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nakdthoughts
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Between the Lines

0 posted 2003-01-20 03:11 PM



I Am

It is easy for me in moments
when I am settled into myself
to recall every little touch,
every word from lips shared,
every interpretation analyzed,
taking me as far back
as my later teenage years.
I can reverse the films in my head
just to enjoy the love I once held,
or turn it into sadness of my moods
by winding down to the people I have lost
from my life.

Each night is dark for me now,
too dark for even shadows to follow me,
those that once interrupted
by haunting me into believing in more.
Selfish me, always wanting more,
like a child, throwing tantrums,
all but the stamping of feet.

I dislike aging only because there is
so much of life left to share, and each day
goes by too slow while in it  
yet tomorrow comes much too soon.

There is always a poem in me, at times
one too many, that interrupts the flow
of the one before.
Today is such a day as I take the time
to look around me, the beauty just in existing
being clouded by my visions tears.

Today I don't wish to rhyme,
I don't wish to reason.
The answers are never forthcoming unless
I look in the mirror and if need be
put on those reading glasses
to take a closer look.
Those lines of worry have grown deeper,
and those bite marks on my bottom lip
are from the tensions I build inside myself
trying to understand "the many moods of me".

I am invisible to most, and like it that way for now.
I listen, I read, I learn, yet still don't understand
what it takes to be fulfilled anymore.
All the cliches mean nothing to me
and I shrug them off when heard.
I weave my days into nights waiting to knot them off
leaving me to start new.
I ask myself, "How are you today"
at the start of each morning and today
I had no answer except..."I Am"


M


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

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zenny
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since 2002-11-24
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1 posted 2003-01-20 03:25 PM


nice thoughts written down; each one of us has such days now and then And saying 'i am' is allready an important part

The greatest thing u'll ever learn
is just to love
and be loved
in return

*hugs* Kelly.

nakdthoughts
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Between the Lines
2 posted 2003-01-20 03:59 PM


Thanks for reading Kelly. Such cold weather, and being tired doesn't help the mind much.
*s
M

winston
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since 2002-12-19
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NW of Eden
3 posted 2003-01-20 06:17 PM


Suffice it to say that this is very reflective.

It's amazing I won. I was running against peace, prosperity, & incumbency.
--G. "DUBYA" BUSH. June 14, 2001. Unaware of rolling TV camera.

nakdthoughts
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Between the Lines
4 posted 2003-01-20 06:22 PM


you read me well winston, *s
thank you
M

regards2you
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5 posted 2003-01-20 06:27 PM




~M~,

I find this extremely touching and I understand the ~I AM~ This is very well written.

Hugs and stay warm, Pat

..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons..
        "Desiderata"

kayjay
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6 posted 2003-01-20 06:28 PM


The problem with the mirror of introspection is that it sometimes reflects too well.  I always enjoy your work.  Nicely written.  KJ

Through rubble and trouble and dark of night
The yawn of a dawn will hasten the light

vandana
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7 posted 2003-01-20 07:07 PM


enjoyed
Cpat Hair
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8 posted 2003-01-20 07:12 PM


I AM  

this..in my opinion one of your best... honesty without forcing form..without bending meaning to fit..or letting meaning stray....

to be able to say to yourself honestly the only answer there is at times... I AM

bravo... and a hug...

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9 posted 2003-01-20 07:15 PM




(smiles) Oh Maureen, yes, you are, and that is all that matters, just say that to yourself when you feel pushed down as you are the power! (big hugggsssssss) God Bless You, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Maureen, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

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