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Release

January 17, 2010
By littlebluepenguin SILVER, Rockaway, New Jersey
littlebluepenguin SILVER, Rockaway, New Jersey
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Goodbye, Sun
as he draws carnations and roses
in the cloud-lined landscape
of the west.

The washed out bracelet
you got me from the beach
dances off my slippery clean wrist,
wrapped itself around a silver ribbon:
an arm-in-arm, hand-in-hand, near perfect fit.

I unraveled the new yellow balloon
I had clutched in my palm,
blew long, full breaths of air inside,
my lungs' final offering to you,
wrapped my breath around the silver ribbon.

I held the bracelet at arm's length
as yellow and silver stretched towards the sky light,
let it dance off my fingertips;
let you dance into the setting sun.

Then my back burst
as white wings sprouted out
and carried me like a stork
towards the east.


The author's comments:
Letting go feels nice sometimes. Turn the page.

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on Jan. 26 2010 at 3:00 pm
AbbotRabbit GOLD, Abolana, District Of Columbia
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This poem has great flow and insight.<br /> I really enjoyed it.<br /> Lovely poem darling =]<br /> -Please check out the works that I have posted on here it would be highly appreciated and I think you would greatly enjoy them, Thankk youz-<br /> XxIll tell you Im an orphan after you meet myy familyXx

This poem has great flow and insight.

I really enjoyed it.

Lovely poem darling =]

-Please check out the works that I have posted on here it would be highly appreciated and I think you would greatly enjoy them, Thankk youz-

XxIll tell you Im an orphan after you meet myy familyXx