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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666
California

0 posted 2000-02-17 01:43 AM


MEANDERING

Nothing of what I hear,
Just half of what I see.
Is this all in life I can believe?
As everything once dear
Is now taken from me,
I must dispute by grim refute,
Lest hell grant me reprieve.

Donning an eerie chime,
That calls me towards the Dark,
The Devil lays a wondrous path for me.
I never see in time
Before I bear the mark,
By death's disguise silence ne'er lies,
Alone I stand now as a man can be.

This vision quite profound,
In hand the sword is drawn.
But memory holds no recount of the brave.
To stakes of anguish bound,
Therein the vision gone
A jester's crown shall weight me down,
Meeting my final wave.

No justice to the verse,
No frivolous meandering,
I'm at the point I don't really see the point.
Why have I landed this curse
That never yields understanding?
A dirge in fact, virgin retract,
Such Sweet Death surely I must anoint.

**********

Cut out my eyes, I'd rather be blind
Take my hearing, I really wouldn't mind.
Distill my blood, be still my heart,
If I can't hang on, I'll just fall apart.
Nothing that I hear, nor half what I see
Could ever satisfy this need created in me.
If but by dark silence, that in which I grieve,
I bid you nothing in this life believe!


Michael Anderson



 It's the little things you take for granted,
That'll mean the most to you when they're gone.





© Copyright 2000 Michael Anderson - All Rights Reserved
danni
Senior Member
since 1999-11-20
Posts 688
wisconsin
1 posted 2000-02-17 02:09 AM


micheal, i can relate all too well. it's haunting really. when you feel yourself meandering, is when you must hold on the tightest. as you have told me before in past responses, hold on to your faith, it will see you through. there are better things ahead. and you will you have a better understanding of how to accept and keep them with what you learn from prior hurts and what you might think as failures. for failures are not necessarily failures if there is a lesson learned.
ok-enough rambling-don't even know if i'm on the right track. hope whatever is hurting you eases up soon.

Janet Marie
Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554

2 posted 2000-02-17 12:54 PM


Michael,
as always excruciatingly excellent...
there is definalty "justice in the verse"
and I love the impact of the line-
"I'm at the point I don't really see the point.
Why have I landed this curse"...
its perfect
and this part...

"Cut out my eyes, I'd rather be blind
Take my hearing, I really wouldn't mind.
Distill my blood, be still my heart,
If I can't hang on, I'll just fall apart.
Nothing that I hear, nor half what I see
Could ever satisfy this need created in me.
If but by dark silence, that in which I grieve,
I bid you nothing in this life believe!"

pure poetry in motion...superb work...
always believe...and please hang on...
you have an amazing gift and talent here.
take care, janet marie

 When you look in the mirror...
Wish you were somebody else
Just a perfect reflection
You and no one else...
Minutes run into hours
Hours run into days
You're still waiting for someone
Who never ever came...
Go and run through the hallways
Find your way to the door
You will end up like always
Back where you were before...
Then you look in the mirror
Wish you were somebody else
But it's still your reflection
You and no one else...
Guster


ill_tactics
Member
since 2000-02-11
Posts 149

3 posted 2000-02-17 01:13 PM


Excellent.  I'm in awe of your work, you have such a talent, and i'm glad that you decide to share it.  Your words mean so much, sometimes even bring me to tears because I have so much in common with them.  But once again, i'm breathless.  **bows**  Much love, One love, PEACE
Jannel
Member
since 2000-01-18
Posts 492
Muncie, IN, USA
4 posted 2000-02-17 05:51 PM


The title caught me, and the work lived up to the expectation and then some. Especially liked the parallel between the beginning and the end.
jannel


 "I'm just saying
that we've mistaken one
for thousands of words,
and for that mistake
I've caused you such pain
that I damn that word."
-10000 Maniacs "Jezebel"



Isis
Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland
5 posted 2000-02-17 08:12 PM


Michael I adored this one, it describes me to a tee at present.  I feel I am just meandering through life myself, everything good is soon taken away from me.
This is superb my master  

 May the world hug you today,
With it's warmth and love.
I pray it whispers a joyful tune in your heart,
That tell you there is a friend sitting in another corner of the world,
Wishing you well and
wishing you love......
~Isis~
(Goddess - Sovereign of the Spirit)



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