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Deranger
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since 2000-05-10
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Somewhere, between here and there

0 posted 2000-07-19 08:25 AM


A Sign of the Times

They tell me to stop wasting my time,
To read between the lines,
They tell me to open my eyes, stop being so blind
It’s just a sign of the times…

Dying in the halls, open my eyes?
Seems you’re the one who’s blind
Death in the schools?
It’s just a sign of the times…

No more serene childhood dreams
All have been ripped at the seams!
No more sublime existence
But it’s just a sign of the times….

Rip out my heart, claw out my eyes,
Burn me to ashes,
Death I want instead of this kind of world
After all, it’s only a sign of the times.

Children cry as their parents die
What the hell is going on,
Cruelest dream is reality
Life’s a lie, it seems to me, blurring the lines

After all, its Just a sign of the times


© Copyright 2000 Alexander Crino - All Rights Reserved
Hardrock
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since 2000-02-14
Posts 948
New Hampshire, USA
1 posted 2000-07-19 08:31 AM


Deranger...so true.  Everything gets explained away as a "sign of the times".  But I wonder...where are these signs leading us?  Nicely put.  Hardrock
catalinamoon
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The Shores of Alone
2 posted 2000-07-19 10:19 AM


This may turn out to be a duplicate message, webtv snafu again..
Anyway, as I was saying the first time, this poem reminds me of an old song by Buffalo Springfield.. It says a lot about the world and the misery in it. Very well put.
Thank you also for your comments on my poem. I guess all we can do is keep trying and dreaming.
Take care
Cat...

Magebeast
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since 2000-07-19
Posts 60

3 posted 2000-07-19 11:45 PM


I don't know how to explain it, but this poem really touched me...
AngelShell
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since 2000-03-01
Posts 446
not heaven nor hell so...
4 posted 2000-07-20 01:55 AM


A really beautiful moving poem.  Even though it conveys the dark side of our exsistance, it really gets in behind everything.
Great writing.

Shell.

lotharingia
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since 2000-06-04
Posts 897
saarbruecken, Germany
5 posted 2000-07-20 04:58 AM


An excellent piece!
Our world is a sad place indeed!


Lotharingia
"Dreams are life, reality, creation" Miguel de Unanumo



Deborah1
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since 2000-06-22
Posts 653
New Hampshire
6 posted 2000-07-20 07:21 AM


I voted this one. Very very good!!! Isn't it true but so sad that "The sign of the times" has even become something we say to explain away all the horrible things around us? Very thought provoking!!

The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose...--Hada Bejar

SpitFire
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since 2000-04-19
Posts 2396

7 posted 2000-07-21 09:11 AM


~I agree,...very thought provoking. Such a shame,...I too think about these very things and it breaks my heart that it's mostly reality. Nice expression. Be well D. *Peace.
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