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warmhrt
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since 1999-12-18
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0 posted 2001-09-28 01:10 AM


Its charisma calls to her,
she chases it up and down
dark empty streets, as it slips
and slides behind, in front of her,
getting close enough to grasp, turning,
vanishing before fluttering eyelids;
she imagines its teasing, taunting laughter
as it evades her so skillfully, when
suddenly, face to face, it grabs her,
swiftly carrying her away.

Not long and they begin,
The dreams that visit
Without fail, always the same,
Enigmatic, bewildering, no longer
terrifying until the morning triggers
them in memory; the sun finds
few small spaces to enter now,
she has smeared these dreams
across the windows
in vain attempts to see them
in the light of day.

"It is wisdom to know others;
It is enlightenment to know one's self" - Lao Tzu

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Not A Poet
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since 1999-11-03
Posts 3885
Oklahoma, USA
1 posted 2001-10-01 10:10 AM


Hi Kris,

I like the way you have tied the words together here but I think my imagination is a little short today. I can't seem to guess where this is going. For some reason I feel like I am trying to make it more complicated than you intended, like it really is simple but over my head. All I get is the conflict of reality and fantasy. Try to help me out a little here, please. I'm starting to feel inadequate.

Thanks,
Pete

Brad
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since 1999-08-20
Posts 5705
Jejudo, South Korea
2 posted 2001-10-02 02:14 AM


Kris,

How ya doin'?

Um, don't suppose you could drop some of those 'ing' words?



Brad

Ven
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since 2001-10-01
Posts 102
U.K.
3 posted 2001-10-02 08:16 AM


This conjures up some good images, agree with what was said about the "ing" words though.
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