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dgvarner
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since 2000-05-13
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High Springs, Florida

0 posted 2000-05-28 03:26 PM


i built these walls
to keep you out--
not to keep you in...

i took my falls
i learned to shout
i did my time, and then

i walked the halls
of pain and doubt
and learned to cry again...

i built these walls--
i mill about,
trapped
within my pin...


--dgvarner
  4/9/00



 "A Poet's life is on written page; a scenario to take the stage--watch..." dgvarner

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childomine
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since 2000-01-25
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st. petersburg, FL
1 posted 2000-05-28 03:43 PM


The walls that we build to protect us also keep us from enjoying all that there is.  This is very good.
Songbird
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since 1999-12-15
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Missouri
2 posted 2000-05-28 05:59 PM


I've been there.. done that.. You said it well.
kaile
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singapore
3 posted 2000-06-23 01:48 PM


ditto childomine and septsong's comments....an accurate poem most of us can identify with....
Casonova
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since 2000-04-29
Posts 35
Mays Landing
4 posted 2000-06-24 04:54 PM


I have to agree that I have done the exact thing, And now I am trying to undo it, and believe me, it is hard. Thank you for sharing this, very beautiful...
                         Casonova...

Desire and determination, can bring any goal within reach.

brian madden
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since 2000-05-06
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ireland
5 posted 2000-06-24 07:57 PM


ow How I know this. I built up my walls but it wasn't until some one broke through and found me that I was truely happy and content with my self. WOnderful poem

i built these walls
to keep you out--
i did my time, and then
i walked the halls
of pain and doubt
and learned to cry again...
i built these walls--
trapped




"I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments".
Jim Morrison

Munda
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since 1999-10-08
Posts 3544
The Hague, The Netherlands
6 posted 2000-06-27 02:07 PM


I like how you use little words to say a lot. Enjoyed this much !
PrincessPoet
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since 2000-04-15
Posts 133
Long Beach, Calif.
7 posted 2000-06-27 02:28 PM


Ditto, Ditto, and Ditto!
Expressed very, Well

Poetry
&
Friendship


Your failures in life come from not realizing your nearness to success when you give up.
-Yoruba Proverb

Poetry & Friendship,
PrincessPoet


kelieth
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since 2000-06-12
Posts 314
Normal IL - USA
8 posted 2000-06-28 09:45 AM


Have to agree with all the posts before.  But remember to truly grow we must see the storms.  

Kevin

"Anything is possible with patience, time is the tool use it to reach your goals."

dgvarner
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since 2000-05-13
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High Springs, Florida
9 posted 2000-06-28 09:54 AM


thanks all, for your replies      

i think childomine and kevin said it best...
"The walls that we build to protect us also keep us from enjoying all that there is"   and,
"to truly grow we must see the storms."

been looking at storms lately...waitin on the sun    

dg
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"A Poet's life is on written page; a scenario to take the stage--watch..."  dgvarner

[This message has been edited by dgvarner (edited 06-28-2000).]

Yu Lan
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since 2000-04-13
Posts 1462
New Zealand
10 posted 2000-07-01 08:17 PM


This is sad, dgvarner..

"i built these walls
to keep you out--
not to keep you in..." I love this piece.. and yes, I agree with the above..
Often the little words mean so much more..
And you surely captured that! ^_^


Lynne

"He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened." Lao-tsu



passing shadows
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displaced
11 posted 2004-12-25 11:20 AM


understanding
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