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Packratmike
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0 posted 2001-03-27 02:56 PM


If I surrender
to sleep's soft seduction
to escape
this gnawing depression
I encounter
short-lived dreams
that have grown
far too sweet
leaving me
soured with bitterness
beneath the harsh light
of a lemon sun


© Copyright 2001 Mike Powers - All Rights Reserved
Songbird
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Missouri
1 posted 2001-03-27 03:05 PM


sounds like a paradox..escape to dream..dream to escape..awaken to see a lemon sun!  I like this. Been there too.
inot2B
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2 posted 2001-03-27 05:35 PM


Oh how sad, when life holds no joy that one has to succumb to dreams that don't last long enough. Try taking that lemon sun and making lemonade and invite someone over to enjoy it with you.




Every minute you are angry, you lose 60 seconds of happiness.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson



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3 posted 2001-03-27 09:04 PM


Whether these are your feelings or not, this is beautiful, and I have perfectly good reason as of late to understand and identify. Beautifully done.
JLR
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4 posted 2001-03-27 09:13 PM


The contradiction of this is very interesting.  Love the lemon sun!
tradewind
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5 posted 2001-03-27 09:15 PM


i hate days like that
but you describe them
very well

lemon sun...like that

Packratmike
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6 posted 2001-03-27 10:33 PM


Thank you all.  
I simply expanded and stretched a bit here from some bad day feelings.  
A pleasant dream can make a bad day worse when you are smacked back into reality.

Paula Finn
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missouri
7 posted 2001-03-28 12:32 PM


You can only escape so long...this is great Mike...sad but so real
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