“Sore person” © Thomas Riesner
Things Are Different
After Nate Pritts
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Things are different I should have done things different please God can I go back
but it’s the same waiting back then I asked you about God why
I asked why things are different & I never did wait & I should have
I’m sorry you knew me & things are different & I didn’t wait
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you held things my hand in the dark a different dark holding on waiting
too far removed you said & I I said wait I am not done we were different
to remove differences I held the longing for us days were too dark i’m not going back
I’m sorry for different forevers God never waited you said & removed my hand
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I never did wait I yelled in the darkness & pleasing God removed you
forever & forever is too long I wondered what if forever is not & God is not
the bracelet my hand & yours back then we didn’t long for long forevers
you held it me the bracelet if you held my hand would things be different
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I’m sorry I yelled but for too long I wanted forever & you & a forever
you never knew & so I yelled and yelled yelling days of yelling were longest
the feeling was different dark in not waiting I was waiting still but I couldn’t go back
God it’s so different things are different I held on to the bracelet & you held on
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I spent days wandering wondering will I always wonder
waiting made no difference & I wondered if I went back to forever
& I said sorry or please if forever would be done you said wait
I should have & I’m sorry God it’s too long remove forever & things are different
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wait I want it now forever you said wait so I yelled I yell still
it’s still you same or different the darkness doesn’t hold my hand like you
now for forever or not forever it can still be different this thing is different
please hold me God hold me if not for long I will wait forever wonder forever.
Lilly Purdy is a Boston native pursuing a BFA in creative writing at UNC Wilmington in North Carolina. Though interested in many genres, she primarily works in poetry and her writing focuses on combining experimental forms with themes of nature, femininity, and spirituality.
Thomas Riesner: “I was born in Leipzig,Germany in 1971 and I still live here today. Already in elementary school I often painted “abstract” instead of the given concrete drawing. I later retained this style or changed it to “abstract figuration ” I painted a lot at home, always without professional guidance. I didn’t have any specific role models. When I start a picture, I only have a certain idea, but often something completely different emerges. I would describe myself as an outsiderart artist.”