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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California 
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PEACE BELOW Behold the waking water's stead Holds no resemblance, high nor low, To the quaking hand of the dead Withering breathlessly below. The dim lit moon o'er starry skies, The echoed sentiment of Fate. Cold look of Death soon on the eyes, All in due time, for now must wait. A calloused touch, a weathered heart, Forgotten will, the soul still breathes. For in so much, known well in part, I shant but feel my own disease. A litany of ill-timed thought, The price paid to uphold a name. Beyond the still of Damien's lot, I serenade your cross of shame. Lo, in the waking water's stead, Where pain subsides, where love won't flow, The breaking mist, (kiss of the dead), Confides in me the peace below. ------------------ 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 |
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JennyLee Senior Member
since 1999-09-01
Posts 1461Northwestern, NJ. |
And a really good repost at that Michael. A litany of ill-timed thought. Excellent. Jen ------------------ Love is an attempt at penetrating another being,But it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual. |
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Deep Blue Me Member
since 1999-11-04
Posts 396By a big lake |
Litany jumps at me as well, Jen. Michael, well struck. DB ------------------ He grew away from old associations and saw something new in life and humanity. Secondarily, he made close acquaintance with phenomena which he had before known but darkly - the seasons in their moods, morning and evening, night and noon, winds in their different tempers, trees, waters and mists, shades and silences, and the voices of inanimate things. ========Thomas Hardy===== |
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Watcher666 Senior Member
since 1999-10-13
Posts 1606 |
Like this much. ------------------ Illusion...what we see and what we do...it's all up to you. |
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DreadedOne Member
since 1999-10-25
Posts 51Odessa, TX |
Awesome, Michael. I loved this. One question, though,...Damien's Lot...is this the "Damien" who gave shelter to the lepers that you speak of? ------------------ D.O. Fear is overcomable, life is fleeting. Dreams are reachible, love completing. |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
D.O., yes the Damien I refer to is the Catholic "father" who ran a mission of lepers. I see you did your homework. Thank you for the reply. Thank you, Jenny, D.B., and watcher, also. Michael |
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Isis Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296Sunny Queensland |
Another gem, glad you reposted it!!  ------------------ Through poetry my heart and soul truly sing... ~Isis~ (Daughter of Mystery) |
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