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Marina Member Elite
since 2000-02-10
Posts 2245Pickering, Ontario |
Sleepers From cradle to grave Our souls, our very being In lessons we must brave Stored, where know one will be seeing Our very own little realm Helping us cruise life’s highway The guilder at the helm Making sure we don’t stray Inevitably called to home To await another chance on Earth In Heaven will you roam As it grows with every girth For each of us a soul mate A longing to find that grows deeper As we cling to the hand of fate Until then.... We, are only sleepers Marina June 2000 |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
From cradle to grave Our very own little realm Helping us cruise life’s highway The guilder at the helm Inevitably called to home To await another chance on Earth In Heaven will you roam As it grows with every girth For each of us a soul mate A longing to find that grows deeper As we cling to the hand of fate "Until then.... We, are only sleepers" an amazing thought. wonderful poem, beautiful images. I really loved this poem. ------------------------ "Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time". Baltimore Grotto "To be nobody-but-yourself-in a world which is doing its best night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting." E.E Cummings. manic street preachers "Culture Alienation Borebom and Despair" "I know I believe in nothing but it is my nothing" -faster MSP "And you see, I kind of shiver to conformity Did you see, the way I cower to authority, you see And my life, it's a series of compromises anyway It's a sham, and I'm conditioned to accept it all, you see" six by Paul Draper. ----- |
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Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
"From cradle to grave" "Until then.... We, are only sleepers" Wonderful Marina! You've given life to the very essence of our beings ... a lovely journey expressed here. Well done! Best wishes, /Kit |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
Inevitably called to home To await another chance on Earth In Heaven will you roam As it grows with every girth For each of us a soul mate A longing to find that grows deeper As we cling to the hand of fate Until then.... We, are only sleepers .......... Thought provoking poem here, Marina, very thought provoking. Here I am thinking of after-life and re-birth in search of a soul mate. I presume it is not just one life but many a lives that one has to wait before the perfect unison is made, the perfect soulmate is found. I hope I am not chewing too much.... Anyway, atleast my thought process is on to some direction, I had thought I had lost that sense completely... Thanks for posting this one... regards, sudhir. My heart is pounding, my stomach's inside out I'm feeling kind-a-shaky, my mind is full of doubt All I ever think about, is fearing fear itself, Wish I could unscrew my head and put it on the shelf Everything is twisted, everything is oh so tight, Don't know what I'm looking at, the lights are all too bright My brain's about to crumble, spill out on the floor Sweep 'em up. Throw 'em away, don't want 'em anymore Clouds race across the sky, day turns into night, Still there are the questions, no answers in sight Everything is twisted, everything is oh so tight, Starin' out the window, everything is just too bright Brain's about to crumble, spill out on the floor, Wish I could unscrew my head, and kick it out the door... You know I'm feeling kind-a....Strange You know I'm feeling kind-a....Strange ~ Strange ~ Joe Satriani (Flying in a Blue Dream) |
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Corazon Senior Member
since 2000-02-02
Posts 1209 |
yep the consensus is in, the ending on this is perfect...really nice poem  |
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Parker Member Elite
since 2000-01-06
Posts 3129ON |
I always fall asleep when I'm waiting for that fatefull train at the train station too. Interesting view...... I like. If you are asleep, what if you miss the train, do you have to wait.... and does the body walk around like a zombie with no soul. Cause that could explain a few people around the government office here. James |
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Marina Member Elite
since 2000-02-10
Posts 2245Pickering, Ontario |
Brian, thank you very much. Just a little brain teaser I guess. kit, thank you. I am glad you liked it. sudhir, I am glad that you saw that much in this poem. It was my intention. Thank you very much for the compliment. Corazon,thank you James,thanks but.....You missed the bus along time ago! LOL This must have been very difficult for you to understand...too much for ya? Or are you still trying to organize that drinking party in the brewery????? LOL  |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
Excellent Marina, yes. . . we all do search for that one person that will make us complete. . . sometimes, it takes a lifetime. . . sometimes, more than one. . . Parker, if you miss it. . .well, I feel that you do indeed walk around in a state of loss. . .sometimes, you get another chance, and sometimes. . . you don't. . . Wonderful poem. . . ------------------------------------------------------------- That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl |
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Jeffrey Carter
since 2000-04-08
Posts 2367State of constant confusion! |
Marina, As I said before "Better and better" All my love, Jeffrey I lie awake in a world filled with dreams, but dreams can be so real when you don't know you're asleep |
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Trew Member
since 2000-06-10
Posts 365Ottawa, Canada |
Would that no man could leave this earth before having awoken. Wow! What an amazing outlook. I loved it, Marina! |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
In lessons we must brave Stored, where know one will be seeing ----------------- For each of us a soul mate A longing to find that grows deeper As we cling to the hand of fate Until then.... We, are only sleepers -------------- but I'm not sleepy any more... well, i will ask again ... how did ya get to be so wise... Marina-girl this poem is SO COOL!!!!! hanging around with those vampires payed off LOL I REALLY like this poem ... I'd like it even better had I wrote it LOL (still begging me muse to come home)  later-wise-poet gator jm And it's good that I'm not angry, I just need to get over, I'm not angry, anymore Cry when you cry, run when you run, love when you love, represent the ashes that you leave behind ~MB20~ "What the caterpillar calls the end ... The world calls a butterfly" ~Lao Tze Tao~ ~Butterflies are meant to be free~ |
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Marina Member Elite
since 2000-02-10
Posts 2245Pickering, Ontario |
Sven, thank you. it is true it can take more than one lifetime. it might even take as many as three. LOL at you comment for Parker..... james, could it be you actaully have nothing more to say???? Jeff, thank you as always. You are always a sweetheart. Trew, thanks. I don't know if it is an amazing outlook....just mine. Jan, I feel your muse will return at any time! She always has. Thanks. Marina |
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