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WHEN [ex becomes EX]

WHEN [ex becomes EX]

What ? crossed your mind
Seeing your ex -husband or wife
The frequency of  meeting, is a enigma 
Sterile
Benighted 
Benign

But to see them again
Is worth a stagnant  smile
A satire  played out to protect
A person  that use to live with a broken heart

Mind over matter
Is a lie ?
Without  truth   as a factor
So if to look into their eyes
What in a stagnant smile
Will the truth find
Remember between love and hate
Is a thin line

So that  ex ?
Will become EX
If  a piece of paper will decide 

Ok to the reader , I seen my ex-wife the other day . We rarely see each other [ OK no I didn't cheat or her & no no no to any other things to]
But it was surreal ? how ex became EX ! because I don't even know how she spends her days. But ironically we didn't make eye contact
[ mind over matter]. It's been over ten years apart . And still only a stagnant  smile on both of our parts Mind over matter
Is a lie ?
Without  truth   as a factor


— press, Oct 08, 2009

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Seren

Seren

16 years 8 months ago

Dear Press

Now I can hear you from miles away your speaking a language I know well ... my ex husband ... LOL I see him often we have children together and made a pact that we would be cival for the kids ... worked most of the time ... ,but I remember the half snear/grimace smile he used to give me I never knew what that smile meant LOL but you maybe have shed a little light on it for me ;)great poem that a lot of people are going to relate to has a few spelling matters and needs a little tidy up but its a good solid write press ... will star you up after the edits :) and will keep an eye on it, I wanna give it a five :) take care Love and hugz Jayne
press

press

16 years 8 months ago

JC

show me where I have grammar problems JC ? come on don't leave me without your eyesight . I may not see , what you see. I will relax but you know my history with grammar. So I have prof read this poem over & over. So if your pointing out Benighted this means unenlightened: unenlightened intellectually, socially, or morally (formal) LOV2U PRESS
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lyz

16 years 8 months ago

Dear press

Awkward, is all I can say. Great write. love lyz. xx