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XOx Uriah xOX
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since 2006-02-11
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Virginia

0 posted 2006-08-06 05:43 PM



Tired and wired, ragged and worn.
Caught up in dust since the day I was born.
Where I'll wind up...  God only knows.
I get spun around everytime the wind blows.

I've had glimpses of gold in old leather sacks
Bound up in dirt-bags by the side of the tracks.

In the swirling winds of Time
The dust all blows away.
It's the gold that weighs heavy
And makes the sacks stay.

Spending themselves on pleasures and woes
Then turn back to dust each time the wind blows.

The gold has bought miracles.
The gold paid for sins.
The Devil and angels
know where I've been.

I get spun around everytime the wind blows
Just where I'll wind up...  God only knows.

© Copyright 2006 Larry F. Leake - All Rights Reserved
sandgrain
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 3662
Sycamore, IL, USA
1 posted 2006-08-06 06:58 PM


The flow and rhyme are so nice and the thought is fun but scarey.  One who just goes with the flow, wondering where it'll take them, usually winds up nowhere good.
I liked this.

   Rae

Kristabell
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since 2003-11-29
Posts 678
Portland, OR
2 posted 2006-08-06 09:52 PM


Thought provoking indeed... However, all people are blown by the winds of time because no one can controll the steady onward trek it makes for us all. Nice write.

Kristabell

"Use your imagination not to scare yourself to death but to inspire yourself to life."

seraphin
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since 2000-09-24
Posts 1004
Michigan
3 posted 2006-08-06 11:07 PM


This is one awesome lyric/poem. It's one of those rare gems that ends far sooner than I want.
The Lady
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since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634
The Southwest
4 posted 2006-08-06 11:37 PM



terrific as usual, Uriah

keep ridin' the wind

aziza
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since 2006-07-09
Posts 2995
Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy!
5 posted 2006-08-07 12:10 PM


All I know is I like this a lot.

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