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pegasus111
Member Elite

since 2000-07-27

Posts 2219
ocala, fl, usa

0 posted 2002-07-30 05:01 PM

This test that tries my deep resolve
that strains the will relentlessly
cares not for cries torn from the heart
nor murmurings lost in the wind

It is a cold and cruel unliving thing
bereft of conscious thought or memory
unyielding in it’s senseless quest
not mindful of the havoc wrought

This struggle fought in mind and soul
against a nameless enemy, yet starkly real
drains the strength with dripping constancy
erodes the dreams long held in reverence

Is this the end that fate has in store
written on the scroll of time before time
letters scrawled with bitter slashing strokes
indellible, pre-ordained by a higher power

Or is there hope for precious recompense
an end to struggles too long fought in vain
a world much brighter than the last
the place where dreams emerge into the light

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

1 posted 2002-07-30 07:14 PM

Well written Pegasus. About a struggle that seems to go on. I don't quite know what it is but evidently you the author, does. Love, Joyce

pegasus111
Member Elite

since 2000-07-27

Posts 2219
ocala, fl, usa

2 posted 2002-07-31 06:16 AM

each of us struggles with his/her own private demons, mostly of our own making.

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost

paladin

Senior Member

since 2001-08-05

Posts 930
Pensacola,Fl.

3 posted 2002-07-31 08:02 PM

A sailplane soars because it rides on the wind not against it.

paladin

wordancer
Senior Member

since 2000-07-30

Posts 809
VA

4 posted 2002-08-01 07:47 AM

I like that hope was in the last stanza...cause hope is our saving grace, if there is hope of any shape, why, and form, then one can continue on.

Well written, poet friend of mine.

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

5 posted 2002-08-01 05:44 PM

pegasus111: I think there is always hope for a better tomorrow! I certainly wish you happier days!

Betty Lou Hebert

laryalee2
Member

since 2002-05-22

Posts 96
British Columbia, Canada

6 posted 2002-08-03 12:27 PM

Pegasus, what profoundness....questions that haunt us
when all seems meaningless....
Memorable phrasing...
"murmurings lost in the wind"
"drains the strength with dripping constancy".
One day we'll know the answers....??

Fine work, my friend!

Lary

Moon Dust

Member Elite

since 1999-06-11

Posts 2177
Skelmersdale, UK

7 posted 2002-08-03 03:03 PM

You always reach down into to your soul and you always do it well

peace my friend.

If your afraid of the dark, then why did you come?

ellie LeJeune
Member Elite

since 2000-01-10

Posts 4156
King of Prussia, PA USA

8 posted 2002-08-11 12:47 PM

It is of great courage to confront the dark side of our souls..Bravo! a poet you are to write with such flow and and harmony, even of the dark things...my own experience is that as I embraced these demons as my own...then they fled into the light..

A friend hears the song in my heart, and sings it to me when my memory fails.

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