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No Man...(RP for Paul)
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No Man...(RP for Paul) |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California 
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No Man... No man's an island, this much I confess, Knowing, even so, how it must be. Slowly shrinking unto a nothingness, Eroding throughout eternity. My love, my ocean, august and erect I have stood watch for you over time. But Time, itself, having fallen suspect With a flattened tone off the chime, Awards no semblance of stature once held, But instead withers away resolve. Till the deepest of fears and the last of hopes meld, And I daily watch myself dissolve. The winds, once gentle, now all seem to chill. In sunlight, there's still haze on the sky. This duty I've striven so long to fulfill, A whisper on the waves washing by. Still I will not question as refashioned maps Tomorrow leave me clearly undrawn. As, one by one the memories, too, will lapse To the splendor of a vacant dawn. Michael Anderson 12/22/2007 |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Michael...Thank you so much for re-posting this for me, I really connect with this poem with what has been troubling me lately and like your poem says an island cannot survive alone nor can humans. Thanks very much...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Having written this so long ago, I can see and remember well the weariness in it, but also attest to the fact we have no idea what our futures hold, Paul. I think we define ourselves by that which we purpose ourselves toward, the duties we strive to fulfill. When those duties are taken from us, we are left with a hollow, purposeless void. That can be a scary place if you are not careful. That particular rabbit hole is hard to come back out of. Feed your mind healthy foods and healthy thinking patterns emerge. Take care, my friend. Michael |
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augustsky Senior Member Posts 828 midwest US |
A Good read this morning, & this.. "To the splendor of a vacant dawn".. left me day-dreaming. Enjoyed, Sky~ Sometimes..Miracles are just good people |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
The is something special to me in the thought of letting all earthly cares go, Sky~. An empty canvass to begin anew. Wish I had more time to daydream.  I would definitely be filling it.Michael |
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