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icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

0 posted 2006-09-20 12:39 PM

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Oh if only I believed
with hope and fervent prayer
on bended knees with arms akimbo,
scattered cries,
tears of fabricated hope
forced from tired eyes,
eyes perhaps so sadly having seen so much this life
they can no longer focus upon
monolithic wishful visions of an absolute;
I could fake it I suppose,
with only mild trepidation
that my nose would grow just like Pinocchio's,
or I could play the good devout dyslexic
with righteous speed to read loudly
I believe in dog
the father alrighty
roller of heaven inert...

Yes,
if only I believed
and saw how sadly I'm deceived by simple logic
and perception;
why I would be redeemed right on the spot
and never have to live in fear again
of having only one poor life
then going where it's hot for all eternity;
well, it should seem sad to say
it just doesn't work that way for me
but I no more care for whom it does
than do I dare lie to myself,
about eternity,
or some human bean's theology.

Oh pity me,
oh pity me,
damned for all eternity,
wrapped in some soliloquy,
some oddly woven monologuous diatribe
too often screamed at me in ranting passions
by frightened children claiming that some god
in human form
of which we actually could be aware
is god for all life forms
everywhere throughout a universe so vast
that it defies human description.

©2006 by icebox

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iliana
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since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

1 posted 2006-09-20 01:39 AM

No pity here, just a bunch of these

I really appreciate honest poetry, most especially when it's well written......jo

[This message has been edited by iliana (09-20-2006 02:31 AM).]

Dublin Boy
Member

since 2006-08-26

Posts 102
UK

2 posted 2006-09-20 01:53 AM

A powerful piece here, Icebox--you describe very well the tussle between cold reason and spiritual yearnings.

Cheers,
Bill

Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

3 posted 2006-09-20 02:41 AM

"that it defies human description."

And therein lies the crux of the matter. We're all born with half a brain, you see, and that's why nothing can really work for us.

You speak for many here, Mr. C.

seraphin
Senior Member

since 2000-09-24

Posts 1004
Michigan

4 posted 2006-09-20 07:59 AM

Very well spoken work. But then, I have come to expect nothing less from your pen. You hit so many nails on the head in this. Faith and logic don't often cross paths. Very nicely done.

Sandra

Susan Caldwell
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since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

5 posted 2006-09-20 08:58 AM

you say it better than anyone...

you need to come visit me so we can go out I can just sit and listen. It's the closest I will ever come to clarity in this world.

"too bad ignorance isn't painful"
~Unknown~

LeeJ
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since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

6 posted 2006-09-20 09:07 AM

this was profound and articulate poetry in real audio....and I heard every word, felt every beloved experience you touched our minds and hearts with..magnificant writing.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

7 posted 2006-09-21 08:40 PM

damn good stuff!

Gentle Spirit
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since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

8 posted 2006-09-21 08:45 PM

I often seek your poetry sir...

this is a perfect example of why I do that.
Your poetry is real, it's honest.

and it is extremely good!!!!

The Lady
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since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

9 posted 2006-09-21 10:55 PM

masterfully wrought
and intense...

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