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russelle
Junior Member
since 1999-11-02
Posts 21
Chicago, Il. USA

0 posted 1999-11-05 10:07 PM


For so long i have breathed the happiness of others
Inhaling their laughter
while i exhale my own desires
Invisibly they float through space
uknown, undetectable
they flutter before my face

Even as i yearn to grasp them
i find it futile
They are as elusive as the autum wind.
i cannot contain them,
to analize them
i cannot see them
to understand them
i cannot hear them
to follow them
I cannot feel them
to beleive in them.

And in the chill of December
As my burning lungs gasp for the warmth of a smile
and i exhale a cloud of smoke.
do not think You know them,
do not think that you can understand them
for while they are seen
they will never be caught.

They're there calling for me
like pigeons in a park,
and i am the boy who chases them.
diving, staining, scraping my knee.
As they are flapping, squalking, eluding me
only to land again.
And i, catch my breath,
only to chase again.

And you just sit and laugh
you must know something i don't know.

Russelle 11/4/99

© Copyright 1999 russelle - All Rights Reserved
Deep Blue Me
Member
since 1999-11-04
Posts 396
By a big lake
1 posted 1999-11-05 11:05 PM


Giving and not receiving....
Well worded angst, Russelle.

Enjoyed,
DB

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"But it is inevitable that they will keep changing the doors on you," he said, "because that is what they are for; and the thing is to get used to itand not let it unsettle the mind. But that would mean not jumping, and you can't. Nobody can not jump. There will be no not-jumping. Among rats, perhaps, but among people, never."
------The Door------
===EB White===

JennyLee
Senior Member
since 1999-09-01
Posts 1461
Northwestern, NJ.
2 posted 1999-11-05 11:24 PM


While I exhale my own desires...I love this one !!

Jenny

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

Watcher666
Senior Member
since 1999-10-13
Posts 1606

3 posted 1999-11-06 04:28 AM


Nicely done!

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

MG4
New Member
since 1999-11-06
Posts 5
chicago il. 60172
4 posted 1999-11-07 04:04 PM


thanks for your repsonces. glad you liked it.
russelle

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