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JamesBowie
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big old Bangor Maine up by the shack

0 posted 2001-10-10 10:48 PM

The handle will not turn
instead starts glowing deep red
my mind screams" just back away"
but I reach forward and lose my head
at first the pain seering and true
have I waited to long too see
what was there all along
lurking behind door number three
I pull back my hand, burnt and black
and I turn away with a felling of dread
why is it always hardest to open
the only door that lies ahead

A real man

kisses his children goodnight

© Copyright 2001 James Bowie - All Rights Reserved

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with you

1 posted 2001-10-10 11:36 PM

wow....I held my breath while reading this! It's great! and too true

"One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you
can't utter". ~James Earl Jones

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2 posted 2001-10-11 01:04 AM

James,
Painfully true. Life can be that way, but still we go on.

Sin isn't fair, but God got even, grace isn't fair either. larry c

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where the sky and horizon meet

3 posted 2001-10-11 01:19 AM

"why is it always hardest to open
the only door that lies ahead"

What a powerful line....great write!

Hugs,
~Krista

Your beautiful words & creativity allow me to connect with the same in myself.
Thank you for having the courage to share yourself so that I can too

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4 posted 2001-10-11 01:26 AM

Fear! The same answer that holds us from doing just about everything. Great poem and good message within.

~I always have time to listen to someone talking from their heart~

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5 posted 2001-10-11 10:56 AM

...and yet - once opened, the other side becomes familiar as well... a good'n, James..

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6 posted 2001-10-11 11:04 AM

excellent read....lots of thought in these words.

Sometimes decisions can very well be difficult. Particularly when only one choice is there.

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