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BobLake
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since 2000-06-26
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0 posted 2000-06-26 01:18 PM


The past came to visit early this week
No not a ghost or aparition
More a hazy vision at the edge of my sleep
The depths of my mind where all is stored
Betrayed me for a fleeting moment
And I saw what I knew could never be.

It came again midweek disturbing me.
Clearer now - so real - so frightening.
Scenes left behind in that place far away
When I packed and ran in search of peace.
Sweat came to my forehead as I struggled
To wake up and drive the demons away.

As the week ends I fight sleep
Not wanting to return to that place
Praying that the memories will return
To the dark place where I had held them captive.
It is wrong to think about this
What was meant to be is. time has seen to it.


© Copyright 2000 BobLake - All Rights Reserved
SpitFire
Member Elite
since 2000-04-19
Posts 2396

1 posted 2000-06-26 01:42 PM


~Wow,....nice poem.  It got me going,....it's got this haunting effect to it.  Fighting sleep to avoid,...WHOA!!!  This is intense.  I think we all have a few demons tucked in the back somewhere.  Hope all is well. Nice first post. Welcome!!! Take care. *Peace.
kitkat
Senior Member
since 2000-01-11
Posts 878
Nova Scotia
2 posted 2000-06-26 02:13 PM


I liked this. Nothing more fearful than the scary past coming to our present time. We all have our Demons to fight. I hope you find the strength to battle yours.
JP
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since 1999-05-25
Posts 1343
Loomis, CA
3 posted 2000-06-26 03:30 PM


Welcome! I like what you've done here and hope to see more.



Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn.
JP

"Everything is your own damn fault, if you are any good." E. Hemmingway

kynder
Senior Member
since 2000-04-11
Posts 537
Tallahassee, Florida
4 posted 2000-06-26 05:46 PM


whoo wheee this is good.  very powerful.  it spoke to me.  i have dealt with this on this very day.  thank you for sharing!! welcome to dark, i must say!!!!!       

kynder

Across the gateway of my heart,
I wrote "No Thoroughfare!!"
But love came laughing by and
Cried "I enter everywhere!!!"

Herbert Shipman

Isis
Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland
5 posted 2000-06-26 08:33 PM


Welcome!!  The past can be an unwanted stranger or guest.  All we can do is recognise him and deal with him, then move on...  Like your style here hon.. Great work "

I'll tell you this...... No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn.....
~Isis~
(Goddess - Sovereign of the Spirit)


catalinamoon
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Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone
6 posted 2000-06-26 11:06 PM


Hi, welcome. I liked your poem, very true, the way things supposed to be buried will come back to haunt you,especally in a vulnerable time. Don't worry, sometimes sleep can bring the most beautiful dreams as well.
Catalinamoon

Jeremiah Johnson
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since 2000-06-08
Posts 1223
Brooksville, Fl, U.S
7 posted 2000-06-27 02:10 AM


welcome to the dark side of life. LOL. well great work and i hope to read more from you real soon.

I'm a dying romantic and when i can no longer write i can no longer live -Jeremiah Johnson-


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