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John Yaws
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0 posted 2000-05-16 03:29 PM


We often take for granted…
The things most pertinent…
To love, and life, and happiness-
Then wonder where they went.

Ignoring in our passions-
And often, vain pursuits…
The very things in life in which
True happiness has roots.

Pursuing wealth, which once acquired
Enslaves it’s holder well…
And turns a life, once carefree-
Into a living hell.

Desiring in our folly,
Some beauty to obtain
And like the moth, foolhardy
We perish in her flame.

Ah, poor fool, and deluded…
Your lusts will lead you wrong.
Take heed to what you’re doing-
Ere you look, and find life gone.  



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Denise
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1 posted 2000-05-16 03:42 PM


Amen! Words of wisdom, true!

Denise

brian madden
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ireland
2 posted 2000-05-16 04:28 PM


you speak the truth as always, another fine observation on life.
Meadowmuse
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3 posted 2000-05-16 10:36 PM


Gunslinger, your distinctive style is a treasure, and always with a message to the soul...I enjoyed this through and through.

~ Claire

 Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau


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4 posted 2000-05-16 10:40 PM


Wise words, oh, warrior of the west. As always, your words ring true.
John Yaws
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5 posted 2000-05-17 12:20 PM


Thank you so very much, my dear friends.
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6 posted 2000-05-17 12:49 PM


Slinger~
Another gem from your pen.
Enjoyed the wisdom of your words.
~*Marge*~


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