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Skippyrick
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Rohnert Park

0 posted 2008-07-16 02:26 PM


hi:  Im working on this still more to come.  Just thought to share it here.  Love you all
Rick

12 STEPS

1

We were one grain of sand among many
piece of a by far greater fortress
coming to see I was now something apart
one small heart with little hope left
admitting each beach changes each day
towing me down under depressed delusions

2

No longer aware of a once faded greatness
lost, helpless, drowning, but still a small grain
franticly searching finding nowhere to attach
driven by some yet unknown force of spirit
screaming silently in despair help me, help me now
for a second time I land on an Isle of sanity

3.

As I sit in release with a new found friend
have we had enough of this self indulged destruction
alone I walked a life filled in shadowed shame
hands sinking in my now unblemished beach
ready to begin again building a new place to be
from small grains, framed in newly gained ideas

4

Looking at old pictures of that once great fortress
I notice the weathered window frames and broken glass
Some soiled and wrinkled bed sheets scattered on dirty floors
Loose door hinges rusty and ignored, an un swept front yard
Somehow this once great home has been neglected
And yet carefully hidden are some small polished toys

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