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Topic: Outgoing (05/05/11)
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TITLE: Puppy | Previous Challenge Entry
By Benjamin Graber
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ADD TO MY FAVORITES
I am the one who dashes
From heart
To heart
With adoring eyes
And eager tail,
Begging for a smile
To cherish.
The tiger thinks I waste my time;
He stalks his heart’s desire
Through rugged jungles
And putrid swamps,
And scorns the thought of chasing smiles
From anyone else.
The ewe believes I’m stupid;
She relaxes in the shade
Of her own comfort zone,
Laughing at the way I run
And run,
To earn nothing tangible
In return.
Maybe they are right;
It feels like I am chasing phantoms
When I am ignored again,
Or when I’m pushed aside
By another person
Who has no desire
For the love I offer.
No one knows how much it hurts
To feel a kick, which wounds
Not my ribs,
But my heart.
No one knows the searing pain
Of being sent away,
Again,
From someone I’ve given
My very blood for.
But somehow,
I can’t stop pursuing
This crazy
Waste of time.
’Cause somehow,
I know
That every moment
I’ve been ignored,
Every time I’ve been kicked,
Or sent away,
Are all nothing
Compared to the joy
Of bringing one single smile
To the lips
Of someone I love.
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