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Decaflame
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0 posted 2003-05-30 11:51 AM



To know him
Could be to love him,
If one could get past
Attitudes, melded with
Archaic notions

Yesterday would have been
His milieu, he still lives in comfort there
With eight-track and 21” Color Sony
He never quite lets go
Of his truths he keeps
From her

Expounds, he does
For isn’t he the expert in all?
On how things should be,
Her attention no longer as rapt
As once was
For she is his only audience
His mental tape always
On instant rewind.

This pedestal she keeps falling off of,
The one he erected, so very high
To keep the others away

Keeping her from her roots,
Preventing her from reach
Of dreams.

She now runs to the column of ivory
Sometimes to hide
For he made it so high
Even he cannot touch her
Any more.

She recalls, she only wanted
To ease his pain,
Let him believe in some one true
To enhance the world around him, some way
Some how
To give reason that he might smile toward life
Toward love,
And now admits
To the adage of “sow’s ears and silk purses”.

He will never know
The full damage he did
Even though from his distance
He feels the cracks
And sees the spill of tear

He will always deny
His only recourse being
She could not be his truth.
For he crowned her

Mrs.

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Janet Marie
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1 posted 2003-05-30 12:04 PM


This pedestal she keeps falling off of,
The one he erected, so very high
To keep the others away

Keeping her from her roots,
Preventing her from reach
Of dreams.

She now runs to the column of ivory
Sometimes to hide
For he made it so high
Even he cannot touch her
Any more.

==========================

oh Decca... this hits like a train...
(YKTIKYKIK)
oh how I wish no ones heart knew .

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just out of reach
2 posted 2003-05-30 12:07 PM


He will never know
The full damage he did
Even though from his distance
He feels the cracks
And sees the spill of tear

Deca dear, this gives me goosebumps! Awesome write and I am keeping it!! hugs, Chris

"Hope" is the thing with feathers-
that perches in the soul....
                  
                       -Emily Dickinson

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3 posted 2003-05-30 06:37 PM


"Expounds, he does
For isn’t he the expert in all?
On how things should be,
Her attention no longer as rapt
As once was
For she is his only audience"

"Keeping her from her roots,
Preventing her from reach
Of dreams."


painful, deep, emotional.....honest.....
my heart reaches out to yours

Enchantress
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4 posted 2003-05-30 06:44 PM


Nodding in understanding...
well done Deca!
~Hugs~

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

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5 posted 2003-05-30 07:26 PM


wow, you just described someone I know
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6 posted 2003-05-30 07:31 PM


Deca,  you have so accurately described a
man whose only avenue is control...For
change frightens and scares him away...
Just as he has run you away..

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7 posted 2003-05-30 09:03 PM




(big hugggsssssss) I guess many have never gotten to know exactly the original context of the pedestal, and should never be substituted in the virtues we hold dear! (sad sigh) Otherwise one could never see what's right below them and lose their hindsight! (sigh) This is so powerfully said, sweet friend, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Decaflame, 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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8 posted 2003-05-30 09:03 PM


enjoyed
Patricia
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9 posted 2003-05-30 10:33 PM


He will never know
The full damage he did
Even though from his distance
He feels the cracks
And sees the spill of tear

He will always deny
His only recourse being
She could not be his truth.
For he crowned her

Mrs.

Deca,
The man who crowned me the same did not care to know the depth and truth of my pain...made it easier to deny it all.  Apathetic silence was his weapon of choice...
A most deadly weapon...when the words stop, all hope stops.

With each of your words, I felt your pain and could so relate to your feelings.

I will be thinking of you,

Patricia    

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10 posted 2003-05-30 10:39 PM


Sounds like that could be a crown of thorns...be careful of crucifictions, Deca..
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