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Christopher

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-02

Posts 8296
Purgatorial Incarceration

0 posted 1999-12-04 10:44 PM

Beating Still

teeter
at the cusp
of failed dreams
shattered by fate

witness
the balancing act
between sanity
and true happiness

challenge
my heart beating still
not still beating
pangs of inspiration

impart
the reckless folly
of ageless wisdom
to life-aged youth

cry
at bitter drama
changing the truth
to numbing lies

smile
as the untruths
cooly boil away
into obscurity

laugh
with renewed hope
of untarnished futures
and glittering love

sigh
relieved at the release
of anger
of hatred
of envy
of spite
of the past
that is no more
shall never be again
as is best
for shouldered reminiscence
is a burden too weighty to wear
when ones faces forward
instead of behind

rejoice
for the tunnel ends
with blinding light
that is welcome

Ohme
Senior Member

since 1999-07-17

Posts 816
Texas

1 posted 1999-12-04 10:48 PM

Thanks for sharing the light. I enjoyed.

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

2 posted 1999-12-04 10:49 PM

Christopher I'm glad to see a bit of hope and light has come to you. I hope you're doing alright!

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Jesus is the reason for the season

Severn
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-17

Posts 7704

3 posted 1999-12-04 10:50 PM

I am impressed.
I really am.
And happy for you.
That light does exist for all of us.
You seem to be on the road to finding it, Chris.

K
Oh - great style - freeverse - a break away from the norm?

DreamEvil
Member Elite

since 1999-06-22

Posts 2396

4 posted 1999-12-04 10:53 PM

This brought me a glimmer of brightness to a dreary evening..

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Now and forever, my heart hears ~one voice~.
DreamEvil©
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"Either kill me or take me as I am,
because I'll be damned if I ever change..."

Count Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade
(Marquis de Sade)

Marilyn
Member Elite

since 1999-09-26

Posts 2621
Ontario, Canada

5 posted 1999-12-04 10:57 PM

Bask in the glory of the sun my friend. The warmth is intoxicating.

Severn
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-17

Posts 7704

6 posted 1999-12-04 11:02 PM

One thing more:
Are you SURE you never make tiny little spelling mistakes? Not ever?

- hehe.

poetFemmeFatale
Member Elite

since 1999-07-25

Posts 2646
Arkansas

7 posted 1999-12-04 11:08 PM

Oh my heart is happy that you two are still speaking!! This was astounding - REALLY! I too, liked the free verse - - must have learned that from Severn dear....

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- - - If I can just touch you once, then I feel I have accomplished what I am called to do....- - pFF

Poet deVine

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

8 posted 1999-12-05 12:02 PM

I'm so glad it is. Because I would have to perform CPR..and I don't know how to do that so I'd have to hire the Baywatch babes to do it..so, yes, I'm glad......(great poem by the way..did I forget to mention that? I know!)

Skyfyre
Senior Member

since 1999-08-15

Posts 1906
Sitting in Michael's Lap

9 posted 1999-12-05 12:04 PM

I am impressed, and I'll admit a bit surprised at the free verse -- but you did pull it off well, didn't you?

Words to live by, my friend, truly.

--Kess

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

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

10 posted 1999-12-05 12:18 PM

Always nice to see the lighter side of you, Chris. That alone, make me smile.

Good job.

Michael

Temptress

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

11 posted 1999-12-05 04:19 AM

I enjoyed this very much. I'm fond of the style too, but of course, wouldn't I be? *winks* Thanks for sending this my way. I think I needed to read it.

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Don't gain my affections and cover my eyes. In blindness I will only swing harder.

caroline
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since 1999-08-16

Posts 1218
http://members.xoom.com/belladona123/index.htm

12 posted 1999-12-05 03:03 PM

Gotta say Christopher, I really love this one...more free verse from you please!

An outstanding piece of poetry.

It's not the love you fear, but the fall from the height~Edwin McCain

Poet deVine

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

13 posted 1999-12-05 03:22 PM

And such a cutie!

Severn
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-17

Posts 7704

14 posted 1999-12-05 04:11 PM

Are you sure everyone wouldn't appreciate a rolling eye photo instead...?

RainbowGirl
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since 1999-07-31

Posts 3023
United Kingdom

15 posted 1999-12-05 04:50 PM

Chris: HUSG sweetheart

Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream...

Oscar Wilde
Junior Member

since 2000-03-09

Posts 31
San Francisco

16 posted 2000-03-31 09:19 PM

There is a burden I feel the weight of. Would there be anyone to share it?

Your biggest fan,
O.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

17 posted 2003-01-01 04:45 AM

what a trip you took me on here!

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