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Don't Ask Me....
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Don't Ask Me.... |
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rascalx Senior Member
since 1999-08-25
Posts 590Florence, SC, USA 
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Don't ask me what color the sky is It changes colors the closer you get Don't ask me what color the clouds are Because I've never been above them and they always look dark but one day I may get there yet. Don't ask me how tall the trees are There are too many I haven't climbed and the leaves are always falling and the colors are too numerous I'd name them all but I don't have the time. Don't ask me how far it is to paradise I've never been there before There are so many people with blank faces I would love to sketch in the details But right now the figures are hazy Maybe one day I'll get to that door. |
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Tara Simms Senior Member
since 1999-08-12
Posts 1244Honea Path, SC USA |
So sad when the faces are blank and the picture is hazy. It matters not how strait the gate; How charged with punishments the scroll; I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. --W.E. Henley |
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Julie Jordan Scott Member
since 1999-09-19
Posts 146Bakersfield, CA USA |
Dear one, I read the longing in your words for knowledge the thirst for facts...and then, the transition to wanting to know paradise not as a geographic space, but a merging of spirits...(or maybe thats what I am reading into it!  Details will fix themselves, I guarantee it. For now, keep journeying.....afterall, today is yesterday's someday. I am a Life Purpose Coach who specializes in assisting men and women to clarify their Life Purpose and then in turn live true to their purpose. After 5 years working with the Severely Mentally Ill in County Mental Health, I gave up the bureaucracy (and safe, secure blanket) of this environment to pursue my own purpose and passion. |
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rascalx Senior Member
since 1999-08-25
Posts 590Florence, SC, USA |
Tara and Julie, Thanks for the kind words and the encouragement. Actually, this poem was not written out of sadness or melancholy, it was more a thoughtful or pensive piece; just an expression of my longing to do more with my life and the people I meet. Julie, you hit the nail right on the head!  ) Paradise in my poem is definitely symbolic of a spiritual fulfillment rather than an actual place. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
I do understand that longing, deeply |
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Mysteria 
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
I hope you can think of some answers to those questions before "fatherhood" as I am sure each and every one will be asked. Pensive places are good places. Nice read as usual, missed it first time around. |
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dgvarner Member Elite
since 2000-05-13
Posts 3552High Springs, Florida |
LOL..."Before Father-hood", she says...  Wouldn't it be nice if the instruction booklet for raising children came with all those answers..? OH, wait, we don't even get an instruction booklet! "Doh!" Interesting write, sorry I missed it the 1st go-round too..Always good to read you.. hugs, g (I just realized this is from open poetry #4! No wonder I missed it the 1st time! It just did come up in my personal library...) "We of the craft are all crazy...all are more or less touched." Lord Byron |
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Artic Wind Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080Realm of Supernatural |
Enjoyed ARCTIC WIND |
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