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Broken
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The woods

0 posted 2002-04-06 06:46 AM



SOMEWHERE OUT BEYOND THE EDGE OF THE CROWD

There it is again
Eagerly to take me
In its cold grasp
And I succumb
To its immense strenght

Over and over
I drown in this pool
Crimson dyed
Yet ever so grey

And all around
The starry-eyed audience
Roars with enthusiastic applause
As I embrace
These familiar feelings

It was never at all
How it was meant to be
And me
I just don't care at all
And I didn't ever really realize
How magic everything was

[This message has been edited by Broken (04-06-2002 06:47 AM).]

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Baroni
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since 2001-10-14
Posts 94
Ontario, Canada
1 posted 2002-04-06 02:01 PM


Well done.  I enjoyed this write.  keep posting!

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fate and captain of your soul.
              - The Angry Bard me  (me)
            

fractal007
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since 2000-06-01
Posts 1958

2 posted 2002-04-06 03:53 PM


This was an interesting poem to say the least.  As I read it, especially in the second to last sentence, I got the image that you were placed in the middle of some arena.  Am I correct in having this image?  

The final stanza, although somewhat awkward in some respects, also had a gem of an alliteration, with the lines

And I didn't ever really realize
How magic everything was


Anyhow, this was a pretty cool poem.  I like you theme at the end of never knowing what you have until it is gone.

"If history is to change, let it change. If the world is to be destroyed, so be it. If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh"

-- Magus

Broken
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since 2000-03-12
Posts 271
The woods
3 posted 2002-04-06 07:19 PM


Fractal; Your "arena idea" is quite correct, but all in my mind, with a surrounding fierce crowd. And the last stanza was meant to be an awakening somehow, like the wind separates the fog Glad you enjoyed, like I enjoyed the reply.

Take care
~Broken~

Base not your joy upon the deeds of others,
for what is given can be taken away. -Peter Steele

fractal007
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since 2000-06-01
Posts 1958

4 posted 2002-04-07 03:54 AM


That's a neat idea you've got going there, Broken, with your awakening.  I've always loved both reading and writing poetry that employs the dichotomy between waking and sleeping life.  Sorry, just had to reply to your statement there, lol    

"If history is to change, let it change. If the world is to be destroyed, so be it. If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh"

-- Magus

jlocke
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since 2000-09-10
Posts 169
CC,TX
5 posted 2002-04-09 05:14 PM


YES

  "How magick everything was"

and will be

Love is the law, love under will.

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