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Out of Sync

obscure_one's picture

I whispered the
words so many
times inside my
head that I
forgot how I
say them. So then I
had to
whisper them aloud to
myself just to check.
When I did, when I
whispered those
words, I saw a
delay in the mirror.
My mouth was moving
too slowly and my
words too fast so
nothing was lining
up the way it
should have been.

misilover's picture

This is great. It makes me

Submitted by misilover on May 7, 2008 - 15:51.

This is great.
It makes me sad and scared on so many levels and
I have no idea why.

obscure_one's picture

Grazie. Huh. Interesante. I

Submitted by obscure_one on May 7, 2008 - 17:19.

Grazie.
Huh. Interesante. I wonder why it does...

misilover's picture

It reminds me of this poem I

Submitted by misilover on May 16, 2008 - 09:15.

It reminds me of this poem I wrote.

Repetition

For some reason
I keep telling people that
I love them, even though I don’t
Like that,
Because what if I mean it
Someday and I don’t know how to say it?

mixedmusic333's picture

If you don't know how to say

Submitted by mixedmusic333 on May 16, 2008 - 13:57.

If you don't know
how to say it,
then perhaps you
don't quite
mean it yet.

Just a thought.

misilover's picture

Very true, mm. *sigh*

Submitted by misilover on May 16, 2008 - 16:23.

Very true, mm.
*sigh*

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