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icebox
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since 2003-05-03
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in the shadows

0 posted 2004-07-02 12:07 PM



There is an edge to darkness I find endearing,
I can walk along any spiritual lane
or thought path,
as well as most real thoroughfares
without fearing others' terrors lurking
in the shadows of the rain;
I hold beliefs justified only to me,
on my own awareness,
without regard for the quirky whims of popular correctness
or political popularity;
often  I am considered rude
or crude,
or even lewd
by the momentary  terms of accepted social firmament;
just as
no thought exists in Athapaskan to form a word
for wheel,
I have no feeling for the use of
"should "
applied to life.
I try not to impose on those
who hold to their very own rose colored view,
and I've grown comfortable
having found so few who share beliefs I hold,
but I wonder sometimes
if in some future life
I will regress
to seeking validation from others.

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Aenimal
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the ass-end of space
1 posted 2004-07-02 12:14 PM



I will regress
to seeking validation from others.

can't see it happening

passing shadows
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displaced
2 posted 2004-07-02 12:53 PM


you? never! nope.
Martie
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3 posted 2004-07-02 01:15 PM


icebox

"I hold beliefs justified only to me,"


We all should!  

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4 posted 2004-07-02 01:26 PM


I am right behind Martie with that thought, as being true to yourself should be foremost in a person's mind.  Your poetry actually makes me slow down, think, and absorb (slowing me down is not an easy task!"  Excellent write.
iliana
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5 posted 2004-07-02 06:34 PM


"I try not to impose on those
who hold to their very own rose colored view,
and I've grown comfortable
having found so few who share beliefs I hold,
but I wonder sometimes
if in some future life
I will regress
to seeking validation from others."

Then why am I posting here?  I guess because this isn't what it seems.

"just as
no thought exists in Athapaskan to form a word
for wheel,
I have no feeling for the use of
"should ""

Very much enjoyed the analogy here -- but don't believe that either, sorry.  Very much enjoyed reading you again, my friend.  And perhaps, my comments are not what they seem, either.  

Magnus
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6 posted 2004-07-02 08:16 PM


Such truth in your reflection.  A very
thought provoking write,  one taking the
mind to pondering...  you have the touch.

James_A_Fraser
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since 2003-09-03
Posts 972
Out Making Anticlines
7 posted 2004-07-02 10:10 PM


Alienation is actually fun when we get right down to it, eh? It frees us in so many ways!



~~J

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8 posted 2004-08-15 12:40 PM


nodding...all of this and more. Sometimes I think so hard I make quirky silent faces only to catch people staring and then I have a good hearty laugh out loud too.

(What the hell? I wuz already crazy in their eyes anyhoo...)



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