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Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

0 posted 2003-04-28 01:00 PM

Points Of Departure
By: Noah Eaton
4/28/03

Lucky I've got hands so I can salute to my private empire
Lucky I've got legs so I can run from my fears
There are some days I look in the mirror and don't like what I see
Other days I reconsider, taking note my fate can't be preconceived

Naive I was expecting life to be all about spatial complementarity
But now I know there's more than just intervening opportunity
I'll wear this compass rose around my neck and take cruise control
Contradiction is my middle name, so watch me begin to rise from below

And I'm charting
Points Of Departure
And I'm rising
From these Points Of Departure

I've been sitting in the airport terminal for four straight hours
Regretting all the times I never made that flight out of here and chose to let the apathy embower
And how I saw Jesus and the New Testament's blessings as break-in-bulk point
Now I've found a shortcut right through the light I can simply pinpoint

And I'm charting
Points Of Departure
And I'm rising
From these Points Of Departure

While scientists still seem to misinterpret the meaning of topography
Where Weiss and Hall fail to realize you're constantly reincarnating
And we bend the world between Mercator and Sinusoidal projection simultaneously
Trying to find a way to be free without bending the possibility

Seems when everyone claims they're looking straight they're really far-sighted like the Tropic of Capricorn
Seems the Global Positioning System is always missing the prime meridian by a mile or more
I'm going to draw a line to connect the antipodes
I'm going to break the isthmus and let the boats come out to sea...

And I'm charting
Points Of Departure
And I'm rising
From these Points Of Departure
And I'm charting
Points Of Departure
And I'm rising
From these Points Of Departure

I'm going to re-claim my territory
I'm going to make cartographic laundry
And chart Points of Departure
I'm going to make a contradiction
And spread my wings for freedom
Rising from these Points of Departure

You've got to start somewhere...
You've got to start somewhere...

Underneath your clothes, there's an endless story

***Shakira***

[This message has been edited by Mistletoe Angel (04-28-2003 01:07 PM).]

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

1 posted 2003-04-28 01:22 PM

sheer genius and originality Noah
may your flight be as far as you can see, and then some

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

2 posted 2003-04-28 02:08 PM

nice

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

3 posted 2003-04-28 02:28 PM

Fly on Noah!! The world is waiting for you!! hugs, Chris

"Hope" is the thing with feathers-
that perches in the soul....

-Emily Dickinson

MysticDreamer
Member

since 2003-04-21

Posts 131

4 posted 2003-04-28 04:09 PM

This is a great write. With all the information out there and within sometimes we still choose not to believe. With all my beliefs that I know I still hide them within a simile and a metaphor.

Thanks for sharing this Noah.
Born anew everyday,
Mystic Dreamer

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

5 posted 2003-04-28 04:18 PM

Are you taking a flight Noah...is it American Airlines? James

Justbleu
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since 1999-08-31

Posts 3329
Oregon, Originally From Alaska :)

6 posted 2003-04-28 04:31 PM

You are are a brilliant writer Noah....
Sometimes I think you read the dictionary for sheer pleasure. Where are you flying??? What a good piece of writing.....
Take Care!!!!!
HUGS,
Bridgette

"Somewhere, somehow, it should be possible to touch someone and never let go again. To hold someone, not for a moment but forever." Unknown

NewEnglandlazurlu
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-01-04

Posts 7470
A Mountain Paradise

7 posted 2003-04-28 07:43 PM

Noah, may your flight carry you as far as your dreams can go. Would you mind stopping in Boston for a bit so I can meet you?

There are many things I love about your poems, and one of them is the words I am forced to look up in the dictionary. It's amazing to me what a fantastic and extensive vocabulary you have. Thank you for sharing it with all of us.

Wonderful writing. Luvs and Smiles, Marti

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts. A.Einstein

Startime55
Member Elite

since 2003-04-05

Posts 2148
Alberta, Canada

8 posted 2003-04-28 07:49 PM

keep soaring higher, Noah...you will reach the stars and higher still....

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