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Kaos
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since 2001-08-02
Posts 317
between space and time

0 posted 2008-09-15 07:36 AM



As i pace the darkest alley of my soul
brooding over the 'injustices' i've faced
   Ha!  cynical humor at best
I've taken plenty of rounds
   in the chest
Fired from a gun called life
  loaded with rounds of heartache and pain
    my iniquities seep from the wounds
hands stained dark in blood
    skin melted
from reaching into the fires of my past
     No regrets
Ha!  more jokes
  laughter in my head
as the words make their exit
     and fall upon naive ears
Perpetually amused by my own ignorance
  yet stricken by curiosity
reaching forth from that alley
     into the light i crawl
fingers outstretched
     faintly gripping
what's been lost so long
    as my fingers pass through the remanence of my soul
I force my way into the light to face myself
     As i stare into the mirror
I remember...
                        love is pain
                  life is never fair
                        it's just what we make it.
And i stand...     again
     frightened                 but fighting
                   on my own.

"And behold, a pale horse, and the man who sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him." - Revelations

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Abbeon
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since 2006-11-30
Posts 228
Curiousity, and wonder
1 posted 2008-09-15 03:24 PM


If only to reach out and take your hands so you never have to face it alone. Never alone, never again.

The hollow emptiness, the crazed thoughts left to survive

Abbeon
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since 2006-11-30
Posts 228
Curiousity, and wonder
2 posted 2008-09-15 03:24 PM


I really liked that poem it was powerful and just plain Beautiful.

The hollow emptiness, the crazed thoughts left to survive

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