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ShadowRider
Senior Member

since 2001-07-14

Posts 1038
USA

0 posted 2002-06-19 08:02 PM

Slaying the Lion

deny or shun
there is no avoidance of a mission of purpose
for it wavers not in intrepid valor
come tomorrow, the dawn is split
one side is the righteous who embraces it
the other lies the coward who leans to night
impervious to slings or arrows
he falls at the throw of a pebble
the bravest warrior lives a life of brevity
victory is fleeting vapor, intangible
for even Androcles did not have to slay the lion
in order to gain its friendship
hatred is like that
a thorn in foot, for which every step is painful
and best removed with care
and a surgery of love

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

1 posted 2002-06-19 08:12 PM

BRAVO!!! Oh Jeff, this is wonderful, sweet friend, yes, it is best never to try and slay our opponents within but to befriend them and spread amends! (big hugggssssss) This is wonderful and so very wise, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have suh a beautiful heart, sweet Jeff, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

2 posted 2002-06-19 08:29 PM

A very well written and wise piece...Thanx!

andEmmamakes3
Member

since 2002-05-11

Posts 66
Kent

3 posted 2002-06-20 08:44 AM

Jeff its Mushy’s youngest and prettiest daughter here, this is excellent writing, the image perfectly matching the words, which are excellent. YOU are a very very good writer and this is an amazing poem. Well done, I can see clearly why both mum and Krissy seek out your writing. More please

lots of love
Emma

Eternity, stands laughing at old time
for ages? In the grand ancestral line
Of things eternal, mounting to divine

Dulcinea
Senior Member

since 2001-07-22

Posts 774
IN

4 posted 2002-06-21 02:49 PM

Love is the sure way to soothe a savage beast, and in the process, remove the thorn.

I love this one Baby!

Bumpages...again! heheee

Toerag
Member Ascendant

since 1999-07-29

Posts 5622
Ala bam a

5 posted 2002-06-21 02:53 PM

Very well thought out and done...this is the first I've read of your work and I'm impressed....Ying and Yang can make a peaceful gray when thought is used to appease rather than to conquer....

the_loner_23
Member Ascendant

since 2002-06-08

Posts 5479
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

6 posted 2002-06-21 02:56 PM

Well done poem here.

Cold hands means a warm heart

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

7 posted 2002-06-21 04:22 PM

EXCELLENT write Jeff!
~Hugs~

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
dancing with you in the summer rain~

Madame Chipmunk
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

8 posted 2002-06-21 05:12 PM

I really enjoyed this one, Jeff...read it over and over...
I love the thorn in the foot best being cured with the surgery of love...

Victory is a very ill defined word, anyone can have a victory...but at what price?

~ big smiley hugs for a great poem

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

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