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Open Poetry #3

The Curse of the Dreamer

John Yaws
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 860
Texas

0 posted 1999-11-01 03:39 AM

“The Curse of The Dreamer”

My cross is the curse of the dreamer-
To always be seeking some grail.
To never accept with contentment,
The hand I’ve been dealt in life’s vale.

My heart is the heart of the wastrel-
Like bold Henry Morgan of old.
Who kept on despoiling the Spaniards-
E’en though he’d no room for their gold.

My eyes are the eyes of the prophet-
Mystically gazing afar-
Discerning men’s hearts all too clearly-
And reading them just as they are.

My soul is the soul of a warrior-
Hard, scarred, and marred by my past,
‘Twill only find vic’try by dying-
And thrill to the pipes till the last.

My tongue is the tongue of the poet-
Adroitly twisting each word-
To wring out it’s last drop of meaning
Till emotions and visions are stirred.

My trail is the path of the wild goose-
Unseen and untrodden my men...
The wolf of the wild is my brother,
The dark of the night is my friend.

The moon is my lonely companion
The stars are the tears of my soul...
My name shall be etched as by acid-
Somewhere on the bard’s Honor Role.

Kitty**
Member

since 1999-07-27

Posts 428
Charlottesville,VA USA

1 posted 1999-11-01 08:08 AM

I liked this a lot!! ;-)

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Kitty**

Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

2 posted 1999-11-01 03:20 PM

Thank you ever so much for this one. I don't see it as a curse, more as a blessing. Ah, well.

Iloveit
Senior Member

since 1999-09-02

Posts 1121
NM

3 posted 1999-11-01 06:48 PM

wow, you do have a gift, thanks for sharing

Denise

Moderator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

4 posted 1999-11-01 09:50 PM

Fantastic!

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Denise

Alwye

Moderator

Member Elite

since 1999-06-16

Posts 3850
In the space between moments

5 posted 1999-11-01 10:08 PM

Wonderful! I also see this as not a curse, but a blessing..makes me proud to be a poet. Lovely job!

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*Krista Knutson*

"To be great is to be misunderstood...." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Watcher666
Senior Member

since 1999-10-13

Posts 1606

6 posted 1999-11-02 02:45 AM

Excellent!

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

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