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Decaflame
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0 posted 2003-05-06 04:34 PM



Initiate Beginnings

To believe
In anything, would be
To trust in the fact
that I was most likely born
The anti-angst…

A most unfortunate fact,
At times,
To see wallow, and not be graced
With the slough of mire between toes
That in some annoying way
Skip between the raindrops

Most irritating, perhaps,
Is this almost always full cup o' cheer,
Inveterately believing that any problem
Experienced
Is of less or slighter import than those
Troubling you…

However, because I do not
Openly share
What scars have been delivered,
You imagine,
Believe, know, perceive and doubt
In my reality, claiming
I am not genuine.

I hear the whispers.

“She’ll die young, she’s too good.”

But I must have bent toward terrible, a little,
I’m still here.

“You never speak of you…”

What, have you agonize?  Over my own
Slipshod handling of life?  No one pays
For my own transgressions other than me.
You did not bring me here,
I stepped into this
On my own.  
If it speaks just right, you only hear
Shushing grass, not squish of clay.

I do not want to engage in
One up yours,
And truthfully, when I look with eyes
Shut tight,
As red-black images run across my eyes
Warning me
How dark it is in here,

And speaks to how shriveled
becomes the soul

I lay aside me
For you,

Because lost is lost,
And you are found.

[This message has been edited by Sunshine (05-06-2003 10:26 PM).]

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Cpat Hair
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1 posted 2003-05-06 04:39 PM


such beginnings as this... may bring the anti angst to see the other side..

well done Deca... gritty, real, and true...


Mistletoe Angel
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2 posted 2003-05-06 04:59 PM




(sad sigh) between the red and black and the blue and purple, I always think there are contradictions and I can only imagine how beginnings are always like ends to themselves but they feel broken and have no means sometimes! (sigh) This is excellent writing, sweet friend, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet friend, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Underneath your clothes, there's an endless story

***Shakira***

Enchantress
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Canada eh.
3 posted 2003-05-06 07:20 PM


Deca!! Deca!! Deca girl where have you been??
I go out for an afternoon and I  miss your arrival!
This is marvelous!  
Please please stay awhile this time.
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

Bill Charles
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4 posted 2003-05-06 10:14 PM


Decaflame - a most soulful writing. I see the world with your eyes in this...

BC

ThisDiamond
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5 posted 2003-05-06 10:19 PM


Powerful thoughts...riveted into the pages of my mind. Excellent write. TD
Martie
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6 posted 2003-05-06 10:33 PM


Deca....what the Cpat said...dug a lot with this one...into you, felt it from here, in me.  Hugs!
Decaflame
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7 posted 2003-05-07 11:37 AM



Dug...yes, mayhap I did,
in seeing others more clearly,
we sometimes find ourselves
more succinctly.

Thank you, everyone.  What wasn't said was heard, as well.

Midnitesun
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8 posted 2003-05-07 02:24 PM


I admit I love to dig, even in mud, and almost enjoy the feel of ooze. The image of the juxtaposition of gooey ooze next to pristine waters for some reason allows my mind to accept the primordial stew concept, and to appreciate how far we've come. (or have we?)
I really enjoyed the twisted, upward thrusting ride my bubbling brain cells received from reading this post.
Deca, so happy to see you posting again!
(now visualize a sinister wicked older female departing stage right, cackling maniacly)
PS, I had to come back for a second read, and to say I'm keeping this one in my personal library, thank you.)      

[This message has been edited by Midnitesun (05-07-2003 02:26 PM).]

kayjay
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9 posted 2003-05-07 04:26 PM


Let me add my hands clapping in the general applause for this contribution! Well done.  KJ

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

Sven
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10 posted 2003-05-08 12:31 PM


and, when lost is found, then found will remain. . .

well done Decaflame. . . it's nice to see you again. . .

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

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