From The Bigraphy Of An Unknown Woman: Xxxviii
she stood on a sinking heap of ash
she picked up a little and placed it
in the cup of her palm...
between the index finger and the thumb
she felt its texture-soft and flowing
the ash she held
didn't show an emotion
didn't reflect a tear
didn't show a face
either loved or hated
the texture felt alike
wherever she touched the ash...
12sep2010
09.55hrs
poem by Indira Babbellapati
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Until you lost it
Didn't know what you own
Until you got it
Didn't know of your sins
Until you fought it.
Didn't know what you needed
Until you sought it.
Didn't know your lies
Until someone spoke them
Didn't know of the truth
Until someone wrote them
Didn't remembered your dreams
Until someone awoke them
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Didn't know you had guilt
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Until you tried to hide
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Didn't know you believed in GOD
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Didn't know you felt sorrow
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Until I saw your fear
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Until you were near
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Until you looked in a mirror.
Didn't know who you truly were
Until your ways you sewed
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I loved,
But didn’t speak about it.
I loved,
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I loved,
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The Letters
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He hit me but it didn't hurt me
He couldn't stand to hear me say
That i'd been with someone new
And when i told him i had been untrue
He hit me and it felt like a kiss
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uhh, yeah, uhh, yeah, check it
didn't I make a good lady
didn't I have your baby
maybe I should have known you were crazy
when you was caught playin it shady
didn't I keep your kids when you were out smokin and drinking
why did I treat you like my king when you were out doing the wrong thing
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tell you what I think about you(you)
tired and confused(fused)
and I will not think to be with you
sayin' what you think about me(me)
think that I'm crazy(zy)
think that Ill end up without you
[Chorus]
let me show you the way
let me break it down
let me show you how
Im gonna put you out
watch me show and prove
watch me make my moves
to get rid of you
you can pack your thangs
you can take a swang
it want be no thang
to the front door, cause
I cant take no more
I cant take no more
let me show you the way
(yeah, to the door
let me show you the way)
didn't I show you this good love
didn't I do it just because
tell me why you went and did me wrong
I heard you saying you loved her on the phone
but I doubted you when, even when you put me through it
why didn't I listen to me girlfriend(girlfriend)
when they said you were not worth it, no
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
uhh, ooh, yeah, haha, ooh
since you went and broke the rules(ooh)
this is what I got for you(ooh)
take your jacket and your shoes
you never play me for a fool
[Pre-Chorus]
tell you what I think about you(you)
tired and confused(fused)
and I will not think to be with you
sayin what you think about me(me)
think that I'm crazy(zy)
think that Ill end up without you
[Chorus (2x)]
let me show you the way
let me break it down
let me show you how
I'm gonna put you out
watch me show and prove
watch me make my moves
to get rid of you
you can pack your thangs
you can take a swang
it want be no thang
to the front door, cause
I cant take no more
I cant take no more
let me show you the way
uhh, who's laughin now?
wa, wa, wa, [3x]
yeah. wa, wa, wa [3x]
let me show you the way.
song performed by by Toni Braxton
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Didn't We Almost Have It All
Remember when we held on in the rain
The night we almost lost it
Once again we can take the night into tomorrow
Living on feelings
Touching you I feel it all again
Chorus:
Didn't we almost have it all
When love was all we had worth giving?
The ride with you was worth the fall my friend
Loving you makes life worth living
Didn't we almost have it all
The night we held on till the morning
You know you'll never love that way again
Didn't we almost have it all
The way you used to touch me felt so fine
We kept our hearts together down the line
A moment in the soul can last forever
Comfort and keep us
Help me bring the feeling back again
chorus
Didn't we have the beat of times
When love was young and new?
Couldn't we reach inside and find
The world of me and you?
We'll never lose it again
Cause once you know what love is
You never let it end
chorus
Didn't we almost have it all
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I Am Alone
I am alone
They didn't know
They wouldn't care
It didn't show
This is how I feel, and so
I'll take my life
My pain will show
They will all say they didn't know
They still don't care, though blood may flow
Through veins into a little bowl
I'll write my tale, in blood I'll show
I'll tell them what they didn't know
Until they care, the blood will flow
And so, and so, my pain will show
I'll go, I'll go, and all will know
I took my life, and this is all
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Let Me Show You The Way (Out)
uhh, yeah, uhh, yeah, check it
didn't I make a good lady
didn't I have your baby
maybe I should have known you were crazy
when you was caught playin it shady
didn't I keep your kids when you were out smokin and drinking
why did I treat you like my king when you were out doing the wrong thing
[Pre-Chorus]
tell you what I think about you(you)
tired and confused(fused)
and I will not think to be with you
sayin' what you think about me(me)
think that I'm crazy(zy)
think that Ill end up without you
[Chorus]
let me show you the way
let me break it down
let me show you how
Im gonna put you out
watch me show and prove
watch me make my moves
to get rid of you
you can pack your thangs
you can take a swang
it want be no thang
to the front door, cause
I cant take no more
I cant take no more
let me show you the way
(yeah, to the door
let me show you the way)
didn't I show you this good love
didn't I do it just because
tell me why you went and did me wrong
I heard you saying you loved her on the phone
but I doubted you when, even when you put me through it
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when they said you were not worth it, no
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[Chorus]
uhh, ooh, yeah, haha, ooh
since you went and broke the rules(ooh)
this is what I got for you(ooh)
take your jacket and your shoes
you never play me for a fool
[Pre-Chorus]
tell you what I think about you(you)
tired and confused(fused)
and I will not think to be with you
sayin what you think about me(me)
think that I'm crazy(zy)
think that Ill end up without you
[Chorus (2x)]
let me show you the way
let me break it down
let me show you how
I'm gonna put you out
watch me show and prove
watch me make my moves
to get rid of you
you can pack your thangs
you can take a swang
it want be no thang
to the front door, cause
I cant take no more
I cant take no more
let me show you the way
uhh, who's laughin now?
wa, wa, wa, [3x]
yeah. wa, wa, wa [3x]
let me show you the way.
[Thanks to [email protected] for these lyrics]
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The Sun In The Room
I rotated near her outer planets
hovering beyond Saturn's rings
allowing comets to go by me
unseen.
She was the Sun
attracting all of us
to the middle of the solar system,
and I was now just behind Jupiter
still, but being drawn
toward her center.
The buzz in the room;
the office party,
feigned humor,
the dip
the chips
all revolving around her.
Gravity drew everyone
to her.
She was the source of light in the room,
laugh like summer rain
it came in soft sheets,
her hair
she flipped
and it fell in separate stands;
flowing perfectly in place
arrayed against her
backless dress
creatin ripples in a pond.
She touched you when
she talked
talked close to your face
absorbed you;
others
stood by
transfixed
each waiting their turn
for her attention.
Her skin was alive
and you could see
the champagne
move to her cheeks
making them glow.
You could see imprints
on her shoulder
where she'd been touched
by a finger-tip,
the nape of her neck
curved away sweepingly
and you wanted to walk around her
to follow it's path
to the other side beneath her ears
beneath her cheeks.
The more you looked
the more you wanted to see.
I draw closer still
not looking
but looking for distraction,
at the chips and dip station,
cupping my wine glass
looking through it
out the other side
to keep her in view.
But I look up and she is gone.
Gone.
And I hear:
'You work upstairs don't you? '
I knew her voice
I knew her smell
her yellow aura,
those liquid eyes.
But I didn't look at her,
I kept her face in my minds eye
to see it would match her
when I finally looked.
It did taking my breath away.
'You hear me'
You are pretending not to hear me.'
I didn't breathe,
I didn't move.
I didn't look her way.
'I hear you' I said
It's just that I can't look
You might disappear if I look
and I might tear up
realizing that you were just a dream.'
'I'm not a dream she said.
I'm real.
I'm right here.'
'If you are really there 'then take my hand'
I said
and let's take a walk'
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Maybe
Maybe i did it,
Maybe i didn't;
Maybe you did it,
Maybe you didn't;
Maybe he did it,
Maybe he didn't;
Maybe she did it,
Maybe she didn't;
Maybe they did it,
Maybe they didn't;
Maybe we did it,
Maybe we didn't;
And like a raiser of naked Sheep!
But behold, a basket full of summer fruits lay next to you.
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I Am Not Here To Revisit Your Limits
I want it known...
I didn't appear here,
To be absent from view.
I want it known by you,
Everything I do...
Is to show you and prove,
I didn't come to revisit your limits.
Or restrict my wishes to live,
Within barriers you've picked.
I refuse to accept it.
Fear and the thought of threats with anguish,
Are not for me delicious treats to feed consistently...
On any basis you face with convincing conviction.
You are going to find a leaving that behind,
With me...
A done deal.
And this is not an appeal for your opinion.
I didn't come to revisit your limits.
Or restrict my wishes to live,
Within barriers you've picked.
I refuse to accept it.
Come on...
Debate with me later.
But I am sure in your mind,
Little time you will find for that.
Come on...
I am not here to revisit your limits.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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