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PoemCrazy
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0 posted 2001-01-19 12:05 PM


not 98.6

There's a fire inside me,
i don't know where it comes from,
but it wants to get out.
My normal temperature is not 98.6.

When i'm attacked,
it leaps up to sear and burn.
But i only let it out
through the lens of discipline.

It roars, "destroy the threat."
But i say, "No, teach.
Teach something better,
teach how you found Peace."

When i'm loved,
i can't stop the fire.
It shines through my eyes,
burning, burning, desire.

Water-bearer, fire sign.
I rant to let off steam.
A complicated duality,
but really, that's "me."

© Copyright 2001 Tom - All Rights Reserved
nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29
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Between the Lines
1 posted 2001-01-19 12:52 PM


My normal temperature is not 98.6.


hmmm mine isn't either *s nice one

~Wynter


"The worst prison would be a closed heart".
...Pope John Paul II



Frankie
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since 2001-01-10
Posts 57

2 posted 2001-01-19 01:00 PM


This is a good one....

When I'm attacked
It Leaps up to sear and burn
But I only let it out
through the lens of disipline.

I strive to be this disiplined

Frankie

PoemCrazy
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since 2000-11-30
Posts 159

3 posted 2001-01-20 03:52 PM


Hi!

thanks.

this is the kind of stuff i get when i sit and think "what the hell was i thinking?"
if that makes any sense at all...tom


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