It's Not Like You

ScarletMornings
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It's Not Like You Jan 26, 2005 22:12:54 GMT -8

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Post by ScarletMornings on Jan 26, 2005 22:12:54 GMT -8

It’s not like you to tell me,
what’s happening in your mind.
It’s strange to hear your voice again,
you’d never know I was yours.

It’s not like you to hold me,
like you’ll never let me go.
I’m clutched in a stranger’s arms,
time has lost your touch.

It’s not like you to forget,
that I’m just a bank account.
I’m only a series of numbers,
and a rusted metal ring.

It’s not like you to remember,
all my profitless details.
I’m a very personal girl,
but it doesn’t make you any money.

It’s not like you to lie,
say those three foreign words.
I’m the one who gave them to you,
so they can’t be that important.

It’s not like you to notice,
that I stopped dreaming of you.
I’m just a girl who went in loving,
and came out a broken, lost woman.

It’s not like you to realize,
that I exist beyond a decoration.
I’m usually not so clingy when I breathe,
but I hope that’s not why I’m here.

It’s not like you to care,
my heart is in your ruthless hands.
I’m just someone you crushed forever ago,
when your truth whispered in my ears.

It’s not like you to feel,
and try to find if my love is there.
I’m just the girl who was forgotten,
so I wonder why you remembered, and what you want.

"Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave,
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned."

-- Edna St. Vincent Millay,
from "Dirge Without Music"

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It's Not Like You Jan 27, 2005 5:38:56 GMT -8

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Post by Sparks on Jan 27, 2005 5:38:56 GMT -8

I really like how you took this somewhat cliche topic and turned it into something different. It's great.
The metaphors are very appropriate and well placed... it also gives a lot of emotion to the piece.
Overall, I really enjoyed it.

Big A, Little a, bouncing B.
The system might have got you but it won't get me.

ScarletMornings Administration http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/ednamillay/7278 Posts: 1,061	It's Not Like You Jan 27, 2005 14:47:12 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ScarletMornings on Jan 27, 2005 14:47:12 GMT -8 THANK YOU! I feel all bubbly happy inside. ;D
	"Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave, Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned." -- Edna St. Vincent Millay, from "Dirge Without Music" Go to the link and read it!

quilleh Guest	It's Not Like You Jan 27, 2005 16:05:43 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by quilleh on Jan 27, 2005 16:05:43 GMT -8 ^{Whoah. I /lurf/ "Its not like you to..." SWEEEEEEEET WICKEDNESS. I LURF YOU! Thats such brilliance, and I can relate SO throughly.}

ScarletMornings Administration http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/ednamillay/7278 Posts: 1,061	It's Not Like You Jan 27, 2005 16:12:46 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ScarletMornings on Jan 27, 2005 16:12:46 GMT -8 aw, geez, really? I don't know where this came from, it's just one of those things where i somehow got hold of the phrase "it's not like you..." and it just turned into this. oh, thanx so much. happy sigh
	"Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave, Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned." -- Edna St. Vincent Millay, from "Dirge Without Music" Go to the link and read it!

ScarletMornings Administration http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/ednamillay/7278 Posts: 1,061	It's Not Like You Jun 22, 2005 23:00:59 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ScarletMornings on Jun 22, 2005 23:00:59 GMT -8 OMG! they still have this one here? good grief. i posted it in freakin january!
	"Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave, Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned." -- Edna St. Vincent Millay, from "Dirge Without Music" Go to the link and read it!

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It's Not Like You Jun 23, 2005 8:49:37 GMT -8

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Post by Confusion on Jun 23, 2005 8:49:37 GMT -8

wow!!!!!!!!!! i looooooooove this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i can relate to this soooooo much!!!! i would pick out lines i particuarly love, but i love the whole poem!!!!! I can relate to it so much!! great job!!!!!! i think this is my fav of what i have read of you!

"One day I'll be a rainbow belly just like you," she whispered in his ear, "I'll cover painful scars with the brightest tattoos. I want to be a rainbow belly just like you."

ScarletMornings Administration http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/ednamillay/7278 Posts: 1,061	It's Not Like You Jun 25, 2005 18:31:08 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ScarletMornings on Jun 25, 2005 18:31:08 GMT -8 Awww, thank you!!! You're so awesome!
	"Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave, Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned." -- Edna St. Vincent Millay, from "Dirge Without Music" Go to the link and read it!

Confusion Senior Writer Posts: 518	It's Not Like You Jun 26, 2005 9:43:34 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Confusion on Jun 26, 2005 9:43:34 GMT -8 hehe, thanx! you are awesome too, and this poem is realli just outstandingly awesome!! I realli can't say just how much i like this!!! im gonna nominate this for best june!!!!
	"One day I'll be a rainbow belly just like you," she whispered in his ear, "I'll cover painful scars with the brightest tattoos. I want to be a rainbow belly just like you."

ScarletMornings Administration http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/ednamillay/7278 Posts: 1,061	It's Not Like You Jun 26, 2005 11:31:00 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ScarletMornings on Jun 26, 2005 11:31:00 GMT -8 THANK YOU!!!
	"Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave, Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned." -- Edna St. Vincent Millay, from "Dirge Without Music" Go to the link and read it!

Confusion Senior Writer Posts: 518	It's Not Like You Jun 26, 2005 11:43:34 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Confusion on Jun 26, 2005 11:43:34 GMT -8 your welcome!
	"One day I'll be a rainbow belly just like you," she whispered in his ear, "I'll cover painful scars with the brightest tattoos. I want to be a rainbow belly just like you."

Confusion Senior Writer Posts: 518	It's Not Like You Jun 26, 2005 11:44:01 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Confusion on Jun 26, 2005 11:44:01 GMT -8 wow, you are online at the moment too!!
	"One day I'll be a rainbow belly just like you," she whispered in his ear, "I'll cover painful scars with the brightest tattoos. I want to be a rainbow belly just like you."

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It's Not Like You Jun 26, 2005 14:35:27 GMT -8

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Post by Ramona on Jun 26, 2005 14:35:27 GMT -8

I liked the ending, because the whole poem you're wondering if the person you ar speaing of has changed and the person speaking is convinced of it or if she/he isn't and he/she hasn't, and the ending went exactly the other way than the reader would want to believe. I hope that made sense.

"Hold my head inside your hands.
I need someone who understands.
I need someone, someone who hears.
For you I've waited all these years.

For you I'd wait 'til kingdom come,
Until my day, my day is done.
And say you'll come and set me free.
Just say you'll wait, you'll wait for me."

ScarletMornings Administration http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/ednamillay/7278 Posts: 1,061	It's Not Like You Jun 27, 2005 22:49:52 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ScarletMornings on Jun 27, 2005 22:49:52 GMT -8 this is sad, but i actually had to reread my own poem, but then that made perfect sense.
	"Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave, Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned." -- Edna St. Vincent Millay, from "Dirge Without Music" Go to the link and read it!

Post by ScarletMornings on Jan 26, 2005 22:12:54 GMT -8

Post by Sparks on Jan 27, 2005 5:38:56 GMT -8

Post by ScarletMornings on Jan 27, 2005 14:47:12 GMT -8

Post by quilleh on Jan 27, 2005 16:05:43 GMT -8

Post by ScarletMornings on Jan 27, 2005 16:12:46 GMT -8

Post by ScarletMornings on Jun 22, 2005 23:00:59 GMT -8

Post by Confusion on Jun 23, 2005 8:49:37 GMT -8

Post by ScarletMornings on Jun 25, 2005 18:31:08 GMT -8

Post by Confusion on Jun 26, 2005 9:43:34 GMT -8

Post by ScarletMornings on Jun 26, 2005 11:31:00 GMT -8

Post by Confusion on Jun 26, 2005 11:43:34 GMT -8

Post by Confusion on Jun 26, 2005 11:44:01 GMT -8

Post by Ramona on Jun 26, 2005 14:35:27 GMT -8

Post by ScarletMornings on Jun 27, 2005 22:49:52 GMT -8