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Virgil
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since 2000-12-29

Posts 43
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

0 posted 2001-01-16 07:06 PM

Beyond Your Reach

Snow lies deep, crusted with filth;
Trees stripped bare, dirt puddles form.
Walkways cracked, side roads dipped;
One small boy walks on through the storm.

Mangled houses loom in the dark;
The boy's destination unattractive and ominous.
Looking down the length of an alley...
To a world of much greater promise.

Such a land of possibilities, within his reach!
But no way exists for that boy to go on.
Oh, to continue past planned intentions,
Start a new life, a previous time gone.

Yet unattainable is this existence,
And impossible for him to ever see.
With one last, longing look down the lane,
He accepts his life...whatever it may be.

Allan Riverwood

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since 2001-01-04

Posts 3502
Winnipeg

1 posted 2001-01-16 07:10 PM

Hey, nicely done Virgil. I await more of your work.
-Allan

Angel in Flight
Member

since 2001-01-07

Posts 381

2 posted 2001-01-16 07:15 PM

This is a very powerful poem and wonderfully done if i might say. Such strong meaning keep it up hope to hear more from you soon.~Amanda~

To do anyting LESS then your BEST is to SACRIFICE the GIFT!!!

Morouxshi San
Member

since 2000-10-11

Posts 207
San Juan, Puerto Rico

3 posted 2001-01-16 08:22 PM

good poem Virgil.

San, the wise
San, the dumb
San, the guy...

Dopey Dope

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Member Patricius

since 2000-08-30

Posts 11132
San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 posted 2001-01-16 10:00 PM

Nice one here. I liked the meaning of it all.

I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust.

I'm in love with my shadow
I admire it daily

anonymousfemale
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 2797
Limbo

5 posted 2001-01-17 05:56 AM

Virgil: An interesting piece. So many people could learn from this - to accept their life instead of wanting something else in its place.

Nice work.

~AF~

"Poetry is the language in which man explores his own amazement."
Christopher Fry

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentra

Lakewalker
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since 2000-08-05

Posts 3289
On the streets w/ people

6 posted 2001-01-17 09:29 PM

Very good job on this one Virgil, the images were so clear in my mind.

"Disagreements stimulate thought, thought stimulates action, and action stimulates life." --Lakewalker
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jeremydraul
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since 2000-08-01

Posts 1118
State of Despair

7 posted 2001-01-18 06:58 AM

Nice.. its been a while since Ive read a poem by you...
you certainly stepped it up a noche again!
grea job.. loved the ending:
"With one last, longing look down the lane,
He accepts his life...whatever it may be."

~JDR

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation." -Oscar Wilde

Acies

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Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-07

Posts 7665
Twilight Zone

8 posted 2001-01-19 01:00 PM

wow...that's good
you have a very imaginative mind
i love your thoughts on life
keep sharing more
thanks for the read

I see no changes, wake up in the morning I ask myself, "Is life worth living or should I blast myself" TUPAC SHAKUR

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