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bsquirrel
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0 posted 2000-06-14 02:13 AM


I see you know how to put a bottle to your lips
and sip that cold dark sweet nectar.

I see you know how to light a cigarette and,
with it burning, suck in the smoke
and needed rush of exhausted pain.

I see you know the answer doesn't lie in the sun or the rain.
Nothing falling or lit in the sky.

I see you know there's no answer at all, it seems.

I see you know the beauty of an insect spinning in the light,
wings like mirror teardrops
pressed to thin plastic and veins.

I see you understand that love is just a word caught in flame.

I see you know the worst thing to know is the truth:
the thing you need to hear the most.

I see you've handled many mistakes.

Your arms speak in hard lost trails;
your eyes blare in their blindness;
your mouth and lips form that perfect seal around things,
but with that quaver, that little bit of quavering
near your lip.

Lost in smoke.

Look up.
I want to see you.

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Janet Marie
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1 posted 2000-06-14 02:26 AM


I see you know the answer doesn't lie in the sun or the rain.
Nothing falling or lit in the sky.

I see you know there's no answer at all, it seems.
-----------------
I see you understand that love is just a word caught in flame.

I see you know the worst thing to know is the truth:
the thing you need to hear the most.

I see you've handled many mistakes.
-----------------
Look up.
I want to see you.
----------------

me thinks you do see ...
me thinks you have eyes that "see on thru"
me thinks you already know i love this one ...
(hmmmm) reminds me of someone too (hmmmm)
me thinks this one deserves its own
butterfly slippers  
later cool eyed gator
jm/bs



 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~



serenity blaze
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2 posted 2000-06-14 02:33 AM


Oh my...this is just---well, suffice to say, I was just about to post a poem--theme being that every perfect thing had been written-and what do I see?  This absolutely perfect thing, newly written (?)  anyhow...more paper for the fire now, Mike...lol.

Truly truly touching...

JulieAnn
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3 posted 2000-06-14 03:44 AM


I liked this one alot....makes me think of alot of differnet things.....let me reflect a bit......Nice work...Julie  
Corazon
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4 posted 2000-06-14 09:14 AM


wow this one blows me away, you have a way with words with the things that you see ...wow!
SEA
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with you
5 posted 2000-06-14 09:39 AM


Bsquirrel~ this made me feel sad...... I'm not sure why though.....much too early this morning for me. Loved the read. -SEA
redheart angrybraids
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6 posted 2000-06-14 05:24 PM


sounds of city realms and trailor style, i really like your work, it always hits home in this memory sorta way.
kindly,
redheart angrybraids

ethome
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7 posted 2000-06-14 07:27 PM


Very insightful poem. Good imagery. Well done!
Kit McCallum
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8 posted 2000-06-15 08:02 AM


Very well done bsquirrel!  I read this a few times, each time somehow interpreting it a little differently, but each time a sigh at the end ... loved that ending!

Best wishes,
/Kit

bsquirrel
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9 posted 2000-06-16 01:17 AM


Thanks for all the kind replies, guys (and gals).

Mike

wayoutwalt
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10 posted 2000-06-16 01:26 AM


dweamy dweamy just dweamy (to mainly to call a poem dreamy yuh yuh)
tracie66
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11 posted 2000-06-16 05:23 AM


Mike~
Wonderful poem to read  
Tracie~


 Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe



bsquirrel
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12 posted 2000-06-17 12:18 PM


Walt and Tracie,
I'm glad you both enjoyed.

Mike

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