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Impede, Recede, and Concede MAG

December 26, 2008
By meggyt BRONZE, Cranford, New Jersey
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My heart does not beat for you anymore.
It powers down, ensuring no emotion.
I dare not surrender to your poison potion,
But flee from wounds which time could not restore.
What a pedestal that has been set,
An unyielding power coarse hands caress,
Fear lurks beyond confidence, I confess.
My own faults shall remain my own regrets.
I bestowed you with height, attesting me weak,
Recoiling behind acts of defiance,
Gives notion your battle will not succeed.
I accept our relations, we need not speak,
My heart need not beat, nor inquire alliance,
Tonight I impede, recede, and concede.

© Nina G., Nashville, TN

The author's comments:
This originally began as an English/Italian Sonnet mixed, but I ended up messing up with the rhyme scheme. I gave it to my teacher anyway. She will probably think it is an act of laziness that I did not take the time to adjust my rhyme scheme mistakes. Yet, sometimes, like people, poems are just better flawed.
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meggyt BRONZE said...
on Mar. 12 2009 at 9:46 pm
meggyt BRONZE, Cranford, New Jersey
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As it turns out, my teacher did not think me lazy, but rather supported me in more ways than I could have ever anticipated. I owe my first publication, which I will forever remember, to her relentless determination and belief in my potential.
Amer-Nae PLATINUM said...
on Mar. 6 2009 at 2:53 am
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This poem is one of my favs. I love it
Christina BRONZE said...
on Mar. 4 2009 at 12:56 pm
Christina BRONZE, Clifton, Virginia
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Yeah, "enthralling" is definitely a good word. Excellent emotions.
Arizona_Dreamer_10 said...
on Mar. 3 2009 at 10:08 pm
I love it.. I just went threw a tuff point in my life were that poem explains it ALL!
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on Mar. 3 2009 at 8:23 pm
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that's it Stand In The Rain you deal with pain I love it
lala_bear SILVER said...
on Mar. 2 2009 at 7:37 pm
lala_bear SILVER, Cave Junction, Oregon
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i like the way it was written,poems are way better flawed!
Katey BRONZE said...
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this piece was enthralling. those are the only words that come to mind at the present. i'm having a downpour of emotion. i love it.