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Barbara Writes
Barbara Writes
Aug 29, 2008 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Love and Pain


Love and Pain

My eyes burn like fire
as I hold back hot streaming tears;
breaking my resistance
to cry like a baby.

My heart bleeds in desperation
as toxic words ooze from your lips;
pummeling my inner peace
bringing me to my knees.

My love for you is no more
as apiece of me dying each day;
building walls ten feet tall
to keep my heart from harm.

As drips of hope fades away
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— Barbara Writes, Aug 29, 2008

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Region, Country: United States, USA

Favorite Poets: Billy Collins, Shakespeare, , Emily Dickinson, , , Whitman, Jess Tapper

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Rett

Rett

17 years 9 months ago

Holy Macarel Barbara

This is just totally AWESOME in my opinion! Kneeling at the feet of a master. WOW! Such imagery and feeling absolutely blows me away in so short a poem! *reaching down to pick up my jaw that fell completely off and bounced across the floor* Respectfully, Rett: "The only thing observable with the naked eye to exceed the speed of light is rumor" Unknown
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DarkinAZ

17 years 9 months ago

Nice!

Great write Barbara. Sincerely, Mark
Barbara Writes

Barbara Writes

17 years 9 months ago

LOL Rett

Smiles:) Barbara I appreciate the praise and I value your opinion a lot. Thanks for the laugh, I needed it.
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easylife_2

17 years 9 months ago

Very beautiful Barbara

You keep knocking me off my feet with the so much imagery contained in your short piece poems.what more can i say than absolute GENIUS.Thank you.
Barbara Writes

Barbara Writes

17 years 9 months ago

Thanks Easy

Smiles:) Barbara I appreciate your wonderful comments,never tire getting comments like these.
weirdelf

weirdelf

17 years 9 months ago

Have you been taking talent enhancing drugs?

(and if so where do I score them?) Seriously, we may have to introduce drug testing on Neopoet (alcohol and all illicit drugs excluded) Seriously you are finding your voice, your passion and your intellect so quickly I can't keep up. Let's have a beer and play pool instead, cheers, Jess
Barbara Writes

Barbara Writes

17 years 9 months ago

Thanks Jess

Smiles:) Barbara I am surprising myself. Thanks for the help and support it really made a difference. Beer and pool. pool yeah, beer nah, wine coolers yeah LOL. Real friends are priceless. i enjoy learning from the best and grow.
Barbara Writes

Barbara Writes

17 years 9 months ago

Thanks dhruv

Smiles:) Barbara I appreciate your enthusiasm to my poem and the nice comment.
Janice Pearce

Janice Pearce

17 years 9 months ago

Love and Pain

Barbara, Beauty in such few words. I adored this one, great piece~ "There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you." Will Rogers
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Mohammad Yamin Iraqi

17 years 9 months ago

Love and Pain

An awesome write Barbara -very touching and sad -very expressive. Keep writing such elegant poems. Mohammad