Room to Walk Away
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Your empty room is like a graveyard.
All that remains is what I feel.
I visit by day:
Oh, the nighttime is just too hard.
The memories there,
they feel so real.
What would I have done,
had I had known?
The fear you'd leave,
had blinded me.
I think of you now:
Oh, how you would have grown.
What slowly dies,
this world...won't see.
There's a momentary lapse of reason,
inside this strange reality.
Sometimes a darkened-room can shine,
because your light's inside of me.
When you were here,
I had a home.
Now all that's left...
is left alone.
Here's all the space you needed, not like yesterday.
Now all I need...
is the room to walk away.
(Dedicated to all those who have had to endure a teenage suicide)
JamesHarmon McQuilkin
C 1992
11 responses
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JOE FAILK gave props (11 Feb 2010):
Excellent lighting and comp!
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Donald Brainard (Deleted) gave props (11 Feb 2010):
Absolutely perfect use of available lighting.
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Debby Adler gave props (11 Feb 2010):
I have a teenager. This made me cry.
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Regenia Brabham (Deleted) gave props (11 Feb 2010):
This is an incredible tribute James!! Beautiful!
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John Linton gave props (11 Feb 2010):
All killer, no filler (as they used to say about great record albums).
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Debrah Leonard (Deleted) gave props (12 Feb 2010):
James, this image and your poem - so very touching....
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Bruce Miller (Deleted) gave props (12 Feb 2010):
Beautiful shot and a truely moving poem! Bravo. A year and a half ago my best friend's son, 19 years old.
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Sonia Adam Murray gave props (12 Feb 2010):
Truly moving in every way, it brought tears to my eyes!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Karen Foto Fiddler (Deleted) gave props (12 Feb 2010):
Oh my.....so sad...I logged in as I thought the quilt was a nice photo...It is much much more than that.
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courtney stone-moore said (19 Feb 2010):
beautiful, before I got down to the poem I knew what the picture was saying.
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Lori D'Ambrosio gave props (30 Sep 2010):
Incredibly moving, James. It brought tears to my eyes. A beautiful image.
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