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hsystems
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0 posted 2000-04-14 12:58 PM


     Blood From a Turnip

Don't look to me for answers -
For, questions are all I have.
I can't tell you how you should live your life -
Living my own is more than I can manage.
You want the secret of happiness?
Talk to a child, who still has his sense of wonder;
Who lives in blissful innocence of life's harsh realities,
And is full of the will to live.
You're looking for peace of mind?
Try consulting a priest -
They claim to have all the secrets of the universe
Tied up in a neat little package.
So, you seek truth?
Ask a philosopher -
But, don't be surprised if he advises you
To look for truth within yourself.
Ask a child...ask a priest...ask a philosopher...
But, please, don't ask me.
I can't give you what I don't have.

     -Troy J. Hoecherl-

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 Beautiful, Thought-Provoking Poetry
http://www.h-systems.net/p1.htm[/URL]


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Denise
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1 posted 2000-04-14 01:28 PM


Great poem, Troy!

Denise

hsystems
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2 posted 2000-04-15 06:43 PM


Thanks, Denise!  I wrote it quite awhile ago, and I haven't posted much of my free verse in here, so I thought I'd put it up.


Troy

 Beautiful, Thought-Provoking Poetry
http://www.h-systems.net/p1.htm[/URL]


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3 posted 2000-04-15 06:47 PM


Troy,
Can I ask you a question?....lol
Great free verse man
I love you man...( inside joke everyone )

Jeffrey

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4 posted 2000-04-15 06:49 PM


Troy,
Well said, my friend.  So true and beautiful!!!  Nice poem.  I enjoyed it.  

 Friends are friend forever if the Lord's the Lord of them and a friend will not say never cause the welcome will not end.
--Michael W. Smith

hsystems
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5 posted 2000-04-15 06:58 PM


Jeffrey - LOL!  You are just TOO funny, my friend!  Well, let's see...if ya want to ask me a question, I guess I'll have to put on my priest's collar...
Thanks for the comments - I love you, man!

Lone Wolf - Thank you, my friend!  I think we have all felt this way at least once.


Troy

 Beautiful, Thought-Provoking Poetry
http://www.h-systems.net/p1.htm[/URL]


netswan
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6 posted 2000-04-15 07:37 PM


Troy --- I look forward to reading your poems.  --  This one is great!

I have a question, but am afraid to ask.
(j/k)

netswan

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7 posted 2000-04-15 08:16 PM


Nuh-uh... I'm NOT askin' anything... NOPE!!..
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