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goodhrtd
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since 2003-06-02
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0 posted 2003-06-03 08:04 AM


For so long
I’ve lived in the dark.
Wondering what it might be like in the light.
Edging towards a mystery
Anxious, scared, curious...
and all the while sure
that it was everything I ever wanted.

Searching for answers
Finding questions
Searching for truth
Finding false hopes
dreams gone asunder
fears realized
So sure of my quest
So unsure of its path

Somehow...mystery became my obsession then.
Looking through so many tainted windows of broken glass.
Squinting to try and catch vague images of a dream.
Curious to see what was behind that curtain.
The one that never seemed to open...

Or perhaps only for a brief moment
to reveal the glistening prize it seemed I would never win.

And then I gave up
And as I walked away I felt a hand gently brush my face
So suddenly the burn of a glance
The heat seemed to lurk in the air
Like an endless summer day
I wanted to catch the moment like a firefly
I chased its light
aware that the more I flailed
the stronger it struck fear into its heart

So I stopped for a moment
to bask in its exquisiteness
to admire the beauty of it’s glimmer
to get a small glimpse of the mystery
that had evaded my heart - my mind - my soul
for so long...

Slowly, it came to me
and now
I’m living a dream.

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El_Campeador
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since 2003-01-29
Posts 761
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1 posted 2003-06-03 08:49 AM


It seems like a lot of life is "searching for answers". And though we will never find all the answers, we learn more every day.

“We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” –Robert Louis Stevenson

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2 posted 2003-06-03 10:00 AM


it's when you stop searching, you seem to find what you were looking for.... I liked this very much
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