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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California 
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DELIVER US Evergreen sought naivety, Victorian principle sheaths thee. Imagination rendered numb, Lo and behold, the weak succumb. We go forth, aye, but forward not. As was foretold by plan or plot. Loosed, as cannons, words of steel Keenly apply to all who kneel. Severed hands yet would dare to fold, Alas, by dream or death grown bold. Moreover, standing gallantly, Overhead hangs the noose for me. Never visible in the dark. Grievously evil comes the mark. Unknown to eyes, oblivious, Shall never one deliver us? Michael Anderson [This message has been edited by Michael (edited 01-01-2000).] |
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Isis Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296Sunny Queensland |
Wow Michael. But we shouldn't rely on anyone to deliver us... I think love should deliver us. I'm a sap I know  At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. (Plato) ~Isis~ (Daughter of Mystery) |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Amen to this, Michael....and to the acrostic. |
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DreamEvil Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 2396 |
Evil does indeed walk among us but so does good. I truly believe that no one is all good or all evil. There exists a degree of each within everyone. Some find one harder than the other to show or accept yet there is always a spark of good within even the Darkest soul. It should be the task of all mankind to blow upon that spark of kindness and compassion, to feed the flames and turn that spark into a raging bonfire, regardless of where it is found. I am not so crass as to exclude myself from those who need to learn and accept the varying degrees of light and dark within each of us. 'Tis a quite insightful verse. Now and forever, my heart hears ~one voice~. DreamEvil© ------------------------------------------------------- "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) |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Very well done, Michael.... The way I see it, our first responsibility is to ourselves. We have to foster our own intrinsic good, and spurn the evil that lurks about us. It works. Emoting a good, positive attitude - brings back sunshine and keeps our lives in tune. 'Tis true - Ye reap what ye sow....  |
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JD Member
since 1999-11-05
Posts 61N Prov |
very good
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
Nan took the words right out of my mouth( Yeh Pepper; dream on!! )Anyhow...I agree with Nan.... Well stated Michael!< !signature--> A soul that writes from the heart and shares it, truly gives a gift extraordinaire! Shannon [This message has been edited by Pepper (edited 01-02-2000).] |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I think faith delivers us from evil. Faith in God, in ourselves, in the innate goodness of humanity......let your soul be restored! Evil can only live where we allow it to ... smile..... there is no place for evil here, we are a loving family and will circle the inkwells to keep evil at bay. (by the way..good poem!)  |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Thank you all for your replies. Scott, I believe we should always try to find the good in people so long as in doing so we aren't blindly allowing more harm to be inflicted upon others. PdV, you're 100% right, "Evil can only live where we allow it to." Michael |
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