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VAS
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2004-07-04 08:46 PM



Equilibrium

plugged ears
dizziness
each step methodical
forward
intent upon my goal
home
rest

I step into the cool
of my living room
the pressure
on my ears releases
dizziness gone

I sit
exhale
my legs reflex
the memory
of my walk

my head clears
refreshed
by the shadowed air
almost like a cavern’s
yet not damp
with clogged moisture

the edge of hunger
has subsided
only the knowledge
that I should eat
remains

balance
I must find a balance
between feast
and fast

©July 3, 2004

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

© Copyright 2004 Virginia Salter - All Rights Reserved
Earth Angel
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Realms of Light
1 posted 2004-07-04 08:53 PM



I hearya!


EA

miscellanea
Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060
OH
2 posted 2004-07-04 10:26 PM


equilibrium-yep, that's the trick!  Enjoyed.
Tequilia_Sunrise
Senior Member
since 2003-02-19
Posts 612
Lochalsh, Ontario, Canada
3 posted 2004-07-05 03:53 AM


understood. sometimes i find it hard to balance, maybe because i do everything in extreams. great write.
passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26
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displaced
4 posted 2004-07-05 01:00 PM


there is a balance, somewhere
Susan
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since 2004-03-27
Posts 5104
walking the surreal
5 posted 2004-07-05 08:58 PM


Balance?  You mean we're supposed to balance?  Wow, maybe that's my problem

Susan

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you.  Joy is a state of mind.

iliana
Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434
USA
6 posted 2004-07-06 12:09 PM


VAS -- great write about the hard part!   ......jo
Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
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Listening to every heart
7 posted 2004-07-06 12:13 PM


Ummm....even I wrote a poem some years back on my tinnitus...

it's NOT fun!

The first time it hit, it put me down for four days...and I likened the subject matter to Beethoven's affliction with deafness....

which is not quite the same...but still, you'd either wish it would come full force, or go away for all time.

Hope you're feeling better, soon!

milkweed
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since 2004-09-07
Posts 42
fields of gold
8 posted 2004-09-08 11:08 PM


Good poem; I feel the same way at times.
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