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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
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South Africa

0 posted 2008-10-23 02:49 PM


“This is familiar”, I said to myself
and I know repetition counts
on its fingers perhaps
or tapping its feet
until everything done again.

In a glass cage for so many days
with no air to call my own
and tied to a desk like a horse
next to a feeding trough
and I ask is that kind of work
really the lifeblood of soul?

There’s energy in the air
that sometimes creeps into the mind
to force a repeat of deeds
and I bow like a woman who knows
soul has an agenda unknown.

Part of the plan keeps me loving you
in a place where I don’t have to breathe
but I still need to breathe to get there  
and so of my air it soon may not be.

Prepare to die … but one, two, three, four,
I’m not dead till the counting stops!

Helen / 23 October 2008


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serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738

1 posted 2008-10-23 05:54 PM


then?

"five, six, seven, eight..."



and yes, now that you have my attention, I'm POUNCING.


Artic Wind
Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080
Realm of Supernatural
2 posted 2008-10-23 06:38 PM


Enjoyed your thoughts Helen!!~
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Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27
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Realms of Light
3 posted 2008-10-23 06:47 PM


Keep counting, Honey! Don't let your proverbial phonograph needle get stuck in the same track!

Remember to breathe!

Sending a warm, understanding hug your way,
Linda

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