paper cut

By Invader Lyn

ask for a day
if I want an hour
believe in a lie
if it seems comforting
if I promised you nothing
and you gave me everything
I'd know you were someone else
and I'd still be alone

smile so hard I cry
burn through bridges without a scratch
deny everything that would make you happy
so you finally feel exactly as I do

shining eyes blurred and blinded
pushed to the back and kept at arms length
I sit alone, empty and nothing
still waiting for my time to come

you cry, I laugh
I feel, you joke
I see, you fake
you die, I blank

touch, smile
laugh, cry
love, lose
live, die

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Published on Monday, March 15, 2004. Filed under: "Poetry"

Comments on "paper cut"

A former member wrote: this is my favorite of your poems
On Thursday, April 15, 2004, murder_in_clubland (384) wrote:

hmm emotion~ss
On Tuesday, March 30, 2004, TropicalSnowstorm (1580) wrote:

I especially like the lines, "burn through bridges without a scratch deny everything that would make you happy so you finally feel exactly as I do". Ciao, T/S
On Wednesday, March 17, 2004, Lord Kalgalath (182) wrote:

i think it has all been said.. and far be it from me to belabor the obvious.. very good...
On Monday, March 15, 2004, finaldestiny (72) wrote:

very cool i especially like the ending and use of great simple words like that to convey a message, nice job ~finaldestiny~
On Monday, March 15, 2004, sulkylime (191) wrote:

ooo good write, purple -"smile so hard i cry".. i def can relate to that. the first stanza, the emotions build up and then it ends with "i'd still be alone", sigh..the sadness.. and i absolutely adore the last two stanzas !! --limey
On Monday, March 15, 2004, knightmirror (426) wrote:

i thoroughly enjoyed this.the ending is spectacular.not that the rest isn't.*pulls dirty sock out of mouth*.knight
On Monday, March 15, 2004, flying_fox (571) wrote:

welcome back!!! This is wonderful...captivating words, expressed so elegantly. I love "you cry, I laugh I feel, you joke I see, you fake you die, I blank". This has a fabulous flow too. Fox