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Solstice Son
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0 posted 2003-04-09 05:21 PM


Its funny how we walk
along the path of life and time
how so many footsteps gone before
sometimes help us as a guide
I like the tangent people though
who stand along the sides
who wave a banner painted dark
like some foreboding sign
its not in mourning not in grief
that they wave the inky silks
its because they cannot stand the norm
mediocrity is not their ilk
true...they have their hard times
when solitude rapes the mind
there's no place then for them to hide
no footsteps there to guide
my heart is filled with love for them
wrapped in their jet black shrouds
tears stain their blotchy cheeks
their minds filled with doubt grey clouds
I choose to love them anyway
because the take a stand
not for money, nor for fame
but because they can.
I find my hands fit theirs
and find their eyes meet mine
we sit and talk or take a walk
til everything feels fine
I may not reach the faraway end
as the road goes ever on
but sure as I may I'll talk with them
and learn their tangent songs.

" and I dream of her always,
even when I don't dream.
her name's on my tongue
and her blood's in my stream."

'Christmas in Prison' John Prine

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1 posted 2003-04-09 06:02 PM


Very interesting write. Enjoyed. Chris

"Hope" is the thing with feathers-
that perches in the soul....
                  
                       -Emily Dickinson

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2 posted 2003-04-09 07:06 PM


I'm not sure I understand your full meaning in this poem but you did a good job of whetting my curiosity.  Joyce
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3 posted 2003-04-09 08:56 PM


I'm kind of ditto with Joyce, I have read it twice and I like it, the way it reads but I not quite sure if I am understanding it properly.

Love reading all these great writes.
I write not!

Solstice Son
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4 posted 2003-04-10 12:58 PM


- smiling -

I don't know if I could explain it...

aside from this..

on occasion in most of our lives...we meet people...unique....and distinctly ' themselves ' ...they have their own ' tune ' let alone march to a different beat...

I keep meeting them..the one this poem is for...is especially brilliant...yet sore hearted...and I find myself powerfully drawn...not so much to the hurt...but to the beauty of her mind and soul...

hope that helps...sorry for being so...ethereal.

" and I dream of her always,
even when I don't dream.
her name's on my tongue
and her blood's in my stream."

'Christmas in Prison' John Prine

aries_luv_ppl
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5 posted 2003-04-10 07:19 PM


hey I get your meaning completely. I always admire those who can keep their own unique way. Nicely done. Just one thing, check spelling.

Eliza Simmons
~Every girl has a dream within.

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6 posted 2003-04-10 08:35 PM


SolticeSon~
I've read this three times.
Not because I didn't understand it ...
but, because I did~

This is one of those poems that stalk the mind and calls one back again and again.
Thank you for that, poet~

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

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Denise
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7 posted 2003-04-10 09:36 PM


Very well expressed and written, Sol. Well done!
BrokenWingedAngel
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8 posted 2003-04-13 01:47 AM


"I choose to love them anyway
because the take a stand
not for money, nor for fame
but because they can."
My favorite lines!  I love this, and I hope you're still taking the stand we were talking about earlier.  Good luck and keep them coming.

I awake to a world I don't want. There is no transition for me. I am in heaven. I am in hell.

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9 posted 2003-04-17 10:22 PM


Interesting - I enjoyed.
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