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Jeremy Halstead
Senior Member
since 2000-06-01
Posts 569
Morris, Ill. U.S.A

0 posted 2000-06-21 04:10 AM


This and the next few poems that I'll be posting are my most recent and the only one written in the last 5 months.....long night.

By the Liquor, By the Demons

Deliver me from this state
to which I've been sedated.
By this liquor, by my feelings-
I'm so intoxicated.
Alone is bad for me
and my state of mind.
I fill myself with the past
I wish I'd left behind.
Or is it really what I need
to project to me the truth
that I am not forgiven
for my failures as a youth.
But that was then you see;
I've grown into a man.
I live for those around me
and do all that I can.
I sacrifice anything
to make their smiles last.
Now here I am, intoxicated
by demons from the past.

Jeremy D. Hasltead  6/18/00


"Time is the matter, and in a matter of that all wounds will heal and all scars shall fade."

© Copyright 2000 Jeremy D. Halstead - All Rights Reserved
Erin
Member Elite
since 2000-06-15
Posts 2527
~Chicago~
1 posted 2000-06-21 04:54 AM


VERY VERY GOOD POEM..I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL..WHEN I DRINK ITS LIKE THE PAST IS THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN THINK OF AND ITS NOT SOMETHING THAT I LIKE TO REMEMBER..ITS SOMETHING THAT I WISH I CAN JUST ERASE FROM MY MEMORY..AND I ALWAYS END UP IN TEARS FROM THINKING ABOUT IT. I REALLY LIKED YOUR POEM THOUGH.< !signature-->

~IF YOU WANT SOMETHING VERY BADLY~SET IT FREE~IF IT COMES BACK TO YOU~ITS YOURS FOREVER~IF IT DOESNT IT WAS NEVER YOURS TO BEGIN WITH~


[This message has been edited by ERIN (edited 06-21-2000).]

Jeremiah Johnson
Senior Member
since 2000-06-08
Posts 1223
Brooksville, Fl, U.S
2 posted 2000-06-21 01:48 PM


i had to vote for this one cause i think everyone can relate to it. cause everyone has momories they wish to forget. great piece keep them coming

I'm a dying romantic and when i can no longer write i can no longer live -Jeremiah Johnson-


Novacaine For The Soul
Member
since 2000-05-26
Posts 122
New Orleans
3 posted 2000-06-21 02:24 PM


dear jeremy,
     this is a wonderfully expressive piece... i think a lot of people will identify with the ideas you've penned here, and that's what poetry is all about -- the sharing of common human sentiments...

sincerely,
a sad tomato

you're such a beautiful freak... i wish there were more just like you...

StarPryncess17
Senior Member
since 2000-05-31
Posts 932
Colorado
4 posted 2000-06-21 04:49 PM


Jer~You have such a way with words! I love all your work, and knowing you and all the hardships you've faced gives it all the more meaning. I'm glad that you've chosen to make your life better and better yourself. Love Always~*~Jessica~*~

"Love is the product of our discontentment with ourselves."
"Bleeding hearts release tears of fire"
"work like you don't need money, love like you'v

Lani_DarkOne
Member
since 2000-05-28
Posts 152
UK
5 posted 2000-06-21 04:59 PM


Excellent!!
Full of emotion, and I can relate to it.
Especially the lines:
"Or is it really what I need
to project to me the truth
that I am not forgiven"

So many people are 'trapped' by their past...


"You could be my unintended
Choice, to live my life extended...." Muse

"Even when we're apart we'll still be under the same sky," LJ Smith

"Hiding in the musty attic is Elusive
She sits, cross legged in a midst dark cobwebs
Several forms scurry to seek shelter
Beneath her levitating shadow.
Her back rigid , eyes glassy
Gazes intently at time escaping
Sliding, smoothly, as sand sprinkles
Through the hour glass,
A single tear grazes her misty cheek." Lani

Artic Wind
Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080
Realm of Supernatural
6 posted 2007-11-18 09:42 AM


Enjoyed

ARCTIC WIND

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