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Michael
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0 posted 1999-10-24 06:24 PM


BY LOVE ALONE

By what foul, strange contingency
Have I failed my astringency?
By what demeanor lay I here,
Asphyxiated in my own fear?
By what inebriated dream,
Ignore I Reality's scream -
Oblivious, the tickling chime,
The, (passing me by), hands of Time.

By what accursed happenstance
Have I come into this Death Dance?
By what scorn, by what ridicule
Have I been deigned Forever's Fool?
By what lack of aspiration,
Don I this exasperation?
By what mental insurrection
Have I befell this deception?

By what lack of morality,
Forfeits spirituality?
By what weak instability
Am I now liability?
By what tangent, running askew,
Is sacrificed all once held true?
By what decadence of belief
Have I been subjected such grief?

By echoes of Malady's call,
‘Tis true, by Love alone, I fall.

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Michael Anderson

Is all that we see or seem
but a dream within a dream?



[This message has been edited by Michael (edited 10-24-1999).]

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JennyLee
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since 1999-09-01
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1 posted 1999-10-24 06:33 PM


Wonders will never cease,I pray that someday I can write as well as you do,be it in the light,where you do shine, or here in dark where you are equally at home. Well done as always.

Jenny

DreamEvil
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2 posted 1999-10-24 06:51 PM


It seems you acutely feel the flip side of love, the ravening beast that slakes its thirst on the soft underbelly exposed by the vulnerability of love. Well said my friend as love has two edges, one that cuts cleanly the ties binding us to bitterness and one that carves away at the soul. I wish you luck in regaining your balance on that blade my friend.

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Now and forever, my heart hears ~one voice~.
DreamEvil©


Watcher666
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3 posted 1999-10-24 07:26 PM


Love does cut deeply at times.Excellent verse!

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Illusion...what we see and what we do...it's all up to you.

poetFemmeFatale
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since 1999-07-25
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4 posted 1999-10-24 08:11 PM


I agree with Dream...he hit the nail right on the head...ditto ditto ditto. Will the ink still smudge if I touch this one?

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I beckon you to come...I lure you with my tongue... - poet FemmeFatale


suicidal dreams
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5 posted 1999-10-24 08:50 PM


Love hurts as I know from many experiences.
Great use of words great poem great all around.

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life is short kill quick

Systematic Decay
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6 posted 1999-10-24 11:01 PM


Micheal:

I feel that love is the best thing that can happen to a person, surpassed by hope. Or maybe the two are one and the same..(?) In any case, it is also my feeling that love/hope is suicide. To love or hope, is to send the spirit higher than the clouds. And if the warm winds are ripped from beneath the sould wings, we come crashing down to earth...and this poem illustrates that perfectly.

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"Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage."
-Billy Corgan-

DreadedOne
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since 1999-10-25
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7 posted 1999-10-25 05:25 AM


A lot of pain tied up in this one.


Dread

Nan
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8 posted 1999-10-25 07:57 AM


Pain or no pain - we keep coming back for more... in hopes that the next love will be the right one...
RSEvans
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since 1999-10-23
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Tulsa, OK, USA
9 posted 1999-10-25 08:05 AM


As has been said before, I believe there is a balance here. Would love be near as sweet if it did not hurt so when it was gone? You have a gift for verse, sir. I only hope my pen can approach your own someday.

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No matter where you go, somebody's probably already been there and gotten the parking space...

Skyfyre
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Sitting in Michael's Lap
10 posted 1999-10-25 08:21 AM


Excellent! A two-edged sword, indeed. You have swathed a great deal of cold truth in this elegant verse.

--Kess

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You cannot choose the way of your death, but the path you choose will determine its own end.

Christopher
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Purgatorial Incarceration
11 posted 1999-10-25 10:12 PM


Dark master, this is amazing!
I love the depths of your thoughts, never fey, never anile...deep and with heavy meaning!

Ohme
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since 1999-07-17
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12 posted 1999-10-25 10:22 PM



Without risk of pain, pleasure would be the commonplace and it's value constantly slipping away. Beautiful sentiment.

Denise
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13 posted 1999-10-25 10:30 PM


Well done, Michael, I enjoyed this very much!
Excellent choice of words!

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Denise

WhtDove
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14 posted 1999-10-25 10:58 PM


Really deep this one Michael! You have a way with words!
Balladeer
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15 posted 1999-10-25 11:01 PM


I've read many of your poems, Michael. This one is, by far, the best. Excellent, excellent work.
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