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nakdthoughts
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Between the Lines

0 posted 2002-11-19 08:54 AM



Functioning

I just remembered I forgot
those pills beside my bed.
I fell asleep without them last evening
wondering now..
how the rest of my day will progress.

I turned the corner, and you were there
dressed in your black, buttoned tight,
a dream within my dream.

I have a collage of you stored in my mind,
"treasures in the attic", I call them.
I've practiced my dance steps
holding on to you, your strength,
and the nervousness leaves me.

Just a few more days and we will meet,
memories in abundance, a reunion of time,
your face replacing that of those in front of me
wishing...you were here.

I awoke without, searched the skies for those
fleeting moments, a shower barely seen,
as I blinked away more than I saw.

I remembered what I forgot, took two
and sit here waiting to see if they will
affect my senses, reign me emotionless,
or type in secret code, unknown by even me.

There's always room to write,
and writes to read, although
I feel absent of myself, spirit waning,
wondering if you will show or hide behind
your details.

Function, I must function, focus on my will,
trade one of me in for another, root myself
in habit, challenging the dark to store itself again
allowing my translations of life to be food for my soul.

I am middle-paged, seduced by mystery today,
reflections wavering, as I drive myself,
drafting these words, knowing I overreact.
I am my own real-life problem...
on the outside of my windows, always looking in.

M

"Love is not blind - It sees more and not less, but because it sees more, it is willing to see less."
(Will Moss)

© Copyright 2002 Wynter Bliss - All Rights Reserved
Professor Gloom
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of Depression
1 posted 2002-11-19 09:03 AM


Having habits form a foundation of activities,
Habits lead to traditions
And traditions take the past to the future.

I have a habit of reading your writing
And enjoying your words

Gloom

moonflower
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2 posted 2002-11-19 09:21 AM


very beautifully put..i love these words.."on the outside of my windows, always looking in"..thats how i feel sometimes..i loved your poem..

inside every soul there is music...let the music play

Cpat Hair
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3 posted 2002-11-19 09:41 AM


I am middle paged...

love that line...


RMW
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4 posted 2002-11-19 09:49 AM


M ........ This one is special. Bob
garysgirl
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5 posted 2002-11-19 09:56 AM


Maureen, such emotion and feeling you have written with this morning.
I love it all, so I won't try to pick out the verse I liked best, today.
Sorry that you dreamed so vividly, but glad that more of your wonderful poetry came from it.


"Love makes the world go around"
~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~
                  

[This message has been edited by garysgirl (11-19-2002 09:57 AM).]

Toerag
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6 posted 2002-11-19 09:56 AM


Yea..me too...just not as eloquent as you...
suthern
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7 posted 2002-11-19 11:00 AM


I like this very much... especially the last verse!! *S* Well done!
RSWells
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8 posted 2002-11-19 11:19 AM


Very illusionary, between the pills and dreams. Emotional off balance seeking a firm foothold in a spinning world. Enjoyed.
Madame Chipmunk
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9 posted 2002-11-19 01:57 PM


I am my own real-life problem
on the outside of my windows, always looking in

I know this feeling quite well, Maureen and I don't even need any pills to get it...
Your poem is exceptional in its emotive expression
~ hugs from chipmunk peeking in

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

Kethry
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10 posted 2002-11-19 04:33 PM


What amazing insight this shows into the troubled psyche.
I am middle-paged, seduced by mystery today,
reflections wavering, as I drive myself,
drafting these words, knowing I overreact.Wonderful!
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind.  Unknown



nakdthoughts
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Between the Lines
11 posted 2002-11-20 08:39 AM


Professor...it's nice to know you've made a habit out of me.
M

moonflower...thank you for the  kind comments *s

C...well I am sort of stuck in the middle of life...paged or aged makes no difference

Bob..thank you
M



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