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dgvarner
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since 2000-05-13

Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida

0 posted 2001-01-24 05:43 PM

my shoulders are heavy...
in my head
has been dropped a boulder
bearing down upon my neck
crushing my fragile
shoulders

i become old
as the wieght suffocates the youth
of me
there is no time to feel the pain
there is no time to purge the tears
as i am slowly being poisoned
to a death that does not become me

i could scream
but who would hear

this weight is overpowering
i am tired
too tired to fight this familiar battle
i lay down in the blood of me
where once i shed the tears
and i close my eyes..

those who will come to see
will call me old...

-dgvarner
1-24-01

"...beyond the door, theres peace i'm sure...and i know there'll be no more tears in heaven..." clapton

doreen peri
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since 1999-05-25

Posts 3812
Virginia

1 posted 2001-01-24 05:57 PM

very dark, nice lines in here... thanks for the read

dgvarner
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since 2000-05-13

Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida

2 posted 2001-01-25 12:29 PM

thanks for reading DOREEN..

hugs, g

kcsgrandma
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since 2000-09-24

Posts 1522
Presque Isle, ME

3 posted 2001-01-25 12:34 PM

What an awful weight of sadness in this poem, Gale! I especially liked the last lines. How true that burdens can make us appear old before we attain old age!

To love another person is to see the face of God.
- Les Miserables

Marilyn

VAS
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since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

4 posted 2001-01-25 12:40 PM

Oh this is so filled with lamentations. Fallen Rain, is it autobiographical in any sense? Do you wish prayer? Such a fervent moaning is present here.

Let us know.

Mark Bohannan
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since 2000-06-21

Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song

5 posted 2001-01-25 05:09 AM

YOU OLD!???????!!! I think not. Powerful verse of realization to THOSE of us who are really there. Wonderful writing and great choice words carrying much impact.

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

6 posted 2001-01-25 08:59 AM

(tears coming down my cheeks) Oh, this poem is filled with such immense pain and sorrow. Oh, please don't say that, please don't say that at all. Your heart speaks of a wisdom that shines with the liveliness of youth and happiness. You mean so much to us all, we love you all so much. Now may love and light overcome all and raise your shoulders and toss that boulder like a discus. I pray all this pain is replaced by love very soon (sniff) Thank you for sharing, my friend!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

dgvarner
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since 2000-05-13

Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida

7 posted 2001-01-25 01:13 PM

MAR..some days..in some ways...i do feel so very old... thanks for reading..

VAS..prayers always welcomed..thank you

i thank you MARK..but some days....

thanks for reading..

MISTLETOE..wow..thanks so much for such kind words..and for the sort of 'virtual prayer'..

the sun will shine again..

hugs, g

"i was thinkin'
if you were lonely
maybe we could leave here
and no one would know
at least not to the point where we would think so..."

Parker
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since 2000-01-06

Posts 3129
ON

8 posted 2001-01-25 03:17 PM

dg, very very heavy poem. Great write. Hugs.

Parker

dgvarner
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since 2000-05-13

Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida

9 posted 2001-01-25 06:58 PM

PARKER..heavy upon my shoulders, yes...
thanks for the hug..needed

hugs, g

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