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Midnight Writer
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0 posted 2002-02-25 02:45 AM


I live inside the hour glass
Searching through the shadows past
Images real, and ghosts invented
Sometimes happy, but often tormented
I'm ill at ease while I'm contented . . .
Oh what a bog it is in here
Smiles and frowns, an occasional tear
Looking for things that used to be
Break the glass and set me free!
I'm biding time to laundry the stain
Here comes a memory I'd not retained
Vaguely I recall a cold driving rain
Oh God they have turned it upside down
The sand's begun another round
Break this glass and let me out
How many eons must I shout?
Oh yes, I know this is absurd
But what is written is the permanent word!
I'm not afraid, nor by myself
I see many others upon this shelf
And while I try to be patient and mild
This brain of mine is running wild
But wait! I see a friend of mine
Forgotten in these sands of time
Oh blissful now, I'll seize the day
Second sight showed me the way
I'll wait in here for my name to shine
And laugh about the Sands of Time . . . .

"No matter how great you are, you'll never be greater than yourself."

© Copyright 2002 Cathy Leming - All Rights Reserved
Christopher
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Purgatorial Incarceration
1 posted 2002-02-25 02:49 AM


interesting - i just posted something along similar lines. yours is a bit more hopeful at the end though - that's cool!

Christopher

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2 posted 2002-02-25 08:45 AM




WOW!!! This is such a beautifully emotional poem, sweet friend, may the sands of time forever flow with sweet memories and happiness to hold onto for you! (kiss on cheek) We all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Cathy, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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3 posted 2002-02-25 08:51 AM


Midnight, I thoroughly and completely enjoyed this poem. It is one that I could read over and over. wonderful work. floria

Floria

"Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them"
(Oliver Wendell Holmes)

Canuckster
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since 2002-01-09
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4 posted 2002-02-25 09:12 AM


very introspective and healing poem.  Enjoyed the read!  Thanks!

never try to teach a pig to sing
it wastes your time AND annoys the pig

RSWells
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5 posted 2002-02-25 02:25 PM


No, you're not alone. I enjoyed this.
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6 posted 2002-02-26 03:05 PM


What an awesome poem Cathy, and one I am sure so many can relate to about being trapped in something they want to get out of.  I loved these lines of hope...

"But wait! I see a friend of mine
Forgotten in these sands of time
Oh blissful now, I'll seize the day
Second sight showed me the way
I'll wait in here for my name to shine
And laugh about the Sands of Time."

Just as all "good things must come to and end", so must all bad things.  (hugs)

~* Imagination is more important than knowledge *~

Einstein


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7 posted 2002-02-26 03:10 PM


This is the first of your work that I've had the pleasure to read, Cathy...and I really enjoyed it...I think we all can empathize with that trapped feeling.

Looking for things that used to be
Break the glass and set me free!
I'm biding time to laundry the stain
Here comes a memory I'd not retained
Vaguely I recall a cold driving rain
Oh God they have turned it upside down
The sand's begun another round
Break this glass and let me out
How many eons must I shout?

A great write!

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

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