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soul drifter
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0 posted 2004-10-22 07:34 PM


In My Tree

No one I think is in my tree
they just can't see me
for who I am
I'd like to think I'm far too advanced
I know I just wasn't made for these times
I hunger for the breath of a vintage rhyme
breathing into my heart
blossoming in my art
you can read my emotions in these words
you can understand me looking backwards
to another decade I can't recall
wish I'd seen it all
wish I could see
who can be in my tree

No one I think is on my wavelength
looking over my soulder with angst
of who I am
dusting off precious melodies in the sea sand
I know I'm waiting for the day
when all my dreams have come to play
in my life, sweet life
in my cry, sweet cry
for those things left buried in the past
those things I left behind me never to last
but I wish those memories well
wish I could tell
my wishes to be
visiting me at night in my tree

No, I don't think I can live forever
among these leaves feeling clever
for who I am
I know I need to touch and feel the earth
be with the here and now, for whatever it's worth
to be worth something to me
I know, I can see
I've got my own reality to live down there
I've got family, friends and love needing care
but for just a little longer
let me sing my song
for the feelings I set free
on the wind blowing through my tree

Wish you could see me
in my tree

"Poets are all who love, who feel great truths, and tell them; and the truth of truths is love." --Philip James Bailey

© Copyright 2004 Zach Hilgefort - All Rights Reserved
Sunshine
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Listening to every heart
1 posted 2004-10-26 03:08 PM



I had a tree like this...
and the scars to prove it.



Enjoyed, Zach...

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14
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Canada eh.
2 posted 2004-10-26 03:11 PM


Excellent write Zach!
Very much enjoyed.
Hugs~

~Autumn..the year's last, loveliest smile.~

Gentle Spirit
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since 2000-10-09
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3 posted 2004-10-26 03:12 PM


Very well done Zach, enjoyed much.
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