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Lone Wolf
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since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA

0 posted 2000-03-18 07:06 PM


Standing at the edge of the abyss
I stare out into the darkness
It seems to stretch for miles around
There is not even a hint of the light

Exactly how does one become drawn to the abyss
To find its emptiness looming before him?
It is a long rough road that leads
To the mountain high...filled with rocks and weeds

The path is overgrown with foliage
For the way is not meant to be easy
If you find yourself on the cliff
It is not a mistake; it is the hand of fate

Only fate knows if you will live or will die
How much pain your heart can take
Before the final good-bye is uttered
And you sacrifice your soul to the darkness

Sometimes the pain is more than you can bear
No matter how hard you search for the light
There just is none there
Endless agony, angst, and torment beyond compare

Fill your days and haunt your nights
Stay with you in dark and in light
They permeate your very being
And take away your life's meaning

© Copyright 2000 Jennifer L. Garcia - All Rights Reserved
Isis
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since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland
1 posted 2000-03-18 07:15 PM


Welcome again Lone Wolf!!  This first posting was good.  I was a little worried about the lack of rhyming, but you seemed to loosen up as the poem progressed.
Reminds me of the song, 'What becomes of the broken hearted!'
Well done  

 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)


Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554

2 posted 2000-03-18 07:16 PM


hello and WELCOME to Passions..very nice to have you here...

Only fate knows if you will live or will die
How much pain your heart can take
Before the final good-bye is uttered
And you sacrifice your soul to the darkness

Sometimes the pain is more than you can bear
No matter how hard you search for the light
There just is none there
Endless agony, angst, and torment beyond compare
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this poem IS excellent..you have expressed the deep loneliness so very well...perfect poem for here in the dark...
very good
take care,jm


 Now for me some words come easy
But I know that they don't mean that much
Compared with the things that are said when lovers touch
You never knew what I loved in you
I don't know what you loved in me
Maybe the picture of somebody you were hoping I might be
jackson browne



Lone Wolf
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since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA
3 posted 2000-03-18 07:23 PM


Isis....thank you for welcoming me to your family.  I like to write a lot of free verse, but do rhyme too.  Glad you liked it.

Janet Marie....hello back and thanks for the kind words.  Nice to touch others.  More to come!!

demonic~angel
Member
since 2000-03-11
Posts 54
Kansas
4 posted 2000-03-18 09:32 PM


Your words haunt me indeed...so wonderfully written...You seem to be very lonely...I am here if you need someone to talk to...I agree w/ Janet...Welcome to Passions...We are glad to have you here

 Messenger of fear in sight
Dark deception kills the light
~Metallica~

KimW
Member
since 2000-03-04
Posts 268
Medford, Oregon, USA
5 posted 2000-03-18 09:54 PM


Your words drew me right in.... and the feelings came through strongly.

Excellent!

Kim

Lone Wolf
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since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA
6 posted 2000-03-18 11:23 PM


demonic~angel...thanks for the encouragement and offer to talk...very nice of you.  I will keep it in mind.  The loneliness comes and goes.  That day it was very present for me.  Glad to be a part of passions and have people to share it all with.

Kim...thank you.  They are from the soul and seem to just pour out of me.  

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA
7 posted 2000-03-19 12:26 PM


"Only fate"  "knows how much pain your heart can take"  You really reached out and touched me with this.  Nice writing. James
Aiden Kelly
Member
since 2000-02-14
Posts 148
Ft. Wayne, IN USA
8 posted 2000-03-19 12:49 PM


very well done!  WOW!! you seem to be a pessimist like me!  or is it just one of those days!    WELCOME to passions!  
StarrGazer
Senior Member
since 2000-03-05
Posts 679
Texas
9 posted 2000-03-19 02:31 AM


Hey hey !!! Welcome to Passions  ...

Sometimes the pain is more than you can bear
No matter how hard you search for the light
There just is none there
Endless agony, angst, and torment beyond compare

Fill your days and haunt your nights
Stay with you in dark and in light
They permeate your very being
And take away your life's meaning


these lines were  wonderful great job !!!


 "A poet is one who spends a lifetime standing out in thunderstorms, waiting to be hit by lightning"
~Randal Jarrell~



Lone Wolf
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since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA
10 posted 2000-03-19 09:25 PM


James,
Nice to touch someone.  Thanks for the compliment.  

AK,
Just one of those days....not total pessimism.  Thanks and I feel at home here in the dark.

SG,
Happy to be here....thanks.  Everyone is so supportive.  Makes me feel good to share with others.  


Sven
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since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA
11 posted 2000-03-19 11:33 PM


Again, welcome. . .

Perhaps you should not look down into the abyss, lest you be taken down with the one that you're looking at... perhaps you should look across at the other side and see that across even the deepest abyss, a bridge can be built. . .a bridge to a new life.. .

Excellent words. . .

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 That which gives light must endure burning
--Victor Frankl


CrEaTuRe
Member
since 2000-01-01
Posts 260
Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
12 posted 2000-03-20 12:59 PM


A great piece with full  of feelings ..... hope to see more of your work here
by the way, welcome to passion  

Lone Wolf
Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA
13 posted 2000-03-20 11:49 PM


Sven...perhaps you are right and a bridge can be built across.  Time will tell.  Maybe I am trying to save the one below so that we can start a new life.  Just a thought.

Creature...thank you and I feel so at home.  Yes, there is more to come.  A few are in open also.

 Friends are friend forever if the Lord's the Lord of them and a friend will not say never cause the welcome will not end.
--Michael W. Smith

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