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Selfishly repressed by ~Pinstripetophat:iconPinstripetophat:

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Keep it bottled in a jar
Clutched tightly to my chest
Its lid sealed with my selfishness
Glass created of the fear for my own personal image
My cloth shawl that shadows it, sewn from my own shallow self pity
It’s mine alone to know, oh, only mine
I must keep you from wondering eyes!
Such a creature I could never let escape, for fear of my own damn sake…
Oh, the way they would scowl, those nasty little buggers
And the jesters, of their thoughts
What of them, what of them?
The royal pair…my jaded soul banished from this vast, lush, land forever?
Even the common peasant, they would run me from the village, torches, pitchforks, cutting words
All created to destroy a single trapped emotion, to which I am its soul keeper…
Shun out the light! Shun out the light!
I must shield you from wondering eyes
The knowledge of you my demise!
From your public knowledge, no reprise
Something new, something fearful…
It seems does approach…
I hide it further than ever, my emotions wearing me, smothering me from the truth
Fair lady, oh what do you mean?
Captured here was the cure to your illness this entire time…?
©2009-2010 ~Pinstripetophat
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Author's Comments

i don't know...just kinda sat down and started typing. it began with the tone and point of view of an insane woman, then slightly changed, then changed a little more...so, haha, there ya go. as is tradition, thank you for reading.

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~Arcticwolfhowler Jul 3, 2009, 9:25:54 AM
Yeah, I've done that before. Started with just a word or an emotion and just kept writing. I love this, really and truly. Free verse is my favorite kind of poetry, especially when it is done as nicely as this. Thank you for posting this, as it has inspired me into long due writing session of my own.

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Everyone is a moon and has a dark side which
he never shows to anybody. - Mark Twain

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~Pinstripetophat Jul 3, 2009, 9:31:25 AM
wow...thats really nice...thank you, i'm glad to have helped. do you ever start with just one line, then leave it forawhile, then come back to it later on and just add from time to time?

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Can we just make peace?
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~Arcticwolfhowler Jul 3, 2009, 9:37:51 AM
You're welcome ^_^
Yes, I do. They always come to me at the strangest times, and especially not when I'm actually trying to write something. Its kind of fun to go back and add on to poems like that . Those are the ones of mine that I enjoy the most.

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Everyone is a moon and has a dark side which
he never shows to anybody. - Mark Twain

[link]
Help grow your own soup! Check it out and vote for the barns!
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~Rin-Elric Jul 3, 2009, 10:32:52 AM
As always I love it! ^-^

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Girl: MJ, will you marry me?? *tosses ring*
Michael: *not paying attention, takes it*
Guard: Um, sir did you hear what she said?
Michael: No, what'd she say?
Guard: She just proposed to you. And you took the ring. So you just accepted.
Michael: ...Oops.
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~Sino-Mustang Jul 3, 2009, 11:23:07 AM
See? You're poetry's awesome! Why Don't you believe me? :(

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I have no category, for I am everywhere, in the wind and the shadows, though my friends like to call me Death.

That Elmo... hes the devil, I mean for the love of god, hes even red!

HENRY ANGRY, HENRY KILL!!
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~Pinstripetophat Jul 3, 2009, 12:10:12 PM
we both have the same diesease amigo, do you believe me when i say your stuffs awesome?

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Can we just make peace?
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~Pinstripetophat Jul 3, 2009, 12:13:18 PM
:hug: thank ya!

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Can we just make peace?
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~Rin-Elric Jul 3, 2009, 12:19:04 PM
I'm so jealous of you!!!!!!!! >.<

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Girl: MJ, will you marry me?? *tosses ring*
Michael: *not paying attention, takes it*
Guard: Um, sir did you hear what she said?
Michael: No, what'd she say?
Guard: She just proposed to you. And you took the ring. So you just accepted.
Michael: ...Oops.
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~Pinstripetophat Jul 3, 2009, 12:44:06 PM
wow...haha, and i thought i was the only one who did that. can't tell you how many random thoughts i've saved in the 'notes' section of my phone. it is kinda fun, isn't it?

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Can we just make peace?
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