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icebox
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

0 posted 2010-09-29 10:16 PM

Where is my mother's milk of whiskey?
I like JD straight though it gives my lungs a cough;
I can't complain it's just the stain of too many deeds that paid me cash.
I like Everclear and sweetened beer with taste of apples over ice,
and any wine when I've the time to dim the lights of shadowed past.
Don't let my smile fool you ‘cause the outcome's still the same;
I am a wizard and I'm too old to be ashamed.

I remember Winter's storms in numbing ice of separation,
sweet elation stolen precious in brief moments of aware;
I remember Spring's soft nights lulled by moonlit surf,
in waves rhythmic crashing surge of living foam;
I remember Summer's skin raw against Chaco walls
hot enough to blister souls in yearning's burning memories;
I miss you most of all when Autumn rolls around,
swollen sound of emptiness drowning out my thoughts
with survival as the least of my concerns;
sitting here wrapped in solace awaiting drizzled dawn,
how sad it is my whiskey can not afford its ice.

When I was young I kept a bag packed
just in case a contract came along,
unexpectedly;
873 should be just a number not unlike any other
it should not have souls attached to it,
yet it does for me;
I am too old now to be free,
completely free;
I've been a wizard since I learned to think
and understand
when my own mother called me Satan's spawn.

My one regret,
had I to count them like angels on my hand,
is never having courage to explain my life
in ways you'd understand.

©2010 by icebox

[This message has been edited by icebox (09-30-2010 11:06 AM).]

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

1 posted 2010-09-29 10:35 PM

I always feel like there isn't much I could tell you that you don't already know...

so I'll shaddup.

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

2 posted 2010-09-30 01:28 AM

Maybe there are some of us who understand more than you think, Dear Wizard.
Ida

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

3 posted 2010-09-30 07:35 AM

it should not have souls attached to it,
yet it does for me;
I am too old now to be free,
completely free;

Everything has a soul attached it seems. Some perhaps we don't bother with, but others we can't help but feel..

always a journey and always a pleasure to read you sir

easy1
Senior Member

since 2010-05-22

Posts 1209
Southeastern USA

4 posted 2010-09-30 08:12 AM

I shan't claim to understand, but I did enjoy the stroll through the seasons.

Eusta B. Mae
Senior Member

since 2010-05-03

Posts 903

5 posted 2010-09-30 08:15 AM

Love the wizardry of your words and the mystic layers in your lines. ebm

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

6 posted 2010-09-30 06:28 PM

quote:
hot enough to blister souls in yearning's burning memories;

A Poet always speaks through the soul and you do it incredibly well, dear Charlie.

Love,
Margherita

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