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Nicole
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0 posted 2000-06-07 03:16 AM


I wonder at times what would happen
If I just simply walked away
Turned my back on this ruddy path
Shut my door in the face of day

Would the road much less traveled
Still stretch into forever – miles
Would birds still fly in stormy skies
Seek shelter on white sanded isles

Silently I sit, in darkened space
Adrift ‘pon seas of circle-thought
And wonder if this meager raft
Is truly out of paper, wrought

Is it strong enough to bear my weight
Or will it melt into black nothing-ness
I fear those waves of fathoms deep
And the breaking weight of loneliness

If I close my eyes – try to sleep
Will my demons plague the dreams
Will I be left with false respite
Waking to hear my solitary screams

If from softly parted lips, were
To escape a simple sigh
Would it float along, unheard
By the hands of distance, die

And if I could, but remove this heart
Beating true, from hollowed breast
A mind allowed an icy calm
Unneeded feelings laid to rest

I wonder if I crafted bricks of stone
If I built about me a giant wall
If I lived life in my castle strong
I wonder if I’d really be missed at all


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Jeffrey Carter
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1 posted 2000-06-07 03:33 AM


WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!!!!!

Amazingly wonderful writing, Yes, you would certainly be missed  

 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


SpitFire
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2 posted 2000-06-08 12:37 PM


~Of course you and your beautifully poetic talent would be missed..silly.  Of course, of course, of course.  Thank you for sharing this lovely poem. Take care. *Peace.
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