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Gunslinger
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 901
TX, USA

0 posted 2002-07-29 08:34 PM

I cannot help but wonder-
How much longer I can last...
Leery of the future...
And running from the past.

Utopia, I've sought you-
But no where could I find...
The peace that I was seeking,
Lived only in my mind.

Some tell me I'm a hard man-
I'm not sure that is true...
For sadness tends to haunt me
And my memories make me blue.

I'm not afraid of dying-
If it will bring relief...
The living is what's killing me,
With sorrow and with grief...

For me death holds no terrors
I do not fear the grave-
The greatest enemy I have...
I look at as I shave.

the_loner_23
Member Ascendant

since 2002-06-08

Posts 5479
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

1 posted 2002-07-29 08:53 PM

Very cool

Cold hands means a warm heart

devina
Member Elite

since 1999-10-28

Posts 3539
Cali

2 posted 2002-07-30 01:41 AM

Oh John!!! It seems like YEARS since I've read your *perfect* verse...

miss this from you!!!

Open arms can be the most fragile in the world...

PoetryIsLife

Senior Member

since 2001-10-27

Posts 1763
...in my boxers...

3 posted 2002-07-31 06:24 PM

I love it! What a killer ending! Wonderful meter, length, flow.... a wonderfully written poem. Very sad, very haunting and aching.... with a killer ending. I know what you mean in a lot of this... you wrote it out well, my friend. I have my peace in this life by my eternal future being secure in Christ - however, down here, in this life, peace can be a fleeting pursuit at times. I hope you find your peace soon.

Sincerely,
Titus

"They say that a hero can save us. I'm not gonna stand here and wait..."

-Chad Kroger

MidnightSon
Member

since 2002-05-15

Posts 312
between the gutter & the stars

4 posted 2002-07-31 07:02 PM

"if the wind no longer calls to you, perhaps you should check to see if you've changed your name."
-elegos a'kla

it's our struggle for identity that leaves us all unknown

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

5 posted 2002-07-31 07:39 PM

Hey John!
Is that you starting over with the same name?
Oooh, okay....great write here!
~Hugs~

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

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