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Gunslinger
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 901
TX, USA

0 posted 2003-10-18 09:38 AM

As I look into the mirror,
Every morning when I shave.
The two eyes staring back at me,
Are like an open grave.

I don't mean that they're evil.
Full of hell or cruelty...
I just see two pools of emptiness...
Staring back at me.

What happened to the laughter,
Which used to make them shine?
What happened to the passions-
Which once were so much mine?

The flames are gone forever,
Mere ashes now remain...
I guess it true, "Time changes things...
And naught remains the same."

Perhaps I am a cynic-
I hear it all the time.
I'm told my words are morbid,
There's no cheer within my rhyme.

At best I'd just say, Maybe,
The things they say are true...
But I remain the way I am,
Do what I have to do.

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

1 posted 2003-10-18 09:45 AM

Hey John!!

Haven't seen you in a while!!

Nice to read you!!

Susan

IrishDreamer
Member

since 2003-10-18

Posts 55
Kansas

2 posted 2003-10-18 09:53 AM

Really good I think we all have felt this way from time to time.

Kahlil
Senior Member

since 2003-04-12

Posts 1881

3 posted 2003-10-18 09:55 AM

Gunslinger: I always enjoy reading you...I like your style. I bet the flames aren't gone forever, it only feels that way right now. One day you will see a glimmer of hope in those eyes. ~K~

SharaRose
Member Elite

since 2003-07-19

Posts 2501
Somewhere out there~

4 posted 2003-10-18 10:09 AM

:'( Here's hoping things get better soon.
Love,
Terri~

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

5 posted 2003-10-18 01:08 PM

Hey cowboy! Come on give me a smile!

Good write with much to ponder John.
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

~Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile~

Paul Wilson

Member Elite

since 2002-07-07

Posts 4711
United States

6 posted 2003-10-18 01:20 PM

John...I believe you must have had me in mind when you wrote this. It mirrors my life so much. We are what we are, and too many that is enough, but to some everything is never enough. Enjoyed reading you today...Paul

"To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you"

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

7 posted 2003-10-18 01:50 PM

you and me both

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