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Effigy
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disbelief

0 posted 2000-04-29 06:57 PM


Split images.
A reflection on the wall.
The only time I feel real
is when I'm not truly there.
A glance in the mirror,
quick summation of my life.
Very little worthy to recall.
I don't think I care to much for me.
I guess that's not too bad,
just imitation of reality.
I might as well be the only one.
Sometimes wish I could get away.
I hope for no tomorrow.
I pray for no today.
Sometimes I sleep and wish to not wake up.
Would any one know where I was?
Will any one know I'm gone?
I'm just being silly.
I don't know.
I've not had a bad life,
sure as hell was not a suffering child.
I've never REALLY been ridiculed.
I've never stuck out at all.
I'm just here.
A person you pass by on your way through life,
then just as quickly forget about.
Me...the invisible man floating through the crowd.
Wasting away till dawn,
not really changing a thing.
But if in case, during life, you never knew me,
dammit I was there!

...oh well...
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 understanding is misunderstood
  


[This message has been edited by Effigy (edited 04-29-2000).]

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netswan
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1 posted 2000-04-29 08:33 PM


LOL Effigy - this was a great read,

Well, I, for one, see you are there!

netswan

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2 posted 2000-04-30 08:07 AM


Effigy~
I wonder just how many people feel this ?

'But if in case, during life, you never knew me,
dammit I was there!'

I think it's up to each of us to step onto the world stage and declare our presence known.  The spotlight shines on those who dare pirouette in it's glow.
~*Marge*~




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Effigy
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disbelief
3 posted 2000-04-30 11:32 AM


Marge, you just might be right? Who knows?
That spot light can be very intising, and often elusive.

 understanding is misunderstood


Brandyn Sand
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4 posted 2000-04-30 11:38 AM


A very thought provoking piece.  I do this so much of the time... You know, reflect on the way of things. *Glad to know I'm not the only one... *whew!* LOL

Loved your statement of definace at the end.  YES!

 

serenity blaze
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5 posted 2000-05-01 12:10 PM


I stand in line just to applaud...moving piece, here...and I too, like the defiance at the end...and A Bravo! too.
jkm1
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6 posted 2000-05-01 12:26 PM


i like this piece a lot. i for one can relate. i think a lot of people go through life thinking they are unnoticed but you'd be suprised at the impact your presence/absence can have on people. i often am but am always grateful to hear it. thanks for the lovely poem,

jo

Effigy
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disbelief
7 posted 2000-05-01 12:02 PM


Thanks I'm glad that you enjoyed the poem. I am loved that you all got so much from it. Peace.  

 understanding is misunderstood


passing shadows
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displaced
8 posted 2004-05-02 09:17 PM


I feel like this too sometimes
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