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Michael
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0 posted 1999-11-10 04:20 AM


COMPROMISE

Winding roads, seemingly never-ending
Lead through the pain but not toward mending.
Questions unanswered otherwise-
Yield in the maze of compromise.

Hardened hearts and calloused fingertips.
Sarcastic laughs and Freudian slips.
Gesture of a jester, crown of the clowned,
Ashes to ashes, love seemed so renowned.

Dust blinds the eyes, winds howl at the ears.
And still you press on, driven by your fears.
Even daring to laugh at obvious self-distress,
When the only alternative is loneliness.

A kiss on the cheek, the turning of a head.
The coldness of a stranger sharing your bed.
Close your eyes and lie awake through the lies,
Knowing tomorrow another piece of you dies.

Grind away the hours, nurture the needs.
Walk past the flowers to search and sulk in the weeds.
If you ever realize life, itself, is the four leaf clover,
I only pray your life isn't already over.

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Michael Anderson

And so, being young and dipt in folly
I fell in love with melancholy,
But dreams - of those who dream as I,
Aspiringly, are damned, and die:


EAP



© Copyright 1999 Michael Anderson - All Rights Reserved
Watcher666
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1 posted 1999-11-10 04:22 AM


Excellent!

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

DreamEvil
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2 posted 1999-11-10 05:11 AM


I am enjoying the philosophical bent of your recent work as it echoes my own sentiments my friend.

Very well done, but you knew that before you penned it.

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


X Angel
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3 posted 1999-11-10 09:18 AM


When we compromise our true selves, we become mouthpieces of someone else.
I loved this
~X~

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"We have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night" (Tombstone epitaph of two amateur astronomers)

suthern
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4 posted 1999-11-10 09:41 AM


Well done, Michael!
RainbowGirl
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5 posted 1999-11-10 10:18 AM


Michael: I guess that's why we get up each day, you just never know what's round the corner..

HUGS

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You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

hoot_owl_rn
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6 posted 1999-11-10 12:18 PM


Nicely written Michael

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Alis volat propriis
(She flies with her own wings)

Iloveit
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7 posted 1999-11-10 01:48 PM


I like this michael, sigh...it sure says a lot and you say it well
RSEvans
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8 posted 1999-11-10 01:51 PM


Loved this one Michael

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Once I was brilliant, now I no longer shine, but the twinkle in my eye speaks of another time.

Balladeer
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9 posted 1999-11-10 02:12 PM


Brilliant, Michael.
Martie
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10 posted 1999-11-10 03:53 PM


Very well done Michael.
Julie
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11 posted 1999-11-10 09:58 PM


Michael...your words so profound...love to read your work.
Denise
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12 posted 1999-11-10 11:40 PM


Another excellent piece, Michael. Very good!

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Denise


Nan
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13 posted 1999-11-11 08:08 PM


I can always count on you for some real introspection, my friend...
ThUnDeRkYsS
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14 posted 1999-11-11 08:11 PM


Very nice work Michael... Nicely written and a great message too

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Life is what you make of it... Not what you let it be

WhtDove
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15 posted 1999-11-11 10:59 PM


Wow! I love it!!!!!!!!!!
moonmoon
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16 posted 1999-11-11 11:39 PM





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"No one was ever ruined from without;
The final ruin comes from within.".....Amelia E. Barr



JOY 14
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17 posted 1999-11-15 07:07 PM


No surprise here. That was soooo good! What a message. I think I'm going to read it again!



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