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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California 
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Tattoo Well, I've been shot and I've been stabbed. I've tasted my own blood, I've danced with death. I've been beat on - whaled upon - To within inches of my final breath. Scars, alone, suffice I've paid Life's price, Yet my worst wound left no traces. So I got this tattoo to remind me of you, A woman with two faces. Perfectly in place, I see but one face - Glancing over my right shoulder. Warm and smiling, ever beguiling, I can't see the face that's colder. Her fiery crown unveils the imbalanced scales - Of Comedy and Tragedy. While Death, from beyond, sprinkles remorse upon - The weight of Misery I think it bizarre, set opposite the scar - Where I gave half of my left lung. Small penance paid next your grand charade, And the price loving you hath wrung. For every body's a temple but mine's a shrine. So let all the world see. Torn and tattered, beaten and battered, The mark loving you left on me. [This message has been edited by Michael (edited 09-16-99).] |
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DreamEvil Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 2396 |
Even good love leaves unhealing scars and open wounds. Sometimes though the pain is worth it. ------------------ Pain is life, life is short, I will endure. DreamEvil© |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Excellent poem, Michael. Even though you've been hurt, you must not let that hold you back from living/loving again. You have so much to give and are such a wonderful person it would be a shame to not share that with someone. (Glad to see you made it home ok)  |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
You may be maimed, Michael, but you always come up smiling...  |
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Iloveit Senior Member
since 1999-09-02
Posts 1121NM |
hugs michael, beautiful poem, can feel your pain |
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RainbowGirl Member Elite
since 1999-07-31
Posts 3023United Kingdom |
If hugs could take the pain away, I'd give you all I could... HUGS ------------------ You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. |
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caroline Senior Member
since 1999-08-16
Posts 1218http://members.xoom.com/belladona123/index.htm |
Expressed with excellence, Michael. Enjoyed the read. You do good work. ------------------ The only man worth your tears will never make you cry... |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Michael....tatoos can be removed. It's the scars that worry me, namely those we wear on the inside. This was a touching poem. Very well written. Don't let the past stop you from living today and more importantly looking forward to the future. like the saying goes "When one door closes, another opens, but most often we are too busy looking back at the door that has closed to see the one that has opened before our eyes" Remember the past, for it has shaped and made you what you are, but don't live in the past because it is gone and there is nothing we can do to change that...instead, live today and dream for all your tomorrows. Hugs  Ruth ------------------ "In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer" ~Albert Camus |
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