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Caprice (Free verse) by PoetryIsDead
Sometimes I can drive for miles without remembering it. Come to miles away with no memory of the miles that have passed. How much does the highway hold in transit that I will never get back? How many things have I missed while lost in those miles? I miss lots of things. You in the mirror making sure every strand is in place. One foot on the dash and one out the window; skimming the air like a flat stone on water. Reticent and reserved, or singing into your lighter like you belonged on stage. I miss your head in my lap while you sleep the long drive home. The way your laughter embodies all the innocence we shared. I just miss your smile. I wonder if those miles might have held one more. I wonder all this to realize, I don't remember driving all over again.

Up the ladder: Distance
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Arithmetic Mean: 5.0
Weighted score: 5.0
Overall Rank: 7947
Posted: August 1, 2007 8:54 PM PDT; Last modified: August 1, 2007 8:54 PM PDT
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Comments:
[7] SupremeDreamer @ 192.220.136.191 | 3-Aug-07/12:13 PM | Reply
The last line is a little confusing to me.

Blessed with seven.
[n/a] PoetryIsDead @ 76.97.67.182 > SupremeDreamer | 3-Aug-07/3:41 PM | Reply
well.. it makes sense to me.. hah.. i really do appreciate the vote and the criticism.. but i was simply trying to reiterate that while thinking about all those things.. i wound up 'driving for miles without remembering it'... again
[8] dclark @ 67.140.205.248 | 8-Aug-07/7:28 PM | Reply
i don't get the last line either, but like you said it makes since to you, and thats all that really matters in actuality. i like how i can read it smoothly without to much rhyming and not to little, but i don't like rhyming words like smile and mile, but thats all up to you, i just stick with more of the vowels sounding out the same at the end of lines, or sometimes without.
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