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Auguste

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since 2000-02-16

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By the sea

0 posted 2001-06-06 03:01 PM

Lottery Ticket Mindset

by Michael

The dusted window selfishly rations light.
The drought of landscape, of spirit,
shows no chance on ending soon.

There is no solace to the grieving.
Time has a way of thickening
the walls to the heart, constricting
vessels of blood that continually
carry images of hurt and suffering,
of guilt and loss.

There are no tears for the living.
We each carry a trunk on our backs,
filled with dreams unrealized,
friendships lost, love’s demise,
broken childhoods,
fear of the unknown.
With each passing year,
it gets heavier.

Unlike a lottery ticket,
you can’t scratch at life
and hope in an instant
things will be forever changed.

The change, the luck, is in us all.
I’ve found that you don’t
scratch at life,
you scrape at it
and fiercely,
never allowing it
to scab over and become
complacent.

The trunk we all must carry,
however, packing the contents
in a more organized manner
will make the load appear lighter
and the carrying less burdensome.

Proust-
"Love is space and time measured by the heart"

azblond
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since 1999-07-01

Posts 637
The Steamy Desert

1 posted 2001-06-06 03:07 PM

How true...our sucess are our own!

Let my words fall first upon deaf ears before a closed mind...

JLR
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since 2001-02-04

Posts 1785

2 posted 2001-06-06 03:08 PM

Packing the contents in a more organized manner...unique idea for lightening the load. Will think on this one a while!

Interloper

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since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

3 posted 2001-06-06 03:08 PM

There is One to whom you may give your burden ... whenever you are ready.

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

4 posted 2001-06-06 03:09 PM

Michael--So much wisdom and truth in this, my friend...I think I'll go organize my trunk now. Really liked this poem!

Decaflame
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since 2001-05-11

Posts 1635

5 posted 2001-06-06 03:24 PM

quote:
I’ve found that you don’t
scratch at life,
you scrape at it
and fiercely,
never allowing it
to scab over and become
complacent.

An excellent line, here, one that we should all remember, no matter our age, or our situation....

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

6 posted 2001-06-06 04:29 PM

Excellent write my friend, and Sunshine took the words right out of my mouth, scrub away at it fiercly!

Tovi
Member

since 2001-06-05

Posts 168

7 posted 2001-06-06 04:57 PM

Very reflective. I enjoyed this write.

elizabeth anne
Member

since 2001-03-29

Posts 83

8 posted 2001-06-06 06:55 PM

These are great words of wisdom.. and ones to live by.

Elizabeth Anne

Greeneyes

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since 2000-09-09

Posts 9903
In Your Poetic Mind

9 posted 2001-06-06 09:59 PM

Unlike a lottery ticket,
you can’t scratch at life
and hope in an instant
things will be forever changed""

such insight from you, a lesson for life...thanks for this

Lauren ~

***

Nothing Beautiful In This World
Is Ever Really Lost
All Things Beloved
Live on In Our Hearts...Forever."

Auguste

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since 2000-02-16

Posts 3953
By the sea

10 posted 2001-06-07 12:49 PM

azbond,
Yes, quite true.  Thank you.

JLR,
When we neatly pack the contents and concentrate only on the most important things in our lives, the load feels much lighter.  Thanks.

Interloper,
I hope you received my e-mail.  Thank you.

Martie,
Do a good job, Martie. :-)  Thanks

Decaflame,
This is a lesson that I had to learn the hard way.  I'm just thankful that I was able to learn.  Thank you.

Sharon,
Yes, always!  Thanks.

Tovi,
Welcome to Passions, Tovi.  I see that we're getting quite a few new members.  It's always good to see new faces here.  Thank you for reading.

Elizabeth Anne,
I enjoyed dinner last night.  You are really quite a wonderful cook.  Thank you.

Lauren,
Thanks for you, my friend.  Peace.

Thank you, everyone.  I hope your day is filled with peace and the closenss of friends and family.

Michael

Proust-
"Love is space and time measured by the heart"

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