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Don't Drink From The Well
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Don't Drink From The Well |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
(This poem is about the violence up in northern Ireland. This has made me feel very sad for years and my heart cries out to all these poor people being attacked. Much of my family heritage comes from Ireland and I just had to write my feelings out. Sorry for the downer. :-( Don’t Drink From The Well By: Noah Eaton 10/31/01 Move on over, there’s only room for me Come now, come now, can you not see? Reveal yourself, there’s no reason to hide Open your eyes, fool, you are blind Now you step foot and lay your feet down And as you cry, I will spread my wings out Dear one, dear one, stay inside your home Your boat is off to sea, there is nowhere to go Cohere, come here, I’ll keep you company What were you expecting, where were you looking? Now I see you shout as you look around And as you cry, I will spread my wings out I walk on these waters of lost souls Murdered before these hands of greed So I dance with these shadows of the shamans And under the full moon I will cry… Because you’re all bleeding now You’re all bleeding now You’re all screaming… So I carry on with my tears And I carry on with my pity And I live on with my anger I don’t show any mercy And I feel all this rage I’m crying on my hands and knees And I hear our fathers collapsing I hear these poor children screaming Don’t drink from the well There’s poison in the well There's blood in the well Stay close to your families Don't drink from the well... |
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Keith Morgan Member
since 2001-10-29
Posts 114Md |
Very sad but heartfelt. I consider myself as "a man gifted with empathy". I definitely feel your pain, and enjoyed your expression of it. Being in the military I have seen some things I would rather not. But so is life and eventually the answers to our questions. |
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Amused Cupid Junior Member
since 2001-10-24
Posts 40 |
Great expression of your feelings here in this poem. So many things happen in life and in so many different cultures that we don't always understand or even agree with. Somehow we have to have faith that a higher power will take control when the time is right. You seem to have a wonderful compassion for all of life and that is so commendable. |
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Interloper
since 2000-11-06
Posts 8369Deep in the heart |
Good write  |
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