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wayoutwalt
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0 posted 2000-12-18 02:57 AM


I escaped

I ran till legs no longer leaped
I fell and cried, I believe I sleep
I dream yet oft for miser's pain
Sets a course throughout my brain
Now I’m trapped and one more lap
To the bed rail I am strapped

One more beaten path to cross
One more beating one more loss
One more fleeting Albatross
One sling ready aim and toss
Keeping dreary if not the gloss

The road the nimble avenue
The signs read they must lead to you
I wore quite weary on that road
Thought I’d drift and then explode
But by merging onto street
Is knowing someday fate will meet

So have I yet escaped
Have my strings been cut
If my eyes aren’t sleeping
In prayer I’ll keep them shut

The vigil gives me sense of worth
If still my breathing pains the earth



[This message has been edited by wayoutwalt (edited 12-18-2000).]

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Severn
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since 1999-07-17
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1 posted 2000-12-18 06:06 AM


Walt...

unusual style for you my friend. It has that same sense of melancholy I always have in my poetry - lol.

I hope your breathing isn't always pained when upon the earth...I'm sure it doesn't pain it...though pain is derived from such.

An excellent write.

K



ethome
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since 2000-05-14
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2 posted 2000-12-18 06:23 AM


Sounds like a tough way out Walt but you tell the tale very well...I enjoyed the read though.............. I thought it was quite creative....ethome
Marge Tindal
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3 posted 2000-12-18 07:51 AM


Walt~
You are definitely  S T R E T C H I N G  in your writing !

Loved this thought -

'If my eyes aren’t sleeping
In prayer I’ll keep them shut'


Marvelously stated.
~*Marge*~
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