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Would you read and c/c my edited poem?

Grannyjill pointed out some redundancies in the first draft and I took her advice:

PRETENSE

I whisper to the wind as it soars from the sea,

I try to spread my words, but they blow back to me,

I kneel in the surf, aim my words at the sky,

But they fall to the ground and refuse to fly.

I sing into the wind, but all my notes fall flat,

I sit long on the beach where I have often sat,

I wipe away my tears and vow no more to cry,

The Ocean comforts me with a salty sigh.

I stand here on the sand, call the gulls, speaking soft,

I plead with them to carry my frail words aloft,

I turn back to the waters waving sad goodbyes,

Pretend I am happy, tell myself a lie.

I whistle as I walk, for none must ever know

I long for his touch because I loved him so,

I paint my face with smiles, vow I’ll always try

To believe he’ll be with me with I close my eyes.

Update:

Last line has a typo. It should be ...'when' I close my eyes.

Update 2:

The troll is awake and today is Halloween. But he is such a feeble troll; we're not at all askeerd.

Never any thumbs down from me.

Update 3:

Neon, read it again; the whistling is part of the pretense, as are the smiles. Remember Pagliacci?

Update 4:

Oakwolf, it's Halloween; the trolls are out scaring the children. They'll be back...

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    1 decade ago
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    It's beautiful like the Author Elaine ?

    It is perfect!

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    The highest score ever known it will make the Guinness so leave perfection alone!

    Best Wishes.

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  • 1 decade ago

    I whisper

    I try

    I kneel

    I sing

    I sit

    I have

    I wipe

    I stand

    I plead

    I turn

    I am

    I whistle

    I walk

    I long

    I loved

    I paint

    I’ll always

    I close

    There's no place for a reader to see or feel, it's all speaker oriented.

  • 4 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    It's a beautiful poem.

    I have a feeling the latest raging tide of stupidity is beginning to ebb. Or the trolls have a hangover, because there aren't seven TDs on every answer here. :)

  • 1 decade ago

    Your last stanza carried the poem outside of the word 'whistle'. Probably just me again!

    We do have to believe, don't we? I came back from the dead, remember nothing, but still believe in something. Energy is never lost, our souls are energy to me.

  • 1 decade ago

    Unrequited love paints its sad picture, but could smell the sea and winds and sadness lovely poem

  • 1 decade ago

    I enjoyed it the first time and enjoy it now, and the last line, typo or not is the power line. Thank you.

  • 1 decade ago

    Now, you're talking. I can't fault it...a lovely verse, which engaged me visually and emotionally.

    (I realised about the typo!)

  • this might be the best poem I have seen from you, I liked it the first time and I still do

    ... shall we all dress up as trolls?

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