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wayoutwalt
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0 posted 2001-02-18 01:39 AM



I’m tired of wearing you around my finger
You’re nothing but a clinger
You’re the fly I flick across the room
You’re the dust beneath my broom
I swept you off your feet
And now my life’s complete
You are fear
And now I wear you like a gown
Meant to hit the ground
I will not be afraid
It’s a decision I have made
I will not be one that’s scared
For now my heart is bared


© Copyright 2001 Walt Burns - All Rights Reserved
doreen peri
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1 posted 2001-02-18 01:51 AM


"You’re the fly I flick across the room
You’re the dust beneath my broom
I swept you off your feet
And now my life’s complete
You are fear"

damn!!! i'm afraid of you.... hehe... you're getting too good... you scare me... geez... arghhhhhhhhhh

and i hope this comes up in triplicate because you deserve to have it happen in your poem, too... lol... *wink*smooch*

inot2B
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2 posted 2001-02-18 10:25 AM


I will not be afraid
It’s a decision I have made


You have stood up to that nasty four letter word. Now you are the master of your life.

suthern
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3 posted 2001-02-19 03:38 PM


I will not be afraid
It’s a decision I have made
I will not be one that’s scared
For now my heart is bared

I love this, Walt... sometimes fear is the biggest curse of all, even if it never gets asterisked out. *G* Keep on kickin' its booty... It strangles us so often and deserves the abuse. *G* This is great!


Corazon
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4 posted 2001-02-19 03:44 PM


lol.....gotta ditto suthern on this one...this is great...and yep you hit it perfect...baring the heart is the greatest of fears.........
redwriter1
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5 posted 2001-02-19 09:33 PM


It was once said, that courage is not the lack of fear, but instead it is the act of being afraid but doing a thing anyway.

So, my friend, you have written your heart amongst our pages and now you still have fear, but you also have courage!

Very nicely done.

Kay-lynn



[This message has been edited by redwriter1 (edited 02-19-2001).]

ethome
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6 posted 2001-02-19 09:37 PM


Hey Walt you're right...no filter ....great write........the only real fear is that you might stop writing someday...that'd be wrong!....good show!!

The poet is like a cocoon; in him the caterpillar of the past finds rest, and from him the butterfly of the future emerges.

Wilfred Yeats
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7 posted 2001-02-20 10:39 AM


Walt -
short - and powerful - great poem -

serenity blaze
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8 posted 2001-02-20 01:11 PM


Fantastic Waltie...an anthem I will keep in library, thank you! Have been trying to reply to this forever...so sorry, pc probs...
but HUGS for this one.

wayoutwalt
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9 posted 2001-02-20 08:58 PM


hugs thankyou all wowo thanks
cruz
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10 posted 2001-02-21 10:12 PM


it seems, my friendly, that you've made a giant decision to overcome. bold, where nobody's been B4 (hahahaheheh). I like the clever use of "swept you off your feet." i guess this fear has been clinging around for awhile? i c u put your foot down again. Short and solid poetry. stick a fork in this one...it's well done!

Dark Angel
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11 posted 2001-02-25 06:25 AM


"You’re the fly I flick across the room
You’re the dust beneath my broom"

Some great lines here Walty
enjoyed the whole poem, short and straight to the point Walty, so much can be said in so few words.

Glad you conquered that 4 letter word

Maree

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