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Gunslinger
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since 1999-10-09
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0 posted 2013-11-05 12:14 PM




Love is a many splendored thing-
I heard one writer say.
But this I know, that love, or lust,
Will oft the heart betray.

A dream, a gossamer delight-
That titillates the mind.
Will keep one giddy through the night-
But at the daybreak find…

Regret and shame, likewise remorse-
Our ardor in remission-
Reality’s harsh light reveals-
Commission and omission.

To love, to dream… life’s very breath-
Yet the end view is so harsh…
It steals our joy, and ends in death-
Makes memory a farce.


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katahdin
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since 2010-07-01
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ME. In the Shadow of the Mt.
1 posted 2013-11-06 12:01 PM


Love is a double edged sword! Enjoyed your poem.
Kat >^..^<

Michael
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since 1999-08-13
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California
2 posted 2013-11-22 09:42 PM


It seems that it's life itself that betrays the heart in the end.  Ride it for all it's worth, you know it's gonna buck you soon enough.

Michael

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336
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3 posted 2013-12-10 10:19 PM


nice introspection...for my introspection, life is what we make it and what it makes us...James
Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16
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So. El Monte, California
4 posted 2013-12-11 04:30 AM


Life is a hard lesson to learn sometimes, John. Well said.
                            Ida

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