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icebox
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in the shadows

0 posted 2007-01-04 10:57 PM



In the burning fires of yesterdays
among the memories of fallen ways
when passions fed upon the young
adrift in ideologies
clinging to ideas
afloat in seas of lessor understanding,
we lived without awareness of the play,
or of the acting,
believing
scripts were written with afterthought and guile
we danced and pranced and spun our idle days
along wild jungle trails
all the while muddy
tired and bloody
spinning our own finger scales of light,
or in corridors of night bound in concrete and glass
lit with drugs and sex and always rock and roll,
bright lights were for flash
not for understanding,
living in the moment
expecting miracles with practiced style
collecting cities on a whim,
we traveled freely
as if citizens of a magic kingdom
killing unconcerned
as if the tab was billed to someone else's karma,
wearing nationality
as if it were a shield
and now so many decades gone
still I find I'm sailing on
unconcerned about the destination
or if the patient dead
are awaiting
my arrival.

©2007 by icebox
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© Copyright 2007 icebox - All Rights Reserved
Martie
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1 posted 2007-01-04 11:23 PM


icebox...."collecting cities on a whim"...Incredible, the roads you travel from within the mind's past.  
exhale
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2 posted 2007-01-04 11:50 PM


bright lights were for flash
not for understanding,
living in the moment
expecting miracles with practiced style
collecting cities on a whim,
we traveled freely
as if citizens of a magic kingdom
killing unconcerned
as if the tab was billed to someone else's karma


What an incredible write with such insight.
Truly enjoyed.

[This message has been edited by exhale (01-05-2007 01:29 AM).]

S Arthur Grey
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woven by a poet's loom
3 posted 2007-01-05 12:52 PM


You wield a skilled pen, Sir.

Kudos!

SEA
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with you
4 posted 2007-01-05 01:18 AM


"killing unconcerned
as if the tab was billed to someone else's karma, "

that really stood out for me...very much enjoyed this.

latearrival
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since 2003-03-21
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5 posted 2007-01-05 03:07 AM


I guess we truly are the sum of our experiences. Wonderful piece of writing. I enjoy visiting your mind and memories. late..
time prophet
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6 posted 2007-01-05 03:29 AM


We all expect more than there will ever be, your words rest heavy upon me.
passing shadows
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displaced
7 posted 2007-01-05 06:01 AM


incredible
serenity blaze
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8 posted 2007-01-05 02:38 PM


Smile.

My standard reply to the glory stories is this:

"Was I there? Did I have fun?"

To which my husband always replies:

"Don't you always?"

and um, no.

Not anymore.

Is it any wonder we are tired?

But I am not as serene as you, though I envy it.

I'm madder than hell at the lack of accomplishment in my own personal history.

Somehow, surving doesn't feel like much. But it's all I got for now.

Love you Charly.

Drums keep pound in rhythm to the brain--ladada deee...ladada die?

uh uh

"the beat goes on"

Devious Intellectual
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9 posted 2007-01-05 03:04 PM


thougthful! loved this very strong
The Lady
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10 posted 2007-01-05 09:52 PM



"killing unconcerned
as if the tab was billed to someone else's karma"

you speak my language icebox
great write


Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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since 2000-01-29
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Sydney, Australia
11 posted 2007-01-06 09:49 PM


wonderful!
Happy New Year to you my friend
RDB

Angel4aKing
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12 posted 2007-01-16 12:51 PM


I love to read your poetry. This I like. Take Care.

~~~kingsangel~~~

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