Besides, you can trade in a prosthesis for a new model every year without any trauma or stigma

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Each time you shift
your attention or desires,
another boulder of
well disguised selfishness
is dislodged,
sliding and slamming,
unexpectedly pinning an appendage
to the wall
of its own
honesty and faithfulness,
out of sight and soon
out of mind.
Some are cleanly severed by the blow,
but for those
who stubbornly cling on
with the hope of healing,
amputation is the only option
for things now so
feeble and useless.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

*thanks Rabbit, for turning the kaleidoscope

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running_with_rabbits's picture

;-) that title made me smile

;-)
that title made me smile ear to ear I need to get proper internet so I do not miss when you write


Much Love

Ashley

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I thought it might ;-)

I thought it might ;-) Thanks for helping me see things with new eyes ;-) Hope you can get back on the net soon! I miss ya!!!

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<3

<3


Much Love

Ashley

The_Mav's picture

This is freaking incredibly

This is freaking incredibly and insanely awesome! Love the cut and dried feel to it makes me look at prosthetics in a whole new light!! Top stuff! One of the best I've read so far! Thanks.


If its possible, no matter what it always starts with a dream! 

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Thank you so much ;-)

Thank you so much ;-)

SSmoothie's picture

Where's that bitch?! ;p

Where's that bitch?! ;p


Don't let any one shake your dream stars from your eyes, lest your soul Come away with them! -SS    

"Well, it's love, but not as we know it."

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;-)

LMAO!!! You know the Fickle Bitch doesn't answer to me!

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I friken love this title!!!

I friken love this title!!! ^^^^^^^^^ it's incredible!


Don't let any one shake your dream stars from your eyes, lest your soul Come away with them! -SS    

"Well, it's love, but not as we know it."

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Well, she's earned it many

Well, she's earned it many times over and you KNOW that's true!;-)

SpecialSense's picture

So elegantly put, and so sad.

So elegantly put, and so sad. Gorgeous, nonetheless.

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Thank you!

Thank you!

ashes_theartofburning's picture

You've done it again..

Im climbing this ladder of eleven as each word roams past me .. I feel it,
and OH, MAN! this is your greatest yet!
The thing in which you have removed would be my heart,
because within your words I saw the accurancy.
I seizure with this poem.
How brutal your truth.

I love it when you share. <3
Beautiful, and plaintive.


"We are, Each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another." -Luciano De Crescenzo

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Wow!

Stunned by your words. With bowed head, thank you! ;-)

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I have to say, I’m not

I have to say, I’m not (can’t) read as much into this as SSmoothie did and I won’t try to, but I can say that it’s an emotional read for anyone who’s ever had a relationship with someone who wasn’t in it for the same reasons….almost one side.

I say, as hard as it might be, pull off the bandage in one swift rip….it hurts like hell, but it won’t last as long as trying to pull it off inch by inch.

It was both sad and Lovely.

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;-)

Thank you, my friend! Hugs! ;-)

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Ok, you and I both understand

Ok, you and I both understand the subject matter explicitly, and wow! WOW, WOW! This is a star for me! One f your best! The grittiness of the material the extreme examination of the subject, the attitude expressed perfectly through the versus so many great lines!!! Which do you pick? Marvelous connotations. I deeply enjoyed the work this is a bookmarker! Heck yeah I won't say best lines so that others can enjoy the mental and emotional surprise! BRAVO!


Don't let any one shake your dream stars from your eyes, lest your soul Come away with them! -SS    

"Well, it's love, but not as we know it."

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Wow!

A bookmarker! Thank you Dear!!! hugSs!!!

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Ode To A Boulder

...of disguised selfishness. I am ensorcselled by this line. The entire poem pivots on it magically...the lady in question is distracted (loving elsewhere?), the male is cast into the realm of dismemberment, also a poingnant display of man pain...well done, well said, and well, I guess you got all the emotions covered with each whack! The bitch is in session...Loved what you did here - Lady A


 

 

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Lady A!

Many thanks! This was a special one for me! This was one of those observational poems that wouldnt go awayvand I had that line written and knew it had to work around that idea. The Bitch and I are deeply honored! ;-)