhelms our hearts.
I believe we are skillfully crafted
inexplicable accidents,
and our hero – the potter –
is too late.

© Anonymous

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C.Michelle1295 SILVER said...
on May. 15 2010 at 9:03 pm
C.Michelle1295 SILVER, Denton, Texas
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&quot;I don&#039;t mind living in a man&#039;s world as long as I can be a woman in it&quot; -Marylin Monroe<br /> &quot;I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me&quot; - phillipians 4:13

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Wow this poem was so good! you could see it has alot of meaning behind it.
Alice_in_Wonderland GOLD said...
on May. 15 2010 at 8:49 pm
Alice_in_Wonderland GOLD, San Clemente, California
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&ldquo;I could give up, I could stay stuck, or I could move on, So I put one foot front of the other, No no no nothing&rsquo;s gonna break my stride, &ldquo; &ndash;David Archuleta (The Other Side of Down)

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Wow! great job! I can see why it was published in the magaine! Will you please read,comment, and rate my writing too?Thanks!
Eilatan GOLD said...
on May. 15 2010 at 10:47 am
Eilatan GOLD, Old Greenwich, Connecticut
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&quot;Nobody is normal. Everybody in the world is a weirdo freak. Except you, which makes you a weirdo freak.&quot;

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this is incredible! it's so meaningful!
Egyptiangirl13 GOLD said...
on May. 12 2010 at 7:10 pm
Egyptiangirl13 GOLD, Kansas City, Missouri
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\&quot;either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. -Benjamin Franklin<br /> <br /> \&quot;If columbus would have turned back, no one would have blamed him. No one would have remembered him either.\&quot; <br /> <br /> \&quot;If music be the food of love, play on.\&quot;

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wow, beautiful!!!
ceruleanconfusion said...
on Apr. 23 2010 at 7:37 pm
ceruleanconfusion, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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&quot;Truth resides in every human heart, and one has to search for it there and to be guided by truth as one sees it&quot; - mahatma gandhi

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"If absence makes the heart grow fonder / can we hold on much longer?"

 

stunning, stunning poem.

beautifulworld SILVER said...
on Apr. 23 2010 at 5:47 pm
beautifulworld SILVER, Memphis, Tennessee
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it was amazing, i read the first four lines and just coudn't stop, u have such a way with words
Whisperer PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 23 2010 at 3:56 pm
Whisperer PLATINUM, O&#39Fallon, Illinois
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i really REALLY like this. it's filled with meaning and description and just over all brimming with amazingness. thank you for sharing. you are definately worth the space in teen ink magazine. :)

check out my stuff if you like

SomeCallMeSteph BRONZE said...
on Apr. 23 2010 at 3:55 pm
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THIS IS SO AMAZING. Honestly. Its so true about this generation. Wow. Check out some of my post?
effortlesslove BRONZE said...
on Apr. 23 2010 at 10:06 am
effortlesslove BRONZE, Westminster, Maryland
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&quot;A friend is someone who can sing the song in your heart when you have forgotten the words&quot;i

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i honestly will put you as one of my favitore pieces so far on teen ink, great job!
silvertounge GOLD said...
on Apr. 23 2010 at 8:08 am
silvertounge GOLD, Amarillo, Texas
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tight poem its great realy

 

mandygale77 said...
on Apr. 20 2010 at 11:27 am
You've got a really strong ending! Good word choice throughout.
starlight26 GOLD said...
on Apr. 9 2010 at 7:10 pm
starlight26 GOLD, Miramar, Florida
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*life isnt about pretending to be something you&#039;re not. It about being who you are and finding someone <br /> who loves every bit of it.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Life&#039;s tradegy is that we get old too soon and wise too late&quot;

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lol i agree wow ur so random
starlight26 GOLD said...
on Apr. 1 2010 at 10:33 pm
starlight26 GOLD, Miramar, Florida
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*life isnt about pretending to be something you&#039;re not. It about being who you are and finding someone <br /> who loves every bit of it.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Life&#039;s tradegy is that we get old too soon and wise too late&quot;

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Very meaningfull!! Written in an awesome way :0 Really good. Oh, and for all of thos ppl that had a stupid and mean comment? Shut up because u know that u could not have written something as good as this! ugh get a life
atsyrk said...
on Apr. 1 2010 at 6:54 pm
his was a very good poem. When you first look at the words it is okay, but then when you think deeper, BAM! it hits right back. It makes people think. 9/10
HeatherBee BRONZE said...
on Apr. 1 2010 at 5:05 pm
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Go on and try to tear me down. I will be rising from the ground, like a skyscraper<br /> <br /> Love is louder than the pressure to be perfect

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the noise of the silence overwhelms our hearts

 

i like that line

sky_is_womb BRONZE said...
on Apr. 1 2010 at 4:52 pm
sky_is_womb BRONZE, Moorestown, New Jersey
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All the soarings of my mind begin within my blood- Rilke

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absolutely incredible. it blows me away your capability to put such a hard topic into words. you just tell it how it is....its not like your blaming anyone for anything. keep writing!!
LiGht-ChaseR GOLD said...
on Apr. 1 2010 at 11:21 am
LiGht-ChaseR GOLD, Out There, Oklahoma
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&quot;The Dark is generous, and it is patient, and it always wins, but in the heart of its strength lies weakness: One lone candle is enough to hold it back.<br /> Love is more than a candle.<br /> Love can ignite the stars.&quot; -Matthew Stover

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I was unsure about this poem at first, but it seems you worked your way into it. It sort of left me hanging at the end and I like it.

At first I was kinda like, uh, what. But then, I came to love it later. It may be for all the better that you started to ease into it, because then you hit me with a blast of words/emotion/suprise/lyrical-ity. I really ended up liking this.............

You could ponder on the words--the symbolism--forever! :) Good poem! :)

you feel balls said...
on Apr. 1 2010 at 8:29 am
this is just the best thing ever when i read it i want to die over and over again but then i get haaapppyyy
Mirror_Of_You said...
on Apr. 1 2010 at 2:07 am
I definitely agree with AlexanderB, What was your inspiration?? It is an amazing poem, but one thing confuses me - are you christian? or atheist? (Don't mean to intrude by the way)
georgiab PLATINUM said...
on Mar. 10 2010 at 8:33 pm
georgiab PLATINUM, Whitman, Massachusetts
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I love this. you have such a talent!

"i believe we are skillfully crafted"

..absolutely perfect!