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Christopher

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Purgatorial Incarceration

0 posted 2000-06-28 06:17 PM

Entitled To Dream
©2000  Christopher Ward

Wake,
   to only “need,”
Let the “wish” retreat.

Challenge the claims
     of this day,
   for shelter,
        food,
   skies empty-
    of rain.

Forego all “wants.”
   For all that remains,
                 is... survival.

Ignore the cold...
Ignore the ache-
               of prosperity,
                     passing by.

Ignore the heat...
Ignore the echo-
                of a stomach,
                       empty as the soul.

Ignore the pain...
Ignore the shame-
                of hands held out,
                        in supplication.

For those who wander
           the ghetto of the damned,
must heed,
       only the “now”
      and dream the future...
               no more.

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I know someday you’ll have a beautiful life
I know you’ll be a star
In somebody else’s sky
But why oh why
Can’t it be
Oh Can’t it be mine?
-Pearl Jam

[This message has been edited by Christopher (edited 06-28-2000).]

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
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1 posted 2000-06-28 07:25 PM

A good companion to your prose piece...I know there is such hopelessness, but I still like to think there is always hope. Excellent writing!

Poet deVine

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Hurricane Alley

2 posted 2000-06-30 07:19 PM

This is so sad...I like.

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

3 posted 2000-07-02 12:14 PM

cool idea ...a poem to capture the essence of your prose..
a matched set
I'm always up for seconds

jm

What the caterpillar calls the end ...
The world calls a butterfly
~LaoTzeTao~
~Butterflies are meant to be free~

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

4 posted 2000-07-02 12:28 PM

vote? ---everything you write IS a book...

Severn
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-17

Posts 7704

5 posted 2000-07-02 05:19 AM

Wow...

agreed - excellent companion...

K

tracie66
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since 2000-01-18

Posts 4713
Australia

6 posted 2000-07-02 07:18 AM

So sad a piece Christopher...you have written this so well and it is a very visual piece...well done
Tracie~

Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

7 posted 2000-07-07 06:31 AM

*bump*

X Angel
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since 1999-11-07

Posts 1521
Oregon

8 posted 2000-07-08 04:13 PM

What a reality call for me Chris. I liked this lots!

~H

Kit McCallum

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since 2000-04-30

Posts 14774
Ontario, Canada

9 posted 2000-07-08 04:17 PM

Reading this was more of an "experience" Christopher! This brings out incredible feelings and emotions, truly well written!

Best wishes,
/Kit

RainbowGirl
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since 1999-07-31

Posts 3023
United Kingdom

10 posted 2000-07-17 06:06 AM

Nods her head in agreement with the others..

HUSG

Marge Tindal

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Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

11 posted 2000-07-17 07:32 AM

Christopher~
Enjoyed the 'entitlement' ..
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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