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Balladeer

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

0 posted 1999-06-20 07:51 PM

Is it better to feel like a squeaky wheel
And rant and rave and bellow?
Or better unheard like an unspoken word
And view Life cool and mellow?

Are our lives at best when full of zest
In the fancy and lies of our youth?
Or when we mature and are finally sure
Of the difference 'tween lies and truth?

I'd like to know before I go
These answers, my good fellow
For I ran fast all through my past
Till I've reached the Age of Mellow.

No more pain can reach my brain.
No more grudges do I hold
And say "Forgive - forgive and let live"
Very sensible - so I'm told.

Hurts I had then, oh, way back when
Are painless now to me.
If some affair goes wrong somewhere
I smile with a 'C'est la Vie!'

Any one from the past who would come round at last
I'd greet with a friendly "hello".
No love, no hate would anyone rate
For I've reached the Age of Mellow.

No more ferris wheels - no more deals
And waltzes - no fast dances.
No more spinning rides that shake your insides
And, especially, no more chances.

I take things in stride and am peaceful inside
For I know just where I'm going.
My friends give me praise for emotionless ways
For that's all that I am showing.

But, once in a while, I'll feel a smile
Tugging at my face
When I think of the days of my 'innocent' phase
And I wish I were back in its place.

Yes, I think of the days when Life's buring rays
Turned my 'sensible' mind to jello
And I think of the fun and the things left undone
Before I reached the Age of Mellow.

sea_of_okc
Senior Member

since 1999-06-15

Posts 568
Oklahoma City, OK, USA

1 posted 1999-06-20 08:56 PM

I really liked the cadence of this one and the rhymes. By the way.. exactly what age is the age of mellow? Perhaps I have mellowed too soon...hmmmm

ChristelleS
Junior Member

since 1999-06-18

Posts 15
San Diego, Ca. U.S.A.

2 posted 1999-06-20 09:25 PM

Once again...perfection.

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Christelle S.

Poet deVine

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

3 posted 1999-06-20 10:20 PM

So you think you're a mellow fellow? I doubt it...there's nothing mellow about the passion you have..the passion you put into your work. I think mellow is passionless..you my friend are NOT mellow!

Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

4 posted 1999-06-21 08:26 AM

"They call me mellow fellow"

....Hey - There's the making of a song in there somewhere...

[This message has been edited by Nan (edited 06-21-99).]

Alicat
Member Elite

since 1999-05-23

Posts 4094
Coastal Texas

5 posted 1999-08-06 08:41 PM

Play this crazy tune again, Sam...one from the vaults!

Alicat

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