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July 18, 2014
By BriannaRifkin PLATINUM, Columbia, Maryland
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the depths will swallow you up
with no compunction
they'll drag you down
they'll grab your ankles
and pull you
down past the schools of red,
blue and yellow
down past the coral
down past
the farthest layer
light can reach
until you lie there
pale-faced
pruned skin
like the ripples and waves have found home
in your fingers and toes

hair swaying up and down
side to side
upon the pebbled sand of
creatures –
of fragmented ships
and sunken bottles –
alone in the abyss
somewhere
and just to your right
is a violent drop-off

and with a nudge of the tide
you start descending

drifting

down once more.

© Laurence S., Los Angeles, CA

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BriannaRifkin PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 17 2014 at 8:38 pm
BriannaRifkin PLATINUM, Columbia, Maryland
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Thank you!!!
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND said...
on Sep. 17 2014 at 7:04 pm
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND, Athens, Georgia
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To love is to be vulnerable; Triumph is born out of struggle; We notice shadows most when they stand alone in the midst of overwhelming light.

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Congrats on having this published! ^_^ You deserve it. I love your poem for it is absolutely amazing. You have such a talent and greatness in you. Never give up. For you are a wonderful person and writer. Thank you for sharing this!
BriannaRifkin PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 22 2014 at 5:51 pm
BriannaRifkin PLATINUM, Columbia, Maryland
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That's very nice! Thank you so much!
TheComet PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 22 2014 at 5:47 pm
TheComet PLATINUM, Mostaganem, Other
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&quot;Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret&quot; -Ambrose Bierce<br /> &quot; Be yourself! Everybody else is already taken ;)&quot;<br /> &quot;Don&#039;t go where the path leads you. Go instead where there&#039;s no path and leave a trail ;)&quot;-R.W.Emerson

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I don't how you do to find so perfect words for kind of a complicated subject !!! I guess it's a gift! Yup you are truly gifted to write such poetic work and really be great in it. Just an other masterpiece from you Keep on writing ^_^
CreativeFreakkk DIAMOND said...
on Jul. 22 2014 at 4:40 pm
CreativeFreakkk DIAMOND, Spencer, Iowa
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This was amazing! You deserved the EC!
booklover303 SILVER said...
on Jul. 21 2014 at 11:43 pm
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this was really good! Keep it up :)
BriannaRifkin PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 21 2014 at 11:34 pm
BriannaRifkin PLATINUM, Columbia, Maryland
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Thank you so much!
Lildre SILVER said...
on Jul. 21 2014 at 10:05 pm
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WOW that was truly amazing. you really have great control over the language