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Off The Hall Of Broken Mirrors
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Off The Hall Of Broken Mirrors |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows 
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In my private rooms of memory there are people, a few alive, most freed from pain, some are faces, others voices or behaviors, some just eyes all wide and frightened in the rain; dawn is breaking air is thick breathing harder memories quick, old wounds are aching. Who remembers? The dead do best of all. So patient in my memories knowing I've nowhere to hide, when I was younger I thought I just threw away the ones who died, as if I never would remember; it seems I took them all inside. The world is quiet, not even insects or birds are making sounds, perhaps it was the silence, not the screaming in my dreams, that woke me with the gray light of this day's early rain. I am weary of these burdens and very tired of pain, don't you dare tell me you're sorry, or that you understand, I don't want sympathy for breakfast, I always have the means at hand to stop this karmic freight train anywhere along the line. I earned these pains and memories doing what I thought was right; no one forced them to be mine, no one draws them to my sight. Perhaps in some new lifetime I'll read history with a smirk, and see the devil in the details of a shadow's careful work, laugh about the players who took credit for the prize, wonder if these memories ever filled their waking eyes... ©2004 by icebox |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
...Only if they allow themselves to see - This is a fine reflective verse, sir ice...  |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
icebox Good write, enjoyed the read. |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Excellent write..much enjoyed your words sir. Hugs~ ~Somewhere in my heart I'm always |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
icebox, I enjoyed reading Off the Hall of Broken Mirrors. It said a lot to me. Thanks. misc. |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Wisdom does not come easy ~ but you wear it well!  I always benefit from your reflections! Loving hugs, EA |
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Nightshade 
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
I don't want sympathy for breakfast, I always have the means at hand to stop this karmic freight train anywhere along the line. I earned these pains and memories doing what I thought was right; no one forced them to be mine, no one draws them to my sight. Amazing write here. Enjoyed! Chris Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
icebox "The world is quiet, not even insects or birds are making sounds, perhaps it was the silence, not the screaming in my dreams, that woke me with the gray light" The sound of silence is interesting. I think we take forgranted all the noise until it's gone. It is a good time for reflection. |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
You have the wisdom of past trials to help you fill the pages. Many do not and never will understand the mind of one who has tasted war in it's most distasteful swill. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
sometimes you make me want to call my father |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
"Perhaps in some new lifetime I'll read history with a smirk, and see the devil in the details of a shadow's careful work, laugh about the players who took credit for the prize, wonder if these memories ever filled their waking eyes..." Perhaps you will, Icebox. I believe all truths are duplicitous; that means to me that even the "peacemakers" at sometime or another are the "warmakers". Very much enjoyed reading. |
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Tequilia_Sunrise Senior Member
since 2003-02-19
Posts 612Lochalsh, Ontario, Canada |
Graet write |
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