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majnu
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0 posted 2003-08-04 01:01 AM


menie arete

i feel soiled, and damaged, by what I have read,
they are prohpets of the second tier - these pens,
these quills, these brushes, of great renown -
i see my betrayal in their words, i already feel
pain such as the betrayed, the worst served of all.

an old song asks what is the price of seeing to long:
doctor my eyes...
i know what is wrong, they are burned out by pain,
last night i asked god for the end of suffering -
i was ignored again - children despise such a parents.

i, i, i, i... perhaps that is my, my, my problem,
all the beauty of creation pales before the angst,
writhing, moaning, screaming, tortured soul of a
child being raped - yet it is allowed, repeatedly.
i understand your revolt my morning star, dark one,

i understand your wrath akhilleus, for what its worth,
and lear you old bull - you were great in madness,
but fell with job, muhammed, jesus, and all who bow -
those who died on the guillatine had similar posture,
remember your scripture fools, you have heard rants
similar to this before, do not mock those that fell,
they did so on their own terms, milton is of our camp,
i will join all of them some day, if it all be true,
my heart is more pure than those of lip service prayers,
to fight for love is worthless, one must rage against pain.

-majnu
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Timid thoughts be not afraid. I am a Poet.

[This message has been edited by majnu (08-04-2003 01:02 AM).]

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SharaRose
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1 posted 2003-08-04 01:12 AM


That's exactly why I think there will be people in Heaven that christians profess won't be. I don't believe it now, nor will I ever. Not for a minute. Not ever!!! I LOVED this!!!!  I love your words each time I read them!!! This is amazing as the last.

SharaRose @-->--

Of sound, and speech let all lift the hearer!

scuffedshoe2
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2 posted 2003-08-04 01:16 AM


This is the best poem i have read so far this evening hands down!!!

You rock

-ian

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