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Running From the Darkness
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Running From the Darkness |
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RSEvans Senior Member
since 1999-10-23
Posts 1147Tulsa, OK, USA 
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++++this one was hard to write with Scooby Doo playing full blast in the background... so forgive me if it wanders, but I hope the message is not lost in the flurry++++ The mud splashes neath my feet, And still onward I run, Until my destiny I meet, Until my day is done. I cannot stop I must move on The darkness is close behind And then a thought intrudes upon Stopping me in stride. I look back along the road To see so many there Friends, family all alone And the darkness in the air. It seethes behind them, twists and turns And threatens to draw them in. And even though ahead I yearn, I must go back for them. I run straightforward t'ward the dark Through footprints back I go, Toward my loved ones I make my mark I must save them I know. I reach the first and they rise Then they join me, Together we rush, although not wise The others must be free. We reach the second and the third The darkness drawing near And yet the fourth and fifth remain Frozen in their fear. We dash for them, our feet in flight And pull them from the soil Then turn for home, the end in sight The salvation from our toil. We reach the light, the dark behind Safety now is ours to share We take deep breaths, we are of one mind Together we are there. Knowlege tempered by wisdom...Wisdom tamed by youth. |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
This is impressive, Rob! Scooby Doo had no ill effect on your writing!! 'Together' with family and friends is the only place to be in the end....nothing else matters. Great thoughts in this Rob! Denise |
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Marina Member Elite
since 2000-02-10
Posts 2245Pickering, Ontario |
I really enjoyed this one...very well written. Marina |
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RSEvans Senior Member
since 1999-10-23
Posts 1147Tulsa, OK, USA |
Denise: Thanks...I'm still trying to get my pen wet from being gone for so long. Marina: Thanks |
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