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Jellybean King
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Jelly, Bean

0 posted 2001-03-07 07:03 PM


When we arrived at this place
We had come home
A thousands years in Martian time
But an eye blink for us
Our journey of desperate slumber
On the horizon of a black hole

Paradise no more
Majestic stone mountains
Obliterated to dust and sand
Filled the green valleys and rivers dry
And the once lavender sky
Lies raped, bloody and red
Torn and gaping at the cruel sun

We returned with hope
That life was out there
In globes circling a billion suns
People like you and I
Living, dying, loving, and hoping
For a better world, a better place

We arrived too late
There’s no one here to receive our message
No one to rejoice in our hope
The desert is deaf to our cries
And our tears cannot resurrect it

So let us turn to a new place
That blue marble spinning above
Streaked with creams, greens and browns
And plant the seeds of hope
Where our children may stand in a desert someday
Before a great pyramid, or shrine
Understand the dream that was ours
Spread their wings
And reach for the stars


[This message has been edited by Jellybean King (edited 03-09-2001).]

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Irish Rose
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since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263

1 posted 2001-03-07 07:12 PM


This is one of the most refreshing, original and effective pieces I've read in a long time. Welcome to Passions.

Kathleen Blake

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee


Lone Wolf
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since 2000-03-16
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Lansing, MI USA
2 posted 2001-03-07 07:26 PM


I love this one. A lot of truth lies in your words. The beginning was awesome!!

Welcome to Passions.

Lone Wolf


Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats

Denise
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3 posted 2001-03-07 07:41 PM


Welcome to Passions, Jellybean King! I enjoyed your poem and look forward to reading more from you! Please check your email for a special Passions' Welcome!
Celeste
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since 2000-11-11
Posts 597

4 posted 2001-03-07 08:37 PM


Beautiful.....I really enjoyed this. Welcome to Passions!

"Some people see the cup as half empty. Some people see the cup as half full. I see the cup as too large."

~George Carlin~

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554

5 posted 2001-03-07 11:03 PM


So let us turn to a new place
That blue marble spinning above
Streaked with creams, greens and browns
And plant the seeds of hope
Where our children may stand in a desert someday
Before a great pyramid, or shrine
Understand the dream that was ours
Spread their wings
And reach for the stars
==================

striking imagery and a powerful message of things to come if we dont change the way we
treat the planet.
very unique and creative writing
Welcome to Passions JBK ...
so nice to have you here ... I look forward to more or your work.
take care
jm

Some find subtlety in strangers
some find subtlety alone
Your eyes,you see everything
my eyes,I see its all together now
and I know.
~candlebox~

ATelamon
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since 2001-02-06
Posts 328
Purgatory, Last Staircase, Up
6 posted 2001-03-07 11:20 PM


I like. Now a thousand years in martian time should not be too far off a millenium Terran-wise, yet that depends on the keeping of a something solar with revolutions, and they can be such bloody heinous things.

Ooops off the track again he rambles, now where in time where we, you, I, personas. Ahh well fun read. Most enjoyable indeed.

Compliments
AT


"Learning to listen, learning to see. Learning is Power, making me free. Free to believe again, in my Human side...Be a Good Day." Jon Anderson

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7 posted 2001-03-08 12:10 PM


Hello my friend! You are going to love these people! That was your usual standard, and they will get used to you - he he...so glad you found your way here, and so glad to see your muse in such fine form this evening.

~*~A poet is someone who reads more than they write ~*~

VAS
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since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450
Oregon
8 posted 2001-03-08 12:26 PM


Enjoyed the read greatly. Ahhh, hope spawned out of necessity. Like the sci-fi feel of this, too.
suthern
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9 posted 2001-03-08 10:38 AM


Wonderful imagery! I look forward to more of your work... Welcome!
vandana
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10 posted 2001-03-08 10:47 AM


Welcome to passion enjoy your read
jellybeans
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since 2000-10-13
Posts 2298

11 posted 2001-03-08 12:53 PM


ok, now given my pen name...how could i not respond to this?
and yep am with jm...those ending lines sit well......makes me want to look up...and I like that

Sunshine
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Listening to every heart
12 posted 2001-03-08 01:16 PM


Welcome to Passions, JBK....I think you've found yourself in a completely happy place....

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




Jellybean King
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since 2001-03-07
Posts 153
Jelly, Bean
13 posted 2001-03-08 03:30 PM


...wow, I didn't expect this number and quality of responses. I am very impressed, humbled and appreciative. I wish that I could thank each and every one of you personally...there's just so many of you. Over time I will be sure to read your works and comment on them so that we may get to know each other better. Thanks again for the generous comments and welcoming party!!!

Jellybean King

Cerenity
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since 2000-02-16
Posts 2637
Escondido-California
14 posted 2001-03-09 09:50 AM


Hi Jellybean King,

Wonderful entry and so full of imagery as well, very much enjoyed and welcome to Passions and I hope you enjoy your stay.

Love, Cerenity


"God doesn't have to be reminded that we exist.
We have to be reminded that He exist!"

(Writer Unknown)



WhtDove
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since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245
Illinois
15 posted 2001-03-09 10:13 AM


As it was in the beginning, it shall be in the end.

This was an awesome read! Excellent job!
~Welcome to the Passions family~


<*\\\><

I know not what the future holds,
but I know Who holds the future.

I don't question YOUR existance - GOD


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