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icebox
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since 2003-05-03
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in the shadows

0 posted 2006-04-09 04:12 AM



I can’t get out of my head tonight,
I want to go traveling in the cold clear air
where the body’s failures
and life's broken pieces
are left behind,
where the soul can soar once again,
where dreams connect with the unraveled threads
at the edge of a universe weaving
beyond the fades of reality’s fare
and simple care is the all night pass;
these little trips on the Jungian trains
have kept me sane for decades.

OK,
so not really sane,
but still passable in society’s crowd,
so that the world still lets me walk free.

Why is the little door
in back of my mind
right now off limits to me,
jammed shut when I need it most?

I’ve lived so free
for oh so long
perhaps
some part of me is breaking
where I should be holding on.

I’ve lost track of how often
I have been a strap hanger on those timeless rides,
I can not imagine what will become of me
if my astral pass is gone.

It is bad enough
to live always missing
the soft heat and warm touch of a woman
when I have lived for so long in the cold,
but to not have the option of travel
is more emptiness than I can hold.

Well I know it’s not time yet to panic,
I know the afterlife’s coming up soon
and my guardian always stays with me,
and forever is holding my room.

©2006 by icebox

© Copyright 2006 icebox - All Rights Reserved
StevenS
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since 2005-09-21
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1 posted 2006-04-09 07:10 AM


Love this Ice, especially the first seven verses! :-)
Musicmaker1969
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2 posted 2006-04-09 11:55 AM


Well, I hope you last a few years more.  You sound like you are about to give up on life.  I hope that is not the case.
You wrote - Why is the little door
in back of my mind
right now off limits to me,
jammed shut when I need it most?

I have often felt this too, and I think most humans feel this at one point or another, sometimes more often than not.  I do hope you find peace and a lady to love.  Life if you are lonely is not much of a life at all, though it is a life.

Sheri Adams

Jesus lives in my heart!  He can in yours too!!!
Sheri Liegh Adams
sheriliegh@sympatico.ca

Martie
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3 posted 2006-04-09 12:07 PM


icebox

"simple care is the all night pass;"

I know you haven't lost your pass, but just look at the time that you wrote this.  Maybe all you need is to get some sleep?

WindWalker
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since 2001-10-12
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4 posted 2006-04-09 12:16 PM


This was Great!!!!!! And I especially liked this stanza.

"Why is the little door
in back of my mind
right now off limits to me,
jammed shut when I need it most?"

The Lady
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since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634
The Southwest
5 posted 2006-04-09 04:29 PM




"I’ve lost track of how often
I have been a strap hanger on those timeless rides"

Oh my. This one smacked me in the heart. I have no words to tell you icebox.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26
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displaced
6 posted 2006-04-09 05:01 PM


icey, that little door gets jammed for reasons we don't know at the time...just think of it as a good thing, my friend.


Susan Caldwell
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since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348
Florida
7 posted 2006-04-10 02:19 PM


"I want to go traveling in the cold clear air
where the body’s failures
and life's broken pieces
are left behind"

oh yes..

Funny you should mention...I woke this morning thinking, "I went to that exact same place before!"  Same people where there and the same feeling of dread..

It's now always easy or happy.  But it's always there.


"too bad ignorance isn't painful"
~Unknown~

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