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etchling

you've drawn a line around my heart
my words cannot escape
but my dreams...

my dreams come cloaked in quiet rescue
whispering your name
like the promise of spring
riding the pale back of winter storms

i await their betrayal

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Re-reading works and letters from a dear old friend...our communications inspire some of my best works...I hope I have made him proud.
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"i await their betrayal"

Should we really expect the worst?

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Dreams are, at best, a paradoxical view of reality. So yes, in this case, they come to give me hope where no hope is due.

-Emarie

- Emarie ~ theladyblue

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you've drawn a line around my heart
my words cannot escape

such a powerful image. reels one in - i want to know more about these words. I'm captivated!

Emotionally muted. The level of exhaustion over love where there are no words left that form a coherent thought when spoken aloud.

-Emarie

- Emarie ~ theladyblue

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Betrayal is only immanent by nature. There is no greater lie than that we tell ourselves...

Thank you Mark!

-Emarie

- Emarie ~ theladyblue

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to one day achieve the brevity so well displayed here

I like snapshot poetry. Kind of like polaroids.

Thank you Scribbler!

- Emarie ~ theladyblue

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This was an awesome poem. Short enough to be sweet and long enough to be a masterpiece. I await their betrayal too so why not start another poem beginning with this you could make a beauty. Congratulations on a fine poem.

I am actually working on piecing together all of these snapshot style poems into a series. I have a few more and will be posting them. There is a follow up to this piece but it almost seems to drag it too far. It's been a while since I have visited my poetic side. As it is still a work in progress, I may post it here, as I have another in the series that needs work. Constantly tightening and loosening the screws ever so slightly....

Thank you so much for your lovely feedback!

-Emarie

- Emarie ~ theladyblue

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