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The [Stand In] Companion

February 18, 2011
By lilmartz PLATINUM, Perrysburg, Ohio
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lilmartz PLATINUM, Perrysburg, Ohio
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Live Life Like A Party That Never Ends

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All I want is
Someone
With whom
To share
The details with

Carefully listening
Giving my life
Meaning and purpose
Knowing that all
Will not be forgotten

Making me feel
Importance in
All that I do
Giving recognition
Where it is desired

Taking my hand
Walking with me
Day by day
Filling in
The missing spaces

Someone on whom
I can rely
When I have lost myself
To find and gather
All my broken pieces

A temporary being
Here to take
The place of
A love lost
Long ago

Alone I will
Never be
So long as
I have you here
For the time being

© Heather H., Phoenix, AZ

The author's comments:
You can take this as a friendship, but I had originally meant for this to be about a relationship where all they want is someone to go along through their day with so they don't go unnoticed.
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This article has 5 comments.

Hotaru said...
on Apr. 4 2011 at 4:09 pm
I think that your poem is very nice and almost everyone should able to relate to this at some point in thier lives. You did a great job at getting your point across!
Zaylie PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 3 2011 at 5:04 pm
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This one I'm writing a comment even though I didn't give it a five.

 

I like this. I get the idea that your trying get across in a way. But In some ways I'm still very confused. And I like that about this poem. I think the reason I'm confused is that the background of the poem is a complete mystery to me.

AsIAm PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 2 2011 at 7:58 pm
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Taking my hand
Walking with me
Day by day
Filling in
The missing spaces

I LOVE that stanza!!!!!! haha now to the critique.

 

This poem left me feeling like I often feel when I get done reading proffessional poetry - impressed and more than a little confused.  Don't get me wrong - that's not a critisism.  I don't have a poetic mind, so when I say "confused", what you should be hearing is "your poem is deep and poetic enough to fluster a very literal person, and that's AWESOME."  That being said, I did have one critisism, and that's the flow.  It seems kind of choppy the way you have it formatted.  Maybe you intended it that way - I know I've done that before. :)  Overall, very good job!

leafy said...
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i thought this poem was very good, i could connect to it a lot and im sure many other teens can too. the only thing that bothers me is you use the word "being" twice, but overall poem was great. keep up the good work!
J-Poetry-R SILVER said...
on Mar. 20 2011 at 9:41 pm
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deep, that was really good and i think alot of teenagers can relate