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ma miller
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since 2000-07-11
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0 posted 2000-07-28 12:10 PM


the burning seat ...

to be on the edge
  of your memory's seat
while it's burning embers
   engulf your past
a forward move
    only fans the flames
a spit into its hell
     ignites lost nightmares
a snuffing try
      breeds self-contempt
no smother
      rids the horrors
no phlegm
     extinguishes hell
no motion
    cools the burn
sit in your seat
   of fiery by-gones
find comfort
  in its warming flames


M.A. Miller
07.28.00

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AniKay83
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since 2000-06-28
Posts 388
Missing Since 1999
1 posted 2000-07-28 01:12 PM


I like how you wrote this. Really got my attention.
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to be on the edge
  of your memory's seat


no motion
    cools the burn
sit in your seat
   of fiery by-gones
find comfort
  in its warming flames

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"I'm sorry for telling u love was unnecessary... making u lose ur way. I'm sure I'll be as sad as u feel."
~Touch and Go



brian madden
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since 2000-05-06
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ireland
2 posted 2000-07-28 01:19 PM


wonderfully written...powerful images.


"A frog, it cannot comprehend the sea Nor me happiness" Paul Draper-Mansun

ma miller
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since 2000-07-11
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3 posted 2000-07-28 06:09 PM


AniKay83 and Brian ... thanks for reading ... simplistic imagery is primary focus of mine right now ... thanks again
MMoonchild
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since 2000-07-13
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PA
4 posted 2000-07-28 06:24 PM


very very good, MA  loved it

~~MM

ethome
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since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada
5 posted 2000-07-29 05:38 AM


Well MA I guess you're right you can't get rid of them so why not learn from them and allow the heat of the mistakes to warm the changes one can make......oh you know what I mean, something like that.
Nan
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6 posted 2000-07-29 08:27 AM


Awareness... a good thing... Not only can we find comfort in the security of our experiences, but hopefully we can learn from them as well.. Nice insights here, my friend..
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