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Filled

Posted on February 11, 2020 by Raivenne

I have lived
An outside life
That contained
Laughter, tears
Rage, joy

Yet have felt
Nothing
For so long
I no longer
Remembered
The dearth of true feelings
Within

I knew not my own
Emptiness
Until I began
to fill myself
with loving
you

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dVerse Poets Pub | Quadrille #97 – Filling the Page

At dVerse Poets Pub, De Jackson (aka WhimsyGizmo) is asking us – to find some poetic fun with the word fill and faithfully formulate a quadrille – a poem of exactly 44 words (not counting the title).

12 thoughts on “Filled”

whimsygizmo on February 11, 2020 at 11:53 AM said:

Oooo. The pondering of opposites. Nice.

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- Raivenne on February 11, 2020 at 7:25 PM said:
  
  Thanks De. 🙂
  
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sarahsouthwest on February 11, 2020 at 2:09 PM said:

Ah, this made me think of the pain you get when you’ve sat on your foot for too long, and then the blood flows back. That’s not very romantic, I know, but I mean that good pain, that necessary pain that you have to go through to be healthy.

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- Raivenne on February 11, 2020 at 7:28 PM said:
  
  I enjoy how people can read the same words yet get different interpretations out of them, I know exactly what you mean, thanks.
  
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Yvonne Osborne on February 11, 2020 at 3:06 PM said:

I think it’s nice!

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- Raivenne on February 11, 2020 at 7:28 PM said:
  
  Thank you!
  
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arjeha on February 11, 2020 at 10:18 PM said:

This reminds me of the front we sometimes our on for others. We show them what we think they want to see until that one person allows us to be honest with ourselves and others.

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- Raivenne on February 14, 2020 at 4:51 PM said:
  
  So true. Thank you.
  
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Frank Hubeny on February 11, 2020 at 10:51 PM said:

Nice last stanza about not realizing one’s former emptiness.

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- Raivenne on February 14, 2020 at 4:52 PM said:
  
  Thank you.
  
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg) on February 12, 2020 at 4:20 PM said:

I love the conclusion… and I think until we are filled again it’s hard to know how empty it is.

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- Raivenne on February 14, 2020 at 4:52 PM said:
  
  So very true, Björn, thank you.
  
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