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Master
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since 1999-08-18
Posts 1867
Boston, MA

0 posted 2001-02-18 10:03 PM


Adam and Lilith

"Is it the wind or the serpent’s tongue that nibbles
On my ear and sends ripples
Across clear puddles?"

--And yet, another night, your apparition
has come to haunt me in a gory vision!
I beg you, Lilith, let me be at last!
O, don’t evoke the gardens of the past,
I’ve long forgotten Eden! Don’t remind
my wearied heart of treasures it can find
nowhere on earth. I beg you, disappear...
--O, Adam, you are dazed with fear!
--Was that the wind or have I heard your voice?
--You’ve called on me and now you don’t rejoice?
--Be gone, damned spirit! Disappear for good!
--You’ve yet to taste the magic of the fruit...
--You cannot tempt me twice, I’ve had my share;
my paradise is lost, my world stands bare,
my God is raged. --No free man needs a God!
--This blasphemy! O, Lilith, tempt me not,
my mind is clear for He still guides my way
and there is nothing you can do or say
to blind me. The star still shines to guide
myself, a traveler, to heaven with its light.
--You need no star! Its light can only chill...
--Without it, I’d be lost! – You have free will...
--These lies cannot deceive a faithful ear,
I listen to you not! — But you still hear!
In vain, you dream of heaven, there is no
life after death. – Then, where do all men go?
--Into a vacuum, which consumes all life...
--Existence, in your view, is only strife
and there’s no justice in the end of time?!
--There is no justice for there is no crime.
There is no sin. It’s but a shade of good...
and that’s the juice of the forbidden fruit,--
for that, which casts no shadow cannot be...
Dear Adam, you are overflowed with glee?
--Ha-ha-ha! I understand! You don’t exist,
and nothing hangs above me, just the mist...
O, dear, insomnia! what you create to keep
a wearied man away from rest and sleep...


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Elvenblood
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since 2001-02-17
Posts 409
Maine, USA
1 posted 2001-02-18 11:27 PM


Wow, you're a great poet. Keep writing, fantastic work!

"Some men see things as they are and say why.
I dream things that never were and say why not." ~RFK

Dopey Dope
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2 posted 2001-02-19 12:25 PM


Very very nicely done. This poem was highly philosophical. I really liked this one tons.
Geesh I wish I could write like you!



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

Acies
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Member Rara Avis
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Posts 7665
Twilight Zone
3 posted 2001-02-20 09:32 AM


Your talent in unquestionable. But I'd prefer to see quotation marks to show dialogue. I guess it's a matter of preference. Great post Master. keep posting

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S.

jeremydraul
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since 2000-08-01
Posts 1118
State of Despair
4 posted 2001-02-20 09:41 PM


phew... man your work is extravagant. its been getting better and better with each post, keep it up

JR


When life dims to a perish, my life will become a quote in itself...

Master
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since 1999-08-18
Posts 1867
Boston, MA
5 posted 2001-02-21 11:12 PM


Thank you all!
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