poetry critical

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Random Poem:

oh angst ridden rain.
_fallenleaf

let me wait a while longer  
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for your hands to capture my worry and  
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bury it far beneath  
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the cavernous ridges of my muddied footprints.  
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Only suppressed, not erased.  
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How I have longed to contemplate those palms  
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and peer into the deepness I wish existed.  
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As the sky opens, limpid pools surface  
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in the prelude to this long-praised dance  
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of moisture.  
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Drops cascade down my cheeks  
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and fall against waiting fingers.  
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Attempts to find meaning within each droplet  
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flood my conciousness.  
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A half-hearted desire to see a reflection of  
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this great expanse, this world among stars.  
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My wet eyes were born of clouds, not of sorrow.  
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You will not recognize this,  
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and I prefer it so.  
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Perhaps these hands are now besieged  
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by business cards and  
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letters containing hollow messages,  
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diluted from overuse.  
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No one listens.  
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Perhaps you only forgot.  
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Just let me see the light before I go.
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