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bsquirrel
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0 posted 2002-06-22 12:59 PM


Someone wanted me t' post this. Here y' go!

Drifting
A bird fell from the sky and broke its wings.
It broke its eyes. It broke its legs. It broke its spirit.
It broke its persistence. It broke its insistence.
It broke its hopeless hope. It broke its loveless love.
It broke its uncared for moments and unseen pleasures.
It broke its soul and past for present.
I broke.

It drifts like a feather on the water.
It drifts like a petal on a tear.
It drifts like an icicle and a glacier.
I drift like the sun at dusk and dawn,
All the in-between time alone in the sky.
Friends are clouds.

What latch, what hinge,
What button, what switch,
What breath, what touch,
What moment, what time.
What's together?

What song, what prayer,
What sin, what dare,
What love, what loss,
What hate, what cost?

What -- I'm drifting --
do I do when I'm drifting?
I'm drifting,

and now I'm gone.

She said burn ... together.
-TON

© Copyright 2002 MPC - All Rights Reserved
serenity blaze
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1 posted 2002-06-22 01:08 AM


"like a petal on a tear"

your images are somehow both crystal and sterling...reading you is sorta like walking in some else's footprints through sand...wondering, yanno? yep, I am sure ya do.

Tiersdin
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2 posted 2002-06-22 01:11 AM


Like this a lot, Mikey...

*smiles*
~R.T.

"I shall never bond again, as I have bonded with you..."

Madame Chipmunk
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3 posted 2002-06-22 01:35 AM


It drifts like a feather on the water.
It drifts like a petal on a tear.
It drifts like an icicle and a glacier.
I drift like the sun at dusk and dawn,

This drifts so beautifully down the page, Mr.Squirrel....
I love the feel of it

~ hugs from a fellow rodent friend

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

bsquirrel
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4 posted 2002-06-22 01:46 AM


Thanks for takin' the drift with me, all.

She said burn ... together.
-TON

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