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nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

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Between the Lines

0 posted 2003-09-17 08:47 AM

Today's Excuse

Today I take my pain for a ride,
meet you and try
to wrap you in a warmth
to make you forget.

If words from these lips cannot soothe,
if their pressure becomes too taut
maybe they can leave a lasting imprint
of acceptance.

And sing of happier times
when a "tug of war" was fun,
and "hide-and-seek" brought laughter when found,
and "double dare" was an exciting thought
and I was bold enough to win.

I bought a hula hoop, remember those?
A champion of time and tricks back then.
Now I use it to whittle away my middle,
and build up stamina, as I watch the classics,
only movies that make me cry
so that the tears of tomorrow have excuses today.

So I wake and think and write what I am thinking,
because that is all there is
and although it is not the way I wish to write,
it is all that comes through...for now.

M

"Love is not blind - It sees more and not less, but because it sees more, it is willing to see less."
(Will Moss)

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

1 posted 2003-09-17 08:51 AM

all that comes through for now...

there are several thoughts this brought to mind.. but they are not yet ready to "come through" at least not for now...

hugs my friend..

Moon Dust

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since 1999-06-11

Posts 2177
Skelmersdale, UK

2 posted 2003-09-17 08:53 AM

cool love the memories from this

If your afraid of the dark, then why did you come?

MARK V SHELDON
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since 2001-06-21

Posts 3015
In a corporeal internship...

3 posted 2003-09-17 08:58 AM

...but your muse is flowing, however somber...

-MVS

You CAN make a difference:
http://educate-yourself.org/

Susan Caldwell
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since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

4 posted 2003-09-17 09:08 AM

"If words from these lips cannot soothe,
if their pressure becomes too taut
maybe they can leave a lasting imprint
of acceptance"

These lines say so much....yes at least let them leave an imprint of acceptance...

yes..yes...yes

Susan

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

5 posted 2003-09-17 09:14 AM

Mark, I have a pounding headache, whether from stress and or "Isabel" on its way here.
So when I can't rest or sleep until an excedrin does its job, the mind spills out the words never knowing which direction they will take.

thank you hugs
M

[This message has been edited by nakdthoughts (09-17-2003 10:02 PM).]

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

6 posted 2003-09-17 09:25 AM

Ron thank you for the hugs..
darn I am tired. I feel like I am on a perpetual tired wheel, whose spinning never stops.

Thank you Moon Dust

Thank you Susan, you catch my favorite thoughts.
~smiling
M

EvocativeVerse2
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since 2003-09-10

Posts 1279

7 posted 2003-09-17 10:45 AM

LOVE IT! This is my favorite poem of the day! This I can relate to ever so much. Thanks!

Gentle Spirit
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since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

8 posted 2003-09-17 11:14 AM

but for now perhaps it is enough....to just write my friend. heart hugs to you.

mytuesdaywishes
Member

since 2003-09-05

Posts 254
a voice from the musicbox

9 posted 2003-09-17 09:35 PM

whittle away my middle....
hehe what a clever little phrase. i love the playfulness in your words, it makes it personal and real. and the person is what drives the poem. it's nice to meet you.

and even when everything was wrong, and we were mad at the world, it was still beautiful.

Local Rebel
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since 1999-12-21

Posts 5767
Southern Abstentia

10 posted 2003-09-17 10:01 PM

so THAT's why I watch old movies, old TV shows, listen to old music and... just.. be old... huh?

Hadn't thought of it like that... but, I also don't think you and I necessarialy need an excuse...

Opeth
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since 2001-12-13

Posts 1543
The Ravines

11 posted 2003-09-18 08:01 AM

I read this and immediately felt alone in a big house with only memories surrounding me. To invoke a feeling such as that in a reader of your words, says much about those words.

"If this grand panorama before me is what you call God...then God is not dead."

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