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RSEvans
Senior Member

since 1999-10-23

Posts 1147
Tulsa, OK, USA

0 posted 1999-12-29 11:41 AM

I'm at the bottom looking up
It's the only way to go.
For down is not an option
When you're sitting on zero.
So give me empty for my cup
As toward the light I go
Cause it can't get any darker
When you're in darkness at zero.
I'm staring thoughtfully t'ward the sun
Upward climbing, you know.
Blindness not a worry here
You can see anything from zero.
And if I fall I'm worried not
As upward I go
For if I fall I know I will be
Saved by zero.

***inspired by "Saved by Zero" by The Fixx***

Knowlege tempered by wisdom...Wisdom tamed by youth.

Richard
Junior Member

since 1999-12-27

Posts 35
California

1 posted 1999-12-29 11:46 AM

Seems to be a combination of bleakness and hope. Well done, and interesting

hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

2 posted 1999-12-29 12:46 PM

Definately been there

Iloveit
Senior Member

since 1999-09-02

Posts 1121
NM

3 posted 1999-12-29 03:19 PM

am trying...so here goes one last post before I split...loved this...always loved the song and your poem did it justice and then some....hugs

Balladeer

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

4 posted 1999-12-29 03:26 PM

also reminds me of "I've been down so long it looks like up to me". Good thoughts.

MADDavid
Junior Member

since 1999-12-04

Posts 26
Carrollton, TX, USA

5 posted 1999-12-29 09:35 PM

Speaking of zero, we are about to enter the 2zerozerozero. Maybe the only way you can go in this millenium will be up.

Shine a light and darkness disappears.

Astraea
Member

since 1999-11-09

Posts 378
California! Yeah! Okay, I'm done now

6 posted 1999-12-29 09:38 PM

Me like. It's a very nice combination. Very lovely.

~Astraea

"Sometimes stars can only be seen in darkness."

"Sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things."

Femme's Father
Member

since 1999-10-30

Posts 58
Carrollton, TX, USA

7 posted 1999-12-29 09:43 PM

Less is more!...A good man once had one sheep. He had time for love, care, attention, peace, contentment, everything. He wished for more...He got 100 sheep - He now had none of the above but just the opposite, so it is in this world...Less is More! The fastest horse is the lightest horse...In the desert, a loaded horse means certain death to him and his rider...More is less...

The Son of Man had no place to lay His head.

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

8 posted 1999-12-29 09:44 PM

Another great poem, Rob!

Denise

maedavid
Junior Member

since 1999-12-29

Posts 24
Carrollton, TX, USA

9 posted 1999-12-29 11:19 PM

2000 coming up and you are at zero. Guess there is only one way to go.

The only way to know Love, is to Know God.

Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

10 posted 1999-12-29 11:54 PM

... like - Falling Up - and with a wonderful panoramic view..

poetFemmeFatale
Member Elite

since 1999-07-25

Posts 2646
Arkansas

11 posted 1999-12-30 12:29 PM

You know, you explained exactly how I feel sometimes when I'm discouraged...I go outside, and look up at all the dazzling stars in the sky...I too, feel like I'm on the "bottom" looking up...But it's a beautifully humbling experience, and it is then I see how wonderful it can be to be on "ground level".....that panoramic view someone mentioned is quick breathtaking....Try it - it helps. You see everything from bottom...and don't take the beauty above for granted. Great poem sir!!

Andrew Scott
Member Elite

since 1999-06-24

Posts 2558
Redlands,CA,USA

12 posted 1999-12-30 12:48 PM

Well spoken... ditto to all the above. And I too like the Fixx.

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

13 posted 1999-12-30 01:06 AM

Things are always better "looking up" no matter what. Wise words.

Michael

Echo Rhayne
Senior Member

since 1999-09-17

Posts 1495
Canyon Country, CA

14 posted 1999-12-30 06:21 AM

Pulchritudinous!!!

~*~ Hell is not a place of fire and a devil with a tail and horns. But a place of torment because the light of God is gone. To escape this, accept the blood of Jesus Christ! ~*~

U K Hero
Member

since 1999-08-08

Posts 266
England

15 posted 1999-12-30 06:26 AM

well writen.

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