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Anvrill
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since 2002-06-21
Posts 710
in the interzone now

0 posted 2002-07-23 11:20 AM



I is moody! But it's not dark moodiness, y'know? So I'm going to creep back into Open for two poems (rants? babbles? angry musings?), then fall off the face of this li'l world for another li'l while.



This is a moment of distraction.

I'm not entirely sure
how I feel;
that goes on par
with who I am.

I'd like to judge myself
before others,
but even then it tends
to be damning.
"You can't say that
if you don't want it
said of you," and all.

The thing is,
I acknowledge
what they see in me.
I'm not blind
to my many flaws.
It's no longer self hatred,
but it is a little less safe
than a healthy sense of humour.

I know all the stereotypes
and I've seen the atypical
from them all.
I laugh at those
who laugh at me;
not people who share
their taste in music
or clothing,
but the ones themselves
who act against me.
I do this,
because I've come to learn
almost no one who shares
my taste in music
or clothing
shares any other likeness with me.

We have to realize, though,
that no one is truly
without sin.
We've all cast enough stones
to break innocence to pieces
at our feet.



written in blood before everything went black

JCV


[This message has been edited by Anvrill (07-23-2002 11:21 AM).]

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serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738

1 posted 2002-07-23 11:27 AM


"We've all cast enough stones
to break innocence to pieces
at our feet."


Inarticulate, huh? grinning wide...I could use a dose of that, then! and funny, I always enjoyed the DIFFERENCES in people...I LIKE the quirks and foibles of my friends--but rumor has it I like "robeburn" too!

still, give me the idiosyncrycies--boredom is my worst enemy!

Okay, I'll shaddup now...liked this much, lori!

Neeraja
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since 2002-06-22
Posts 812
The Netherlands
2 posted 2002-07-23 11:27 AM


I don't believe in sin... but I do believe in our uniqueness... and you do fine... because you can look at yourself!

I enjoyed this poem Anvrill!

Love, Light and Happiness!

Neeraja

Anvrill
Senior Member
since 2002-06-21
Posts 710
in the interzone now
3 posted 2002-07-23 11:37 AM


I like people who like differences. Seems t' be rare around me right now. I had so many friends who wanted to be me because they thought I was the epitomy of all that is Rebellion (must be said in a big, echoey voice!), and so they all just turned into clones of something that doesn't really exist, and it's .. blah. So I'm down to only the people with minds of their own, and am very glad that they're not me.

Oh, and I wrote this ... hm... six hours ago? Middle of work. I'm so tired now, it's not even funny, but I gotta job search t'day. Try to find a job in the daylight hours. This whole graveyard shifting is sooo getting to me.

written in blood before everything went black

JCV

bsquirrel
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Posts 7855

4 posted 2002-07-23 02:27 PM


Thank god y' got enough sleep the night before to realize y' need nine hours more often. That has nothing to do with this, I know.

I dunno. Some people wear outsiderism like a trend. Others don't have a choice.  We're all kinda alone in a way. And love is sort of sharing that alone-ness with someone else, to find a togetherness among those winds.

If that made sense....

She said burn ... together.
-TON

the_loner_23
Member Ascendant
since 2002-06-08
Posts 5479
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
5 posted 2002-07-23 02:29 PM


Everybody is unique in their own way.

Cold hands means a warm heart

brian sites
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since 2002-06-25
Posts 1475
usa
6 posted 2002-07-24 12:17 PM


sounds like conversations
I've had with myself
right there with ya on all that!
good one Lori
BS.

I never aimed at reality; I aimed at truth. --Orson Welles

Madame Chipmunk
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since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296
Michigan
7 posted 2002-07-24 12:21 PM


We have to realize, though,
that no one is truly
without sin.
We've all cast enough stones
to break innocence to pieces
at our feet.

This is absolutely true, Lori...
and this is an absolutely beautiufl poem.
~ chipmunk hugs

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

Nikolette Sadness
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Posts 337
port richey fl.
8 posted 2002-07-24 12:29 PM


*begins to rant and ramble*

for me growing up as who i wanted to be was much like this...but somehow i could never finmd the words to explain it...you have done it for me though...sometimes i would think "people suck" but now that i have grown and matured i realize that life is a popularity contest and sometimes you have to change who you are to satisfy others..and thats ok..as long as you really know who you are yourself...great peice...

Nik

i was once in love and happy...but you can call me Sadness.

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