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Wind
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0 posted 2003-06-26 11:56 AM


I took my chalk and drew a line,
you closed you eyes, said you'd be fine
I took my bricks and built a wall,
you didn't seem to care at all
I took my spade and dug a hole,
you missed me with your heart and soul

I love you but it's best this way,
It's better if you go away

I took a stone and threw it down,
you picked it up off of the ground,
I took a torch and let it burn,
you told me flame was no concern
I took the wall and I built a door,
I can hide from you no more

I tried to make you stay away,
but honey, it feels much better this way.


I said I'm going to buy a gun and start a war,
If you can tell me something worth fighting for
-coldplay

© Copyright 2003 Liz - All Rights Reserved
Pilgrimage
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1 posted 2003-06-26 11:59 AM


Oh yeah. It's okay to build walls as long as the door stays open.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

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2 posted 2003-06-26 12:03 PM


Awww Wind....your writing is wonderful. I love this! hugs, Chris

"Said you'd give me light...
...but you never told me about the fire."

~Stevie Nicks~  
      

    

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3 posted 2003-06-26 12:11 PM


Ain't that the truth!

Let them walls down...let love in!

I loved it!

Sudhir Iyer
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4 posted 2003-06-26 12:21 PM


wonderful... sounds so nice...

regards
sudhir

Wind
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5 posted 2003-06-26 12:37 PM


thank you.

I said I'm going to buy a gun and start a war,
If you can tell me something worth fighting for
-coldplay

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6 posted 2003-06-26 01:23 PM


Well done sweetie...much enjoyed.
~Hugs~

~If you haven't heard the sunset,
   you haven't been listening.~

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7 posted 2003-06-26 01:24 PM


that's me! back and forth, like a yo-yo or raoller coaster....he says I'm Dr Jeckyl and Mr Hyde
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8 posted 2003-06-26 02:37 PM


enjoyed this construction zone very much
Bill Charles
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9 posted 2003-06-26 02:40 PM


Wind - many good reasons to change ones mind, especially when they don't seem to listen...

BC

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10 posted 2003-06-26 02:45 PM


Liz, this is really good. Are you sure that you're as young as you say you are? I'll bet the new ones here think you're at least twice your age!!

This is really good writing, Little Lady....for  any  age!!

It's going into my library!!
Hugs  
Ethel

El_Campeador
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11 posted 2003-06-26 02:45 PM


Very good. It is always better have a door than a solid wall...

“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

El_Campeador
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12 posted 2003-06-26 02:46 PM


Okay, I'm curious... How old are you?



~El Campeador

“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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13 posted 2003-06-26 02:58 PM


  Sorry, Liz!!  HeeHee!!  
gemjop
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14 posted 2003-06-26 03:02 PM


you can read my past hey? gawd how i have built walls, and then smashed them down, and thought, to hell with it, i'll give it a go. it may break your heart, but it's living i suppose, and most definately loving. and worth all the pain exposing ouselves brings with it.

love how ya make me think gal.

even if it does send me mental.


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15 posted 2003-06-26 07:45 PM


I am 14

thanks to all of you.

I said I'm going to buy a gun and start a war,
If you can tell me something worth fighting for
-coldplay

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16 posted 2003-06-26 09:24 PM


This is a very cool write...its down right lyrical.
And I love the clever analogy and word play.
Delightful writing poetess Liz...
and its so good to have you back in poetry land.

All I can feel is this distance between you and me.
I can say I love you but I can't make you believe me
because touching is believing.

c.j.

Wind
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17 posted 2003-06-26 09:27 PM


Yay! more people

I said I'm going to buy a gun and start a war,
If you can tell me something worth fighting for
-coldplay

El_Campeador
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18 posted 2003-06-27 08:06 AM


Good job, for a fourteen year old. I wish I had started writing poetry that early. When I was younger, I liked to write limericks, but I didn't discover my gift in writing poetry until I was 19. I'm 21 now, still young, but not quite as young as you are.

Blessings,

El Campeador

“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

ambrish
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19 posted 2003-06-27 08:08 AM


excellent poem with subtle emotions
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20 posted 2003-06-30 01:50 PM


"I took a stone and threw it down,
you picked it up off of the ground,
I took a torch and let it burn,
you told me flame was no concern
I took the wall and I built a door,
I can hide from you no more

I tried to make you stay away,
but honey, it feels much better this way."

Your poetry and perception is amazing Liz.  And all the more given your advanced age.     BTW...flame is always a concern!  

Wind
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21 posted 2003-06-30 02:59 PM


yea...umm thanks...

Although I must say that it hurts me to hear "good job...for a 14-year old" I hope that's not all you think I am.


I said I'm going to buy a gun and start a war,
If you can tell me something worth fighting for
-coldplay

[This message has been edited by Wind (06-30-2003 06:15 PM).]

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