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Rex
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since 2000-06-29
Posts 482
Houston, Texas

0 posted 2000-08-07 03:31 PM


Who cares that this heart beats
Through unremitting Time, and knows
No peace...who cares
That hidden embers burn unquenched,
Where only leaden ashes seem to lie,
And flare in secret conflagration
Until the soul itself is reddened
By their glow...
Or that imprisoned tears
Have welled to boundless seas,
Unfathomable as the pride
That dams their turbid flow.
Who cares that unclosed eyes
Be shut to all save dreams
That knew no unredemption once,
Of promise or of praise,
Or that bitterness be folded close
In draping mists to hide
A bleeding wound.
Who cares that dawns and dusks,
And stars and moons,
And ebbs and tides and years,
Are merely hopes that come and go...
While I live on...forever!



© Copyright 2000 Rex E. Alford - All Rights Reserved
catalinamoon
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Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone
1 posted 2000-08-07 07:54 PM


Who cares?  I do..
And I sure have had many days of feeling this way. Beautiful as always.
Sandra

Marilyn
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since 1999-09-26
Posts 2621
Ontario, Canada
2 posted 2000-08-07 09:27 PM


Nicely done Rex. Very dark indeed. This is the first dark piece of yours I have had the pleasure of reading (that I can recall anyway...lol). I hope to see more.   (hmmm not that I hope you have too many dark moods my friend.   )
Nikolette Sadness
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since 2000-07-29
Posts 337
port richey fl.
3 posted 2000-08-07 09:33 PM


i like this one alot...very...oooooh...oh and btw...cowboys are so sexy!
Nik

i was once in love and happy...but you can call me Sadness.

Dark_kisses_Within
Senior Member
since 2000-03-21
Posts 680
Kansas
4 posted 2000-08-08 11:01 AM


Very nice, Rex, very nice!  You always seem to amaze me with your words.  

DkW


Once there was a darkness
Deep and endless night
You gave me everything you had
Ahhhhhh you gave me light


Hardrock
Senior Member
since 2000-02-14
Posts 948
New Hampshire, USA
5 posted 2000-08-08 05:48 PM


As with all you do, this is superb.  Be well, my friend.  Hardrock
Deborah1
Senior Member
since 2000-06-22
Posts 653
New Hampshire
6 posted 2000-08-08 07:47 PM


We all care Rex!! This was full of emotions and another beautiful poem from you!!!! Perfectly done!!!

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

Wren
Member
since 2000-07-05
Posts 312

7 posted 2000-08-08 10:14 PM


Rex-
Masterful work! Lovely!
-Wren

The thread of destiny
Unknown by anyone
Unseen by anyone
Winds around your heart
Moist with tears
-Vampire Princess Miyu Theme

Kethry
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082
Victoria Australia
8 posted 2000-08-09 05:27 AM


Rex
I left your poem till last, because I believed it would be beyond compare. You did not disappoint me my friend.
Superb.
Be well
Kethry

"It is the image in the mind that links us to lost treasures;
but it is the loss that shapes the image,
gathers the flowers weaves the garland."-

kynder
Senior Member
since 2000-04-11
Posts 537
Tallahassee, Florida
9 posted 2000-08-14 06:18 PM


and who cares that i will never be able to create such masterpieces such as this!!!!  wow, rex.... i can only echo everyone else!!  you truly have a way with words, my friend.

kynder

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA
10 posted 2000-08-16 06:04 AM


A pleasure to read this excellent poem...James
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