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wordancer
Senior Member

since 2000-07-30

Posts 809
VA

0 posted 2001-01-13 04:48 AM

how i wander in the darkness of this time
out of place
out of rhyme
is it no wonder that i am lost
to stand in the dark; touching shadows
on walls of this forsaken hidden place
an empty space, enameled pain
with my life stretched before me
to flow with the murky ink of deeds
forswore to forevermore
to glory in the memory of what used to be
as i relive the shadows that flow through
the holes in a lost time
ah. . .how i ache, is there no hope!
doomed to travel in this vail of tears
to count the ancient fears
unable to step forward in the light
away from the dark night
my shadow can only stand before me
to darken the future with it’s shade
my shadow can only linger behind me
mired in the past painted black
my shadow is all around me
all is a deep ebony pool
as I valiantly seek the pin-point of hope
for without light there can be no shadow

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"Come...dance with me, into my world of words."

[This message has been edited by wordancer (edited 01-13-2001).]

ellie LeJeune
Member Elite

since 2000-01-10

Posts 4156
King of Prussia, PA USA

1 posted 2001-01-13 04:53 AM

Dear Wordancer; Your usual magnificent gift with words! This is a dark poem ( no pun intended). The light you seek will not cast a shadow, for it is within you. Love, Ellie

A friend hears the song in my heart, and sings it to me when my memory fails.

kcsgrandma
Senior Member

since 2000-09-24

Posts 1522
Presque Isle, ME

2 posted 2001-01-13 09:48 AM

Ah, Wordancer, I have been in this dark place. Ellie's words are wise (as is the tanka she posted on a related theme). Yet, it is not always easy to find that light. You write powerfully of a place I dare not venture. Well done.

To love another person is to see the face of God.
- Les Miserables

Marilyn

Gene
Senior Member

since 2000-01-23

Posts 935
Colorado, USA

3 posted 2001-01-13 02:06 PM

wordancer--
Dark, but lovely.

Ellie--
beautifully put.

~Gene

pegasus111
Member Elite

since 2000-07-27

Posts 2219
ocala, fl, usa

4 posted 2001-01-15 06:50 AM

"and God said, let there be light..and there was light..and it was good"

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost

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