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Michael
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since 1999-08-13
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0 posted 1999-09-22 06:54 PM


TEN THOUSAND EYES

How can love, itself, stand beyond desire?
Do they not hold each other hand in hand?
Why wouldst thou worship me, I'm no one's sire -
Being cursed to blindness where I stand.
Still, everyday, I face ten thousand eyes,
All decorated with expectancy.
But you can't even see how blindness cries,
For it is you who wished this unto me.
My bloody wrists donning ageless shackles,
All I feel is the cold metal of chain.
Falling before me in voiceless cackles -
The would be Loves who couldn't see my pain.
Dreams etched in crystal, a face wrought in stone.
If this be your love, I'll die blind - alone.


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Michael Anderson


And so, being young and dipt in folly
I fell in love with melancholy,
But dreams - of those who dream as I,
Aspiringly, are damned, and die:


EAP



[This message has been edited by Michael (edited 09-22-1999).]

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JennyLee
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since 1999-09-01
Posts 1461
Northwestern, NJ.
1 posted 1999-09-22 07:56 PM


Micheal...this one made me cry..no, that's not bad..I haven't been able to do that in a long time. This is truly my favorite of all that I have read of yours...I'm sure there are lot's that I have missed :~(
PS.
Thanks for liking my sonnets most of my
critics say I should focus elsewhere. Most do
not like sonnets in this day and time.
Thanks....Jenny

DreamEvil
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since 1999-06-22
Posts 2396

2 posted 1999-09-22 07:59 PM


Bravo!! The wrong woman will always break you, or try at least. The right one, we both know will work wonders.

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Now and forever my heart hears ~one voice~.
DreamEvil©


poetFemmeFatale
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since 1999-07-25
Posts 2646
Arkansas
3 posted 1999-09-22 11:26 PM


Very very heartwrenching...I agree with Jenny...
probably one of your best.

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I beckon you to come...I lure you with my tongue... - poet FemmeFatale


Deep Blue Me
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since 1999-11-04
Posts 396
By a big lake
4 posted 1999-11-05 04:02 PM


Feel, felt, and I have found that your words of meaning have meaning to me as well. This is so visual for me, like a daymare...

Always entranced,
DB

JennyLee
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since 1999-09-01
Posts 1461
Northwestern, NJ.
5 posted 1999-11-05 04:07 PM


I agree..so glad these words have come back around. One of my personal favorites of Mr. Anderson.

JL

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Love is an attempt at penetrating another being,But it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.

Watcher666
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since 1999-10-13
Posts 1606

6 posted 1999-11-06 04:15 AM


As ever in awe of your talent! Loved this !

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Illusion...what we see and what we do...it's all up to you.

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