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bluedot56
lindsey mcduff
United States

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maintaining innocence

Grasping for all that is out of reach
everything seems so far away. . .
wish these shades of doubt would fade
Don't want to be jaded
Anymore
. . . i wanna feel
. . . . . . . .my spirit soar
wanna be
Innocent like back when i was a four year old

Examining buttery rays of sunshine
Blinded by time's infinite line
Spying behind daisies
and trying to find
Blazes of triumphant glory!
You know like
in those fairytale stories
where the prince always steps in
sending his lucky girl into neverending

spins of lazy joy
and grins

idle afternoons lending their noses
to the smell of freshly cut grasses
laying themselves
. . . . . . .beneath
. . . . .swaying trees
catching snatches of the passing breeze. . .
stashes of happy memories brashly laid away
for a rainy day when the warmth of true fire begins
to extend,
bends that horseshoe to fit his white ride
we fly off into the night
wouldn't it be nice?
bona fide love in every stride . . .
but I gotta toss that dream aside cause
it's just a fairytale
fraught with lies

and out cries this childish
Frustrated pride
That the world isn't how they said it would be. . .
They betrayed me!

Left in the dreary realm of real
Dying piece by piece, I feel the exterior
Of my ideals peeling themselves away
Straying from my beliefs fraying underneath
This seething loyalty
To the supposed truths I wish so badly to see in this
Lifetime
I want nobility
And inner Peace!

Impossibility overwhelms the senses
Is it true that everything's useless?
I ponder this and confess
That yes it is, probably. . .

But that little voice inside you see
Still struggles heedlessly in its belief
That my dreams can become a reality
And thats how I know that I'm still me!

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jtkleeme Comment by: jtkleeme - 2007-03-22 11:27
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I would lop off 'years old' to make it a little cleaner and improve flow. Other than that I liked it.

Didn't notice somebody already suggested that. oops.
diyanimal Comment by: diyanimal - 2006-11-10 06:36
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scots man did the correct revision....but - do it like this...
Innocent.....like; when I was four. As far as the poem goes in and of itself - yeah, freakin' beautiful. I think I have only bookshelved one or two other poems - and I'm adding this one to the list. Incredible. If the person who was lucky enough to watch you behind those daisies is still living - ...well, enough about that. Daisies...who knew? Very nice poem indeed!
scotspoetryman Comment by: scotspoetryman - 2006-09-26 08:19
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Can see an authenticity of the experience in this, which is good as it establishes a form to the reader, however the flow could be improved eg "Innocent like back when i was a four" drop the "year old"
with further revision this could be a well polished masterpiece...great work so far
Sanketmishra Comment by: Sanketmishra - 2006-06-29 03:55
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Make it flow a bit better. Decent enough though.
yourlatestcliche Comment by: yourlatestcliche - 2006-06-12 08:15
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I didn't feel it flowed very well and with that in mind it didn't really hold my attention. It's a great concept though, just consider revising it to make the words flow better.
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