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CountSin
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since 2001-03-02
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Rochester, NY USA

0 posted 2001-03-02 02:17 AM


List of Memories

There was a time when stillness
meant nothing to me.
Once silence meant lack of sound;
Fall came once a year.
I danced, redcheeked, each year's first snow,
tongue out to taste each flake's welcome sting.
I laughed, distinct from nature's cycles,
a scrap of wonder floating in a torrent
of sorrow I couldn't grasp.
That laugh, mouth open, sums up my past.
I craved fulfillment, to shallow to know
I could never be fully filled.

A sound associated with silence
delicately etches the seconds
as they fly past,
snowflakes of lost bliss
that drift into a list of memories.

The white hush of rushing blood
carves it seamless tears
in blank empty spaces that echo silence
where beginnings come to an end;
I speak of the hissing silences of sorrow
that trap hollowness in sound.
This liquid whisper is the music of the realm I dwell in.
This is the answer to all questions
not said--
and so much has been left inexpressed.

The certainties of yesterday
twist like smoke into laughter.
I am a shooting star--
whispering through the atmosphere;
I am a snake--
slithering through the musty depths
of yesterday's passions;
I will answer the questions you never asked

Memories refuse me
a moment's quiet.
You know the rest.

You saw the pleasure sent
scintillating through my nerves
as passion eroded resolve,
and I offered yourself to me
in the twisted reason of convenience.
The wordless joys you squeezed
out without question blessed
our pleasures then--
but when embers blink out,
the darkness resumes.

by Jason Paul Fox

dozens more poems by me are at: http://www.geocities.com/countsin/HTML/29_Poems_by_Jason_Paul_Fox.html


© Copyright 2001 Jason Paul Fox - All Rights Reserved
serenity blaze
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1 posted 2001-03-02 03:36 AM


Well, well well...this is more than interesting....many great lines here...but loved the

"memories refuse me"

(I HATE WHEN THAT HAPPENS)

but seriously, this is intricate weave of thought--enjoyed it much. Welcome to Passions!

Marge Tindal
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2 posted 2001-03-02 07:00 AM


CountSin~
A very interesting weave.
I made a quick visit to your web site -
I M P R E S S I V E !
Will return for a close, pleasurable read !

Welcome to Passions family of poets and friends, Jason.
~*Marge*~



~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Kethry
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since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082
Victoria Australia
3 posted 2001-03-02 07:40 AM


CountSin,
Welcome to passions. I don't know why but I got the strangest sense of de ja vu when I read your work. Still I enjoyed it.
write on
Kethry


Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. Patty Hansen.



Sunshine
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4 posted 2001-03-02 08:48 AM


CountSin...a very intriguing first post at Passions! I hope you enjoy this site, and all of the personalities that make for interesting reading! Check your e-mail for a special greeting!

Karilea
If I whisper, will you listen?...
I would rather be silent and write, than speak loudly and be bound.
KRJ




Corinne
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5 posted 2001-03-02 03:37 PM


Welcome to Passions!

Like your style of writing!

Corinne

Celeste
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since 2000-11-11
Posts 597

6 posted 2001-03-02 04:55 PM


Welcome! You show a very individual writing style that I really like. 3 lines into the poem and I was hooked! I applaud.

"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.

Socrates

Temptress
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7 posted 2001-03-02 05:02 PM


Hello there. You certainly have a powerful way of writing. May I say that I cannot find words for this except that I LOVED it? There are poems once in a while that I can just feel, and this was one of those. I'm looking forward to more of your work.

Moon Dust
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8 posted 2001-03-02 05:26 PM


Wow I read this as if they were my own thoughts, nice work.

The world doesn't stop for you, but you can stop for the world.


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