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icebox
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

0 posted 2008-02-12 11:34 PM

All these years,
living each day
begging gifts
from night's freedom,

drawing darkness to life
without light's vengeance,
gathering souls
in sheaves of belief,

surviving by will
sun's baked eternity,
leather crust seasoned
with salt from dried tears,

no shame feeding on fear
in shadows of lust,
hunting down rhythms
of heart's sturdy tempo,

in dry centuries learned
to be without end,
never civilized
merely contained,

clawing existence
from still iron silence
in endless despair,
I am humbled by life.

©2008 by icebox

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Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

1 posted 2008-02-13 02:58 AM

May I keep this forever
in my treasure box of poetry.

It's amazing.

Alison

----

I was going to paste my favorite part. Each line builds upon the one before - I could not choose.

This is my favorite line.

All these years,
living each day
begging gifts
from night's freedom,

drawing darkness to life
without light's vengeance,
gathering souls
in sheaves of belief,

surviving by will
sun's baked eternity,
leather crust seasoned
with salt from dried tears,

no shame feeding on fear
in shadows of lust,
hunting down rhythms
of heart's sturdy tempo,

in dry centuries learned
to be without end,
never civilized
merely contained,

clawing existence
from still iron silence
in endless despair,
I am humbled by life.

©2008 by icebox

simon
Member

since 2008-01-14

Posts 440
London, England

2 posted 2008-02-13 05:17 AM

Are you a writer mr. Icebox? Because if you are I'd love to seek your work out...

Thalen
Junior Member

since 2007-12-15

Posts 35
New Jersey, USA

3 posted 2008-02-13 07:46 AM

Fascinating, this poem intreguies me, but it seems good. I enjoyed it greatly.

~Thalen.

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

4 posted 2008-02-13 10:21 AM

Wow, dear icebox, a truly impressive, powerful, significant write! I find I understand this well, especially

drawing darkness to life
without light's vengeance,
gathering souls
in sheaves of belief

and the ending …

I am humbled by life

oh, my, you really touched my core with your reflections, dear Poet!

Love
Margherita

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

5 posted 2008-02-13 10:36 AM

I am humbled by life also

always love to read you

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

6 posted 2008-02-13 05:39 PM

Another grand ‘write’
from a most fine author:

I am especially fond of:

"All these years,
living each day
begging gifts
from night's freedom(!)"

ALSO wonderful!:

“surviving by will
sun's baked eternity,
leather crust seasoned
with salt from dried tears…”

AND:

“in dry centuries learned
to be without end,
never civilized
merely contained,

clawing existence
from still iron silence
in endless despair,
I am humbled by life.”

Serious applause for this ‘penning!’

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

7 posted 2008-02-13 06:07 PM

I am humbled by life...and your poetry, Mr.
IceBox.
Ida

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