this is for a friend.

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    this is for a friend.

    a suicidal friend.

    a friend that feels like she cannot go on in this terrible world.

    i want to show her the silver lining.

    she won't take it.

    she views it as a string on your pants, that if you touch it too much, the entire seam will pop.

    why can't she just make life into a pair of cut offs.

    honestly.

    use some creativity.

    make your life into something new and useful.

    don't just end it.

    don't leave me by myself again.

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    VoiceMilkNHoney commented on this is for a friend.

    02-21-2011

    Aly, I'd love to see what you were to cook up if you did a second version of this one with the recipe idea I mentioned. I bet it would twist out differently in your soul..maybe feed a sense of helplessness with a new surge in power over circumstance. Could, right? I'm eager to see it!
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    AlysonAlive

    02/23/2011

    As soon as I heal I will do just that. :)

    VoiceMilkNHoney commented on this is for a friend.

    02-15-2011

    I wonder what would happen if you took all pronouns out of this work...would it expand in depth or would it become androgynous and paisley? Would it ripple in pain? hmmmm...i wonder...without me, she, I, he, they, your...i wonder...it's like a chemistry experiment...
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    AlysonAlive

    02/15/2011

    I'll test that out with my next work! :) Thanks for the idea, that's very artistic. ♥

    angelchaser commented on this is for a friend.

    02-12-2011

    Hi Alyson. I hope your friend takes your advice. Life is too short as it is to end it prematurely.
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    AlysonAlive

    02/12/2011

    Thank you (:

    Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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