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jwesley
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

0 posted 2000-05-01 10:37 PM


Comes The Dawn

Comes the dawn.
Comes the pain of another day.
Comes the loneliness,
and the long walks,
alone,
in a city of a million people,
on sidewalks,
with their evenly spaced cracks,
and cigarette butts,
and chewing gum,
and spit,
and dirt.
Comes the seeing other people.
Comes the seeing couples,
hand in hand.
Comes seeing the love in their eyes,
the warmth in their touch,
the happiness,
and the dreams,
the carelessness with which they laugh,
the carefreeness in their walk.
Comes the frustration,
and the hopelessness.
Comes the still burning,
but dying fires of anger.
Comes the defiance.
Comes the hatred.
Comes the crying,
and dying,
inside.
Comes the night,
and the security of the dark's blanket,
that hides,
and protects.
Comes the cowering,
and the huddling in the darkest corner,
where two buildings meet,
at the rear of a vacant lot,
littered with glass,
and cans,
and other trash.
Comes the chill,
and the rain,
the fitful sleep,
the dreams.
Comes the wishing.
Comes the praying.
Comes the putrid smell of alcoholic breath.
And finally comes,
"Oh God, let me die."
Comes the dawn.
Comes the pain of another day.
Comes the loneliness,
and the long walks,
alone,
in a city of a million people,
on sidewalks,
with their evenly spaced cracks…


W. James Beard, Jr.



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SpitFire
Member Elite
since 2000-04-19
Posts 2396

1 posted 2000-05-01 10:48 PM


~Wow,Wow,Wow.....this just rolled right out of you.  I have walked in this city way too often.  Your poem took me right back there....it's great writing.  But no...don't let you die.  Let you live...let you live life and let you live love.  Take care...Next time you have to walk through this city..I'll hold your hand.
Isis
Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland
2 posted 2000-05-02 12:02 PM


I have walked in your shoes my friend!!  The imagery in this was wonderful, a real accomplishment for it was like a movie, the picture you painted so clear.  Excellent work!!  

 A heart and soul are not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others...
~Isis~
(Goddess - Sovereign of the Spirit)



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