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Rex
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since 2000-06-29
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Houston, Texas

0 posted 2001-02-08 01:14 PM


Echoes of Despair

There are no tears.  The source has long been dry;
And arid grown the heart that grieved.  No high
Emotions sweep the ruthless wall whose height
Stands topless, and no dreams in soaring flight
Now scale its bounds.  Apathy, impotent, flaunts
A smiling mask to hide the ghost that haunts
Its hopeless eyes; and cavalcades of prayer
Are soundless echoes now of past despair.
There are no hopes.  Incentive lies so dead
Beneath the mound that caustic Time has spread
With ashes; and Immortality lays no claim
That soulless things arise to live again?


© Copyright 2001 Rex E. Alford - All Rights Reserved
Isis
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since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland
1 posted 2001-02-08 06:42 PM


Really this one did it for me Rex!!!   At the moment this is my fav by you.  I could so relate to the confusion and fear relayed here.  Brilliant my friend.....
Isis

*War produces one thing - Cemetaries. And in cemetaries there are no enemies!*
~Isis~~Sovereign of the Spirit.



EagleOne
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since 2000-03-07
Posts 2829
Between a laugh and a tear...
2 posted 2001-02-09 10:58 PM


Wow! This is just alive with emotion. A perfect title too!

" I have seen without perceiving
I have been another man
Let me pierce the realm of glamour
So I know just what I am"....Dweller on the Threshold,

laryalee
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since 2000-06-19
Posts 352
Alberta, Canada
3 posted 2001-02-10 03:01 PM


Despite its mournful theme, it holds such power that in a certain way  it's uplifting (does that make sense *g *?).
Very impressive, and I like that question mark at the end...
Lary

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