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Magician
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since 2002-08-14

Posts 126

0 posted 2002-08-23 11:38 AM

I suffered a million deaths
In a series of fits and starts
Reborn anew each time,
A sum of random parts

Embraced, I now confess
Every variance in minute detail,
And each one a heavy stone
In the walls of my own jail

No comfort found in knowledge,
Wisdom offers only contempt
For I cannot recall
When from these deaths I was exempt

Paid a price with each rebirth
Of myself too much exacted
Lost even traces of reminders
As the rules are enacted

Want to talk to my former self
The prototype incarnation
Perhaps blend the best of all parts
If given to that inclination

Or simply remember once again
As I sit in silent awe
How even the best parts of me
Became my fatal flaws

Maddening, how change can be,
How much in constancy we depend
And how fruitless are our labors,
Chasing nothing in the end

Gabriel Frost
Member

since 2002-08-15

Posts 216
Between midnight thoughts

1 posted 2002-08-23 11:47 AM

I can really identify with this piece.Alas, the only constant is indeed change.

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

2 posted 2002-08-23 12:00 PM

Magician
There in no alternative. A literate piece of work, enjoyed.

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

3 posted 2002-08-23 12:35 PM

Dang! This is so well done!
You leave much for the reader to ponder Magician.
I enjoy that in a write...This is excellent.
Into my library it goes...
~Hugs~

~ Time has cast a spell on you
So you won't ever forget me ~

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

4 posted 2002-08-23 04:21 PM

(big hugggssssss) Oh Magician, it is so very true, we change too fast and I just wish we could all just stop and enjoy what we cherished for so long! (sigh) This is wonderful, sweet friend, I love it, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Magician, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

5 posted 2002-09-05 12:07 PM

Temptress

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

6 posted 2002-09-05 12:32 PM

Okay. Second poem, and I'm a fan. You have me wrapped. I love it.

"two hearts will build the foundation for one point of light
a duet done with passion"

excerpt from "I Love You"

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

7 posted 2002-09-05 12:34 PM

Well done!
More

Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write.

WhiteRose
Member Elite

since 2002-07-23

Posts 3208
somebody's dungeon

8 posted 2002-09-05 09:53 PM

A weaver of magic threads that make up a whole, a tapestry then read of feelings we all can wrap around ourselves then softly say, "Ah yes, I know this too". Wonderfully done dear magician.

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