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While recently having a conversation with a friend, we discussed 'basking in sorrow, ' which by definition, is an oxymoron.. bask meaning to take great pleasure or satisfaction; and sorrow meaning loss or despair.
It is possible to bask in sorrow. While for one reason or another, sadness consumes you, at the same time you could be quite happy. For example; I am naturally a happy person. Therefor while I may feel constant sadness about a certain situation, I may still be basking; or somewhat happy. (smiling, laughing, having a good time)
Many people have a sadness inside them that is hidden, or in the back of their mind at all times. These people are probably happy, can have fun, and seem to be in good cheer, while the sadness is still there, in their minds or hearts.
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Little drops fall from the night time sky
Tears that glisten upon the windowpane
Tiny treasures from the heavens that cry
A thousand small voices calling my name
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Two kindred hearts linger upon a dream
Yearning to have that single perfect thing
Which happens when two hearts become as one
But the possibilities seem slim to none
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A single memory often returns to my mind
From the days of my early childhood
Of a tree in my grandmother's front yard
That for years held an old tire swing
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I hope to see you some random day.
To see you walking,
To take your breath away.
I hope you smile, and we start to talk.
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Escape.
Freedom to breathe, to be with myself.
Experience.
Meeting someone new, becoming friends.
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Gentle Rain falls on my face.
the night creeps upon me,
the noise fading into silence.
a secret treasure upon my lips.
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When the day breaks,
And I hear your voice
I feel the light in my heart
And the air beneath my feet
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If only I could tell you exactly how I feel
If only your heart saw what is truly real
If only this one chance
Became what we both need
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Accepting what has become
Has become my newest notion
With stride I take them in
Knowing now what before
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I see your picture
You have that smile
A smile that even now
I watch for in them
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A new breeze blows through my heart.
A sort of indifference, something clear.
The hope is still there, but it stirs silently.
To live life is my goal, to see what it brings.
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If I could see you just one more time
I would tell you that I love you
And insist that we were blind
Hold my breath and hope you love me too
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Its the night we share,
Not the morning light.
Its the cool breeze,
The starred sky above.
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How you disappoint me once more
Saying things that make believe
That you are different than
Your actions have found you to be
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I see myself in your dreams,
I see so much more in me
Than what others see.
I long to see you everywhere,
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I'd like to meet him,
The one who takes my breath away.
I'd like to love him,
And we would never want to be apart.
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It would be nice to not think of you.
To not miss you because of memories.
If only cookies had no secret meaning.
If my heart would not drop,
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A cold starry sky hangs high overhead
Inside sits a man who has cradled the dead
I see the scars that he will carry the rest of his life
And think of the images he'll see when taking a wife
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