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Abe
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since 2003-05-28
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Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end!

0 posted 2003-09-25 12:06 PM



I AM

I am the oceans without waves
I am a river that stands still
I am a mountain like a prairie
I am the sun that brings a chill

I am a dream but I’m not dreaming
I am a rose that has no smell
I am a baby with no crying
I am a heaven that's like hell

I am a fish that can not swim
I am a bird that can not fly
I am a storm without the wind
I am the clouds without the sky

I am a story with no ending
I am a road that leads nowhere
I am a heart without a heartbeat
I am the breath without the air

I am alone when in a crowd
I am music that has no sound
I am thunder without lightning
I am still lost when I've been found

I am the morning without dawning
I am a day without the sun
I am the night without the stars
I am the end that's just begun

As you can plainly see my Darling
I am nothing without you
But if you would please forgive me
I'd be everything for you.

Del "Abe" Jones

© Copyright 2003 Del - All Rights Reserved
KoKo
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since 2003-02-15
Posts 995
Inside the shadow's shadow
1 posted 2003-09-25 12:12 PM


This reminds me a hell of a lot of a poem I once wrote...I actually titled it "I AM"..But I never could have done it as well as you have...
Insomniac Cat
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since 2003-09-23
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The Land of the Dadaists
2 posted 2003-09-25 12:15 PM


Nice. The repetition of "I am" really drives the poem home. And the juxtaposition of images is a great touch!
LeeJ
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since 2003-06-19
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3 posted 2003-09-25 12:20 PM


lovley like a smooth sailing honorable song, taking me by the hand and soothing every last doubt that exists.  
Abe
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since 2003-05-28
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Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end!
4 posted 2003-09-25 12:21 PM


I wrote about 18 years ago and had song demo recorded with a little rewrite.  Last verse is chorus.  
SharaRose
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since 2003-07-19
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Somewhere out there~
5 posted 2003-09-25 12:23 PM


Awww words lots wish they could hear. I am sure of it. Forgiveness...what a beautiful thing. Loved the end.

SharaRose @-->--

Of sound, and speech let all lift the hearer!

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