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Chalmette Guy
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since 2009-03-11
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0 posted 2010-04-28 02:29 PM


Another day older and still nothing to show for it
The fire burning low has become embers of regret
The passion for which I fed to keep myself alive
Has all but been drained out and again I am denied
The pleasures of life, that ever reason to be
Are now seemingly forbidden and held from me
A wasteland of enigmatic days yet to run their course
Like the darkness in some poem of ancient epic Norse
I will do no penance for whatever that I feel
For it is in these moments of life that I am healed
I search for some other that understands the milestone
Another somehow destined to yet always be alone

No price too great to offer for absolution
In every experience enjoyed in execution
I would willingly pay however a silver piece
One each for every ride on this restless beast




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1 posted 2010-04-28 03:57 PM


I really enjoyed this.  Sometimes we are just destined to be alone.  The big thing to learn is the difference between being lonely and being alone.  A lot of milestones can be celebrated in the company of one.
Chalmette Guy
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since 2009-03-11
Posts 1257
Louisiana
2 posted 2010-04-28 04:01 PM


Thank you M.
I am all about celebrating. lol

BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23
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By the Seaside
3 posted 2010-04-28 08:18 PM



Your poetry is filled with melancholy undercurrents and yet
you always manage to keep the passion alive.

Happy Day, Guy!

Honeybee
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since 1999-12-26
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Ontario, CANADA
4 posted 2010-04-28 09:18 PM


"No price too great to offer for absolution
In every experience enjoyed in execution
I would willingly pay however a silver piece
One each for every ride on this restless beast"
___________________________________________

You've left me speechless (for once LOL) but not quite, I'm still a chatterbox woman afterall   ....This dark piece is incredibly powerful, In the past I have related to your words more than I can express, as I'm sure many have in the past or will relate now; and the last stanza is the most powerful, especially the last 2 lines!

Andrew Scott
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since 1999-06-24
Posts 2558
Redlands,CA,USA
5 posted 2010-04-29 06:22 PM


A most excellent read from start to finish. I bow to you and your's.

"We'll chase them like rats across the tundra."

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