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Gentle Spirit
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0 posted 2006-06-03 09:12 AM



I am but a restless wanderer
dazed and confused
teetering on the seams
of insanity.
No level playing field
with contest fair,
no heads up notice

rules constantly changing
making stability seem
such an awfully strange
foothold to have to try to find
until, quite often I feel
I'm losing my mind

in bits and pieces

I'm scattered around
until no longer do I feel
as though I am one
but rather,
a total combination of things
remaining

undone

in a place where closure
does not exist
I try so very hard
to resist
all of these things
that lie deep within me

So confusing is
this reality.

My fingertips bleed
as I claw,
trying to climb
these pristine walls
which could lead
to higher ground
where greener grass
is sometimes found

but strong enough;
I haven't grown yet
to break away
with no regret.

With all of my might
I fight this fall
that could push me
over the edge,

I'm hanging on;
clinging tightly
to the ledge...

No,
I have not lost
this game.

seek the flame within yourself
and let your soul be cleansed by
the fire of love.  Axel Ekenstierna

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passing shadows
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1 posted 2006-06-03 09:43 AM


many kudos here! You will make it!
ThisDiamond
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2 posted 2006-06-03 09:48 AM


I loved the open heartedness of this write.
Could visualize the smooth walls towering up...but to see the imaged before taking the plunge, that's quite a grounding.
There was hope here, and good wishes.
TD

XOx Uriah xOX
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3 posted 2006-06-03 10:05 AM


Ah   So that's what you've been doing.

::smiles::    

(((( Gentle Spirit ))))

((((D)))(((O)))(((N)))(((N)))(((A))))))

Powerful write !

:: bows ::

Sunshine
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4 posted 2006-06-03 12:49 PM


So confusing
is this reality...

~*~

Always!

But follow your nose...
you'll get there!




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5 posted 2006-06-03 03:51 PM


Think of it as an egg that was scrambled
and is now whole again, in one piece...

I think you are headed there, but I know
what it feels like to have days like that.

Excellently expressed..

Seymour Tabin
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6 posted 2006-06-03 03:58 PM


Gentle Spirit
As the famous Yogi Barra once said, "It ant over till it's over. Good write

Enchantress
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7 posted 2006-06-03 04:00 PM


"I'm hanging on;
clinging tightly
to the ledge...

No,
I have not lost
this game."

You are still hanging on Donna.
And you're going to make it!!
Heart hugs, Nancy

~ Trace my body with your words,
  in doing so, you touch my heart ~

Gentle Spirit
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8 posted 2006-06-05 07:42 AM


  thanks everyone!
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9 posted 2006-06-07 10:17 AM




keep flying high....

And so it those we live with
and should know who elude us
But we can still love them
we can love completely
without complete understanding

WindWalker
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10 posted 2006-06-08 12:09 PM


This poem was excellently expressed!!!!!!! I Enjoyed reading this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gentle Spirit
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11 posted 2006-06-10 09:08 AM


Just a brief fly by to stop in and say thanks to all,

you are all missed. Time...Geez...
never seems to be enough of it at the moment.  Hugs and peace to poetry land.

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