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snowpants Member Elite
since 2000-09-16
Posts 2061KS |
Maybe I need a change of scenery; Perhaps it’s just this sheet of paper. It could very well be The lines I’ve vowed To stay within; It never crossed my mind That my world could be the cause Of this impasse. Baby, when you’re around, The words could never cease to flow. But I’ve restricted myself By allowing inspiration To illustrate itself Only within the requirements I’ve set. I’m deathly afraid Of using all of the pretty stationery. So, instead, I find it years later, Yellowed, at the bottom of a box In the back of my closet, Where I’ve also hidden My most precious limitations. This heart needs release; I could take no more boundaries. I’m standing alone, Face to the sky, Arms outstretched, In the downpour of this affirmed negativity. The jukebox plays every song of desperation It can possibly find; I keep feeding it quarters. How can I complain When I’ve been the one Giving continuity to this obstruction? Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'it might have been.' -John Greenleaf Whittier |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
snowpants.... sometimes it is hard to let go, I understand that  I loved your poem |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
can I relate to this one! I'm sure now we think the same way about some things... |
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Waverly917 Member
since 2000-09-23
Posts 90Hugo, MN |
Go ahead, erase your lines of limitation! Great poem. Abra "So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains And we never even know we have the key." -Already Gone, The Eagles |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Sometimes we need the impetus to know when to cross that line... this was very thought provoking... Karilea If I whisper, will you listen?...KRJ |
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snowpants Member Elite
since 2000-09-16
Posts 2061KS |
Dark Angel: yes, it is, but sometimes, to get on with life, we must. Glad you liked! passing shadows: thanks for reading and assuring me I'm not the only one who sees things this way!  Abra: I think I just might! Thanks! Sunshine: yes, and that's exactly what came over me last night when I wrote this. I even wrote on a different type of paper than I normally write on. it was quite an experience for someone who is such a slave to tradition! glad you could get something out of it!! sp  Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'it might have been.' -John Greenleaf Whittier |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
Sometimes there just can't be a winner in it all as it says in your title. You still got to play the game but you also have to know when to accept that victory will come another day and then go out and find where the next game will begin. Wonderful verse worth much contemplation. |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
SnowPants~ This is a simply marvelous write ! 'I’m deathly afraid Of using all of the pretty stationery. So, instead, I find it years later, Yellowed, at the bottom of a box In the back of my closet, Where I’ve also hidden My most precious limitations.' Sometimes ya' just gotta color outside the lines. What a wonderful ponder ! I like it. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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snowpants Member Elite
since 2000-09-16
Posts 2061KS |
Mark: you are absolutely right. I'm glad you liked it. Thanks!! Marge: well, thank you for your kind words!! and, for control freaks, such as I, it's no small feat to color outside the lines! glad you enjoyed!! sp Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'it might have been.' -John Greenleaf Whittier |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
this is a very well expressed reflection... written from places deep inside .. excellent use of metaphor and emotional imagery. i related to way too much of this... most times...~we~ are our own worst enemy.. I also read your other post tonite... very impressive .. take care jm |
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snowpants Member Elite
since 2000-09-16
Posts 2061KS |
Well, thank you very much, Janet! It's a great honor to get such compliments from a fellow poet! sp |
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