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Posted by AdaGrace on December 22, 2004, at 16:22:26
All I know is the sound of your voice.
The way your words wrapped around me,
and enveloped me in your warmth.All I know is the feeling of your touch.
The way your fingers caressed my skin.
The way your breath felt against my ear.All I know is the words I heard
while you loved me completely,
and we shared each other's bodies.All I know is the laughter in your voice,
the smile on your lips,
the shine of your eyes.All I know is the love that we felt.
The love that we shared.
The love that meant more to us than life itself.All I know is the feeling inside
whenever I think of you.
That can't eat, can't sleep,
butterflies in the stomach kind of love.All I know is what forever means to me.
Forever till the day I die.
Forever till the day I don't cry.
Forever till the day I don't try.All I know is the pain that I endure.
The hurt that I feel deep inside.
The feelings wrapped up tightly.All I know is the excruciation numbness,
the emptyness without you here.
The ice cold nothingness.All I know is the feeling of loss.
Lost love.
Lost friendship.
Lost soul.
Lost heart.
Lost self respect.
Lost pride.
Lost importance of life.
Lost will to live.
Lost fear of death.
Lost me.Forever lost me.
All I know is I love you.
AdaGrace
Posted by Atticus on December 22, 2004, at 18:16:44
In reply to All I Know, posted by AdaGrace on December 22, 2004, at 16:22:26
Hi AdaGrace,
I really like the way the repeated phrase "All I know" sets up a cadence of urgency, of relentless emotion that accelerates with the short lines at the end, as if the sense of pain is growing more intense and overpowering. The lone last line conveys to me a kind of emotional exhaustion. I think you use rhythm really well here to add an additional thread of rising hurt that entwines with the words themselves. It's almost like a building and breaking wave on the beach, which really resonates with my own experience with this kind of a sense of loss. Atticus
Posted by crushedout on December 22, 2004, at 19:02:06
In reply to Re: All I Know » AdaGrace, posted by Atticus on December 22, 2004, at 18:16:44
Posted by smokeymadison on December 23, 2004, at 0:01:53
In reply to All I Know, posted by AdaGrace on December 22, 2004, at 16:22:26
i have certainly felt lost love. twice, actually. i barely survived both. but i did, in mysterious ways. ways i can't explain. i will always love those two people. it is possible to love again another person. :)
SM
Posted by AdaGrace on December 23, 2004, at 7:38:13
In reply to Re: All I Know » AdaGrace, posted by Atticus on December 22, 2004, at 18:16:44
I don't really like what I wrote and don't think it's very good. I have got to stop writing on the fly and posting my every little ramble. I wrote that in 10 minutes and it sounds like it. But, thanks for the encouragement. I'm still not sure I shouldn't stick to photography.
AdaGrace
Posted by AdaGrace on December 23, 2004, at 7:43:27
In reply to Re: All I Know, posted by smokeymadison on December 23, 2004, at 0:01:53
That is what they say, but I find the loss all too raw still. The idea of someone else seems ridiculous to me now. Perhaps someday, but right now I am still rhithing in my own misery and pain too much to see or feel anyone else.
AdaGrace
Posted by Susan47 on March 6, 2005, at 16:17:59
In reply to All I Know, posted by AdaGrace on December 22, 2004, at 16:22:26
Atticus was right, this writing is like waves on a beach, the beach is us and the waves are pain.
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