icebox
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since 05-03-2003
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in the shadows
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0 posted 11-22-2003 11:41 PM
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When I was really poor,
stealing milk from doorsteps
filching food to eat,
I used to dream
of living without cares,
I thought love
somehow would come in time,
a partner I would think as mine
and I wouldn't always have to look
over my shoulder.
Now I am a great deal older,
and it's true
I've loved a few,
and perhaps among the dead
there was a partner.
I tell you honestly
I've learned a lot this time around;
I don't think
I'll make the same mistakes again;
I know it's in the nature of my soul
that I am drawn to war,
despite the karmic pitfalls
for which I've yet to make amends,
but I've come to think
it's for the purpose
of seeing that it finally ends.
Life has a meaning,
and it's simple.
We exist to learn
and by that learning
we may grow,
and by that growing
we may come to know,
and by that knowing
we may learn
enough to satisfy
the greatest curiosity,
the pure simplicity
of understanding,
and then,
you see,
when that is done
we're free.
©2003 by icebox
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