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JohnDLeclare
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since 2000-07-26
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0 posted 2000-08-02 05:51 AM


                            Decent
                                
                           If I must
                         Wake this day
                          I must hold
                         Fears at bay.
                                
                       The darkness claws
                      Up out of my dreams,
                           What I see
                     Is not what it seems.
                                
                        Out of the fire
                          Into the ash
                       A soul come undone
                     Under reality’s lash.
                                
                    The white light of pain
                     Casts shadows on grief
                       Into the darkness
                       I cast for relief.
                                
                      I dread what I find
                          I am my foe,
                      To win is to loose,
                      To loose is to grow.
                                
                    In  absence of light
                     Darkness can’t heal.
                         As I descend,
                        Into the night.
                                
                         John D LeClare
                                  

© Copyright 2000 John Dale LeClare - All Rights Reserved
kynder
Senior Member
since 2000-04-11
Posts 537
Tallahassee, Florida
1 posted 2000-08-02 11:32 AM


wow john...... this is so very good.  so poetic, so flowing.  i feel every word.  it takes but a match to light an entire room.

kynder

Sunshine can not bleach
The snow,
Nor time unmake what
Poets know.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

catalinamoon
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since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone
2 posted 2000-08-02 01:33 PM


John, very nice, feel the descent, take care
Catalinamoon

SpitFire
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since 2000-04-19
Posts 2396

3 posted 2000-08-02 01:39 PM


~John D,...I really enjoyed the flow here and the sort of hammering into me thing going on. Had kind of a beat to it. A beat with a message that is. I'm glad that I caught this. It was surely time well spent. I do enjoy your writing. Take care now. *Peace.
Deborah1
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since 2000-06-22
Posts 653
New Hampshire
4 posted 2000-08-02 04:40 PM


John, I give praise here!! I liked the way you wrote this, Nice flow, all around great job!!! Look forward to more!

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

brian madden
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since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374
ireland
5 posted 2000-08-02 05:10 PM


John, I also enjoyed the piece. Look forward to more from you.

"I am melancholy, flower cutting through stone"
manic street preachers

JohnDLeclare
Junior Member
since 2000-07-26
Posts 43

6 posted 2000-08-02 08:58 PM


Thank you all VERY much. I am glad you liked it.

John D

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