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Ceinwyn
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0 posted 2003-09-11 06:15 PM


03-19-2003

I'm just wondering
Can't we just
Turn down the volume
Even if it's just for tonight
I think my dreams
Grow tired
And my heart wary
From all this running
War marching
Over the frequency
Death and perspective
Knocking on my door
And here we are
Lying in bed
Trying to chase away our own demons
Can't we
Oh God
Just can't you
Turn down the volume
I know the saying
If it doesn't kill you
It will only make you stronger
It totally
Puts everything into perspective
For me right now
But I feel so
Irritated so
Frustrated
It seems like
We have to
I have to
Grow up too fast
I just feel terribly lost
And extremely drained
Death and reality
Perspective and war
Knocking
Pounding
Down my door
I hear the angels
Playing on my radio
Heavenly tunes
I'm always a day late
To get the news
I didn't get the memo
I didn't get the fax
Because now
I just found out
That Heaven
Took one of their daughter's back...

If at first you don't succeed destroy all the evidence that you tried.

© Copyright 2003 Kristen Brandon - All Rights Reserved
serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738

1 posted 2003-09-11 06:32 PM


nodding.

Just a little QUIET please...

sigh.

Did you know that nerves actually physically FRAY?

I don't know why that hit me like a newsflash, but I thought I'd share that with you, because if your mood matches your post, we are indeed on the same cloud today.

smile.

Lucky you.

grin...

HUGS?

Hugs.

littlewing
Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655
New York
2 posted 2003-09-11 06:52 PM


Oh My God Woman!
your reading my mind again . . .
This is soooo me today . . .
God, beautiful punches Kris
*OUCH*
I know . . .

xxoo

Ceinwyn
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since 2000-07-09
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3 posted 2003-09-11 06:59 PM


KIISSEEEEYYYY FACE thank you Karen and Sue... Something told me to repost...this is for Lyra & everyone....

If at first you don't succeed destroy all the evidence that you tried.

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27
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Realms of Light
4 posted 2003-09-12 02:22 AM


At that time, I can recall thinking that our beloved Lyra was going to be spared the ugliness of the war.

You vividly brought back how so many of us felt at that time. We were being bombarded with news coverage everywhere we turned. There was no escaping it. It literally was making me sick.

I think of Lyra often. Just this evening in fact--and since I have now read your poem--that makes it three times! She was, and still is, very special to us all.

Lovin' hugs,
Linda

King of Hearts
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since 2003-09-12
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5 posted 2003-09-12 02:34 AM


You write with feeling. sad poem, but full of thoughts.
passing shadows
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displaced
6 posted 2003-09-12 03:14 AM


I understand
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