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Even Angels Fall
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Even Angels Fall |
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desperado Member
since 1999-05-24
Posts 312FT Hood,Tx 
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Some days are just a nexus for catastrophe Others are as relaxing as a day on the beach Difficulties and solutions intermix A screwdriver of epic proportions Drink too much and the hammer slams down Not enough and you never feel the bite Some people live their life cautiously Like angels in the clouds on an autumn’s eve Floating by life in their fancy cars and suits Armani, Mercedes, BMW, and all that glitz High and mighty, snobbish attire, delusions of grandeur Some just seem to fall that way Others though don't have the clouds to float on Carried by the wind this way and that Never able to master their fate or rise to those clouds The ones that they so desperately wish to attain The ones that make them feel safe when safety doesn't exist Tortured by the winds in the sky Pushed violently as they try to hold on to the things they have And still they gain more in this eternal conflict Like lead weights on a sinking ship It only speeds up the inevitable And then there are those who live like the ground Constantly eaten by the wind and the water Destroyed in a slow motion while they watch with growing frustration All the things they worked hard to attain are taken before their eyes As the hungry waters smile with glee at the disruption they cause Unable to protect; unable to defend The land will surely die as the waters eat away the underlying humanity Then there is the water Those who destroy anything that someone else has They feel like everyone’s against them As they watch the destruction they cause with perverse ideals of justice Sweeping away the solidified area of contentment that we have so furtively held As the watery being foams at it’s gapping maw consuming everything within its purview With only time, That immortal sun that burns repetitively in the sky To tame the horrid beast within each of our fragile selves |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
Geez...... can I print this out and make posters out of it? I don't know what else to say..... except you have been given a larger share of wisdom than is usually allotted for your chronological age very interesting read... thank you  dp |
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Marilyn Member Elite
since 1999-09-26
Posts 2621Ontario, Canada |
Thankyou for the read but I think you missed one place. The place where the feet are firmly on the ground and that ground is solid. there is a place such as this and you have to search long and hard to find it. It doesn't live in greed or selfishness, pain or suffering. It lives deep with us. Once we find that place the things of life that happen create waves but never destroy. I believe in this place but am sad to say am still searching for it. I know it exists simple because I have found stepping stones to guide me there. Soooooooo enough of this babble...  |
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desperado Member
since 1999-05-24
Posts 312FT Hood,Tx |
I see your point. I concede that I have forgotten this place. perhaps it is in the stars? beyond the sky, beyond the winds on earth and the waters that tear us apart. but if it is, then what is the solar wind? the essence of randomness? perhaps. I could continue on and on over this for ages, and it would be interesting and correct, yet where would it end? perhaps it could be of such great length to be compared to Milton's classic epic "Paradise Lost". it is conceivible, yet I feel that such an epic here and now would be missed. but thanks for the input. to be honest I had overlooked it entirely. |
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