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Michael
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0 posted 1999-11-30 05:02 PM


ESTRANGED

I sit alone, trying to envision
Life beyond this cynical derision.
The pit well known, clinical depression,
Fear underlying all intercession.

A plastic bubble keeping me from you,
A tease to my sense I never break through.
Masticated fingers pry at the seam
That separates reality from dream.

The nightmare of my own self-infliction,
Every manic's graceless benediction.
Tortured - Society's inane causes,
A pricking needle that never pauses.

The chemical imbalance of my brain,
A residual madness of inert pain...
That renders Death to a timeless teasing
And almost makes the pain seem pleasing.

A feeling I fear, I shake in it's stead.
Senses reeling to the wake of the dead.
Clarity of thought, chilling to the core,
For "not feeling it" I'd fear even more.


Michael Anderson
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The master of the smile is sadness.
The master of sanity - Madness.
But if sanity brings you to sadness,
Does that make you mad if you smile?



[This message has been edited by Michael (edited 11-30-1999).]

© Copyright 1999 Michael Anderson - All Rights Reserved
DreamEvil
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since 1999-06-22
Posts 2396

1 posted 1999-11-30 05:07 PM


This one rocked me well my friend. Knowing the situation, I can echo the thoughts.

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Now and forever, my heart hears ~one voice~.
DreamEvil©
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"Either kill me or take me as I am,
because I'll be damned if I ever change..."

Count Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade
(Marquis de Sade)



Isis
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since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland
2 posted 1999-11-30 06:17 PM


I can feel this one in my very soul Michael. If we felt nothing we'd be just that - NOTHING Bravo

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The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there IS to celebrate.
~Isis~
(Daughter of Mystery)



Michael
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3 posted 1999-11-30 07:15 PM


Thank you, Dream, there was some special reference in there just for you I'm sure you caught.

Isis, thank you, too. Indeed, I know you have experienced much of the same.

Michael

Marilyn
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since 1999-09-26
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4 posted 1999-11-30 09:37 PM


You do know how to master words my friend. This shook me to the core. I do not have any experience with what you speak but I do feel your pain, through your words.
starboards
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since 1999-10-14
Posts 467
longwood, florida
5 posted 1999-11-30 10:03 PM


Well, well, well Michael...you have described me perfectly again! I might as well stop feeling because you will just explain it perfectly! I'm likin' it, i'm lovin' it!!! Great imagery!



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"If you love something let it go...if it comes back to you it is yours...if it doesnt then it never was"

Christopher
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Purgatorial Incarceration
6 posted 1999-12-02 01:45 AM


Michael, I'd have to say you nailed it one this one! You often echo my mind, and this does indeed. Numbness is my worst fear as well. Awesome my friend!
poetFemmeFatale
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since 1999-07-25
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Arkansas
7 posted 1999-12-04 10:56 PM


I sit here with head bowed....just wondering - - what it's gonna be like - - you and me. The thoughts that run through your head bewilder me....frighten me....amaze me...intrigue me....sustain me. Maybe that's what I love about you. You are a spectrum of chaotic colors...half of which I wish I had. Thank you for sharing such a powerful piece! WOW

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- - - If I can just touch you once, then I feel I have accomplished what I am called to do....- - pFF

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