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Sunshine
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0 posted 2002-01-10 10:21 PM



Wall Be Damned

In abysmal despair and desperation
I strike fists against this wall
so damned invisible to others
which keeps me from you

To my knees I crumple, I fall

All the times I behold you
there, here, see me reach out
all I can keep to myself
is the look from your eyes ~

Am I in your heart still realized…

They are looking right past me
they do not see me through barriers,
you are there, I am here
opposite sides of this invisible wall

Cannot you hear my soundless call?

But if I were to speak to you
watch you crook, then nod your head
I know you would but hear me,
sense the utterance of my heart

Again believing I would not depart

But wonder do I if you recall
the life we had before
oh would you walk on through
this unperceivable door

Thus, come to me once more

Capture my heart? You've already done
when you first took me under the sun
those memories do not fade at night
though you were taken by the blight

Here you are now, within my sight

Your garb is of the then now gone
mine is of the here and now
yet I know you perceive me somehow
and travel 'cross this plane of time

To once again become one, and mine

Oh Damn this invisible wall!



©Karilea Rilling Jungel
8 July 2000
revised 10 January 2002

For a Muse


© Copyright 2002 Karilea Rilling Jungel - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2002-01-10 10:39 PM


Oh I know this......I know that wall.....excellent poem
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2 posted 2002-01-10 10:42 PM


The longing and need was penned in every line!!A very emotional piece here, well done!!!!
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3 posted 2002-01-10 10:46 PM




(sigh) Soooooooo well said, sweet friend, this reminds me of Pink Floyd's "The Wall". The wall symbolizes a barrier he desperately longs to break through from depression to find solace and hope behind it! (big hugggsssss) Sooooooo powerful, sweet friend, your words always amaze me! We all love you so much, sweet friend! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Karilea, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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4 posted 2002-01-10 10:47 PM


God, this is poetry meant for the soul, poetry that
seeps right into your being.....Karilea, this is life!!

Kathleen--(Kay)
A true friend does not love you for who you are, but in spite of who you are." -- Caroline Tran

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5 posted 2002-01-10 10:50 PM


Shoot.......that wall just drives me crazy too....it makes life so hard when it is built so high you can't climb it...I felt this poem more than you know. **big hugs**

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

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6 posted 2002-01-10 11:17 PM


You paint a very vivid picture.  Very good.
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7 posted 2002-01-10 11:52 PM


Yes damn that invisible wall!

Were he in the here and now,
instead of the then and gone,
perhaps then, brick by brick,
love would glow in a new dawn?

Heartfelt piece and a keeper!

~*~ Carpe' Diem ~*~

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8 posted 2002-01-10 11:57 PM


Sunshine - You definitely capture the feelings of desperation and the longing for past love very well in this write.  I have cursed that wall myself.  Very good.

Dave

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9 posted 2002-01-11 01:57 AM


Sunshine, this is excellent. And you know, I really feel that out in that somewhere, beyond the wall, you are heard...very good read...Dusty
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10 posted 2002-01-11 02:02 AM


Outstanding writing.  You expressed your feelings with words well.  Very nice flow and balance.  Deeply felt, thank you for sharing.

Write from the soul and the words will flow

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11 posted 2002-01-11 05:57 AM


Karilea,
Oh my goodness! The angst in this poem just reached out and grabbed my by the tears.
write on
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind.  Unknown



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12 posted 2002-01-11 07:01 AM


Sometimes the only walls are the ones we build ourselves, Karilea.  I enjoyed this poem very much.
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13 posted 2002-01-11 09:26 AM


I liked this the first time I read it... but then I faced a wall I could not breach and sat bloodied and helpless to do anything but watch as another found a bridge. Now every word is echoed in my heart... and the excellence of your words is even more appreciated. *S* Wonderful write!
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