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Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

0 posted 1999-10-22 07:51 PM

WHERE WE WERE

I was quite content to be living alone.
The king of Darkness, pain became my throne.
I savored misery, relished deceit.
Gave my love, my trust to no-one I'd meet.
I cringed to be touched, I hid from the light.
But you were an angel that shone through my night.
Yes, I still remember how it felt not to feel,
Till, for the first time in life, I knew love was real.

I could see your pain in poems you'd write.
I longed to tell you things would be alright.
I could sense the wounds others inflicted
By the images your words depicted.
The attraction was there right from the start,
But we both knew trust would have to play part.
I remember the hurt, to think of you crying,
Facing the outside, while inside you were dying.

And things are never easy, being apart.
But now we hold each other close in heart.
Though the sky at times doesn't seem so blue,
With you missing me, with me missing you.
And I wish each night, alone in my bed,
Somehow I could be there with you, instead.
But I never question where we are, Gennifer,
Because I still haven't forgotten where we were.

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Michael Anderson

Is all that we see or seem
but a dream within a dream?

[This message has been edited by Michael (edited 10-22-1999).]

IsabelleSkye
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since 1999-06-27

Posts 253

1 posted 1999-10-22 07:59 PM

Isn't that true!
I'll settle for what I have now.....it's better than before I met him....
Wow! Awesome point my friend
*hugs*
Izzzzzy

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"With love's light wings did I o'er-perch these walls; for stony limits cannot hold love out; and what love can do that dares love attempt." Romeo & Juliet Act II

DreamEvil
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since 1999-06-22

Posts 2396

2 posted 1999-10-22 08:03 PM

Awesome tribute my friend. Still stuck in deep thought I see and that is well.

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Now and forever, my heart hears ~one voice~.
DreamEvil©

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

3 posted 1999-10-22 08:21 PM

Very lovely, Michael. Lots of wisdom in this!
And love too, of course!

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Denise

Richard 33
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since 1999-09-09

Posts 187
glen easton, wv usa

4 posted 1999-10-22 08:29 PM

Michael, you are a very lucky, and talented
man. This is a very special, and beautiful
poem!!!

[This message has been edited by Richard 33 (edited 10-22-1999).]

Ohme
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since 1999-07-17

Posts 816
Texas

5 posted 1999-10-22 09:41 PM

A lovely tribute Michael. This is something anyone would love to hear.

poetFemmeFatale
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since 1999-07-25

Posts 2646
Arkansas

6 posted 1999-10-22 10:06 PM

This has me sitting here in tears...happy ones of course. I knew you said you were working on this - something along this line, but I had no idea it would be so beautifully sweet....thank you, sir for remembering us like this...we have come a long way in just 2 months. And think, we have our whole lives ahead of us....(sighing happily) Always remember I love you, and cherish every word you say and write.

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I beckon you to come...I lure you with my tongue... - poet FemmeFatale

Systematic Decay
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since 1999-09-15

Posts 1301
That place with padded walls and funny people in white.........

7 posted 1999-10-23 01:10 AM

Micheal...a beautifulpoem, I too remember how it felt to not feel, and I was saved from apathy by my own precious sunbeam. Beautiful read that I could relate to much.

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"Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage."
-Billy Corgan-

Colin
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since 1999-06-05

Posts 596
Callington, Cornwall, England

8 posted 1999-10-23 02:24 AM

is "WOW!" enough of a reply? nawww, not for this brilliant poem. Well done indeed Michael. As I was reading it for the first ti me I knew it was something I can relate to.
Rest assured, the pain of being apart in body is more than worthwhile when compared to being together in heart and soul. (And you know I know what I'm on about there my friend).

I'm gonna say it anyway.... WOW! *8)

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I believe in fairy tales but then I'm just a silly romantic, what do I know?

Christopher

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-02

Posts 8296
Purgatorial Incarceration

9 posted 1999-10-23 02:30 AM

Another success friend...Amazing what a twist a little inspiration can have on your life is it not? And I want to note that your last two lines spoke volumes for me. Foregoing the past in favor of the future is a difficult thing to do, but I think well worth it!

Watcher666
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since 1999-10-13

Posts 1606

10 posted 1999-10-23 05:03 AM

To find a love like this......beautiful.

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Illusion...what we see and what we do...it's all up to you.

Munda
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since 1999-10-08

Posts 3544
The Hague, The Netherlands

11 posted 1999-10-23 05:20 AM

Beautiful, Micheal and so full of soul !

Severn
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-17

Posts 7704

12 posted 1999-10-23 06:19 AM

Sigh - this is too compelling michael. Well done, inspiration brings out the best in a person - I'm glad you found your way out of the darkness.

hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

13 posted 1999-10-23 11:23 AM

Micahel...beautiful, need I say more?

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