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passing shadows
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0 posted 2010-11-09 04:08 AM



I've been in deep great thought lately-
not taking the time to sleep
because maybe I'm just scared to dream.
The overlook there is much too steep.

But what else am I to do with dawn
when the weight of eyelids lingers on?

I can hear the coyotes circling
but I don't pay them too much mind,
I'm over mourning death of Spring
who left Summer to stumble blind.

My room smells of sugar cookie, wax
hot and poured into the cracks
where Winter would otherwise invade
this perfect fantasy life I've made.

I have been a poet in someone else's mind.
Go ahead and believe it if you're so inclined.
But lately it seems I grieve the Fall-
silent, I have nothing to say at all.



© Copyright 2010 Dixie Lee Bullington - All Rights Reserved
nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200
Between the Lines
1 posted 2010-11-09 06:48 AM


Just remember to take care of "you".

I  have a hard time getting adjusted to the change in weather and Eastern Standard Time.

If you can't sleep at night at least rest a bit during the day.

Thinking of you~~

M

JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991
Louisiana/America
2 posted 2010-11-09 07:42 AM


It seems that you say quite a lot and you say it quite well.
Eusta B. Mae
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since 2010-05-03
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3 posted 2010-11-09 08:39 AM


I'm with Jerry. I'm looking forward to you writing your cold weather blues..they will be awsome!ebm
secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !
4 posted 2010-11-09 08:47 AM


For most of the disenfranchised 'fringe dwellers' forever on the
razor's edge of the "Runaway American Dream"... with Winter coming
on (plus the results of the interim elections) there is little left to say! ...
don't get old, sick, poor, socially marginalized; etc. in America ...
the politically hyper-conservative far 'right' would simply have us all
just die and decrease the surplus population... 'problems solved'!

I am especially fond of:

"My room smells of sugar cookie, wax
  hot and poured into the cracks
  where Winter would otherwise invade
  this perfect fantasy life I've made."

Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115
South Africa
5 posted 2010-11-09 09:20 AM


Nice write, Dixie, but in my experience winter somehow manages to creep in no matter what.

Helen

Prasad Nataraj
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since 2008-05-29
Posts 1149
Bangalore,India
6 posted 2010-11-09 12:51 PM


Fine writing, much sadness in these words.

"Hardwork pays in the long run"

Amaryllis
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since 2010-05-20
Posts 1306
Mi now
7 posted 2010-11-09 12:55 PM


This poem makes me want to cry... it is so sad... I have to give you a  
.
And yes, you are a poet... though none of us ever want to be called one     I enjoy your writings.
.
Best~
Amaryllis

naturegirl
Member
since 2009-09-30
Posts 168
England
8 posted 2010-11-09 06:24 PM


Yes you have much to say still and you say it well ...even though you're in denial. I hope you'll keep sharing as I really enjoy your writings dear poet. Take care.x
Enchantress
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Canada eh.
9 posted 2010-11-09 06:36 PM



Take care of yourself Dixie girl  

Angel4aKing
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since 2006-09-27
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USA
10 posted 2010-11-09 09:02 PM


Children grow and no one knows
at their birth where their lives will go
we hold them close when they are scared
when they are just two years old
when they are three we leave the light on
to scare the ghosties away
not a night goes by
at four or five
when you don't wake up
with them in your bed
the sleepovers at six, seven and eight
that you think will never end
the questions you never thought they'd ask
at the way too young age of ten
before your eyes they'e growing up
and now are facing the world on thier own
with so many dreams still so ripe
going into a world that's already torn

~~~kingsangel~~~

Angel4aKing
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since 2006-09-27
Posts 1372
USA
11 posted 2010-11-09 09:08 PM


sorry I meant to post that in the forum as a new topic lol....but I meant to respond to you as well btw!!! Great poem you definitely have a knack for words!!!!

~~~kingsangel~~~

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