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MARK V SHELDON
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0 posted 2001-07-01 04:52 PM


Reality exploded in my face today
Shards of pain
Have wedged themselves
Inside my brain...
My heart's been obliterated
At the sight --
A supernova triggered
By the black and white...

My jugular's been severed
By what I see
My lungs have been constricted
I cannot breathe
Hydrochloric acid burns
Through my soul
Leaving in its place
A gaping black hole

It's the end of an era --
It's the closing to a dream
It's the blunt conclusion
Of a thing that wouldn't be
It's a wrap to the shoot
In production for so long
It's the end of an era
When everything went wrong.

Now there's a tundra where my hopes once were
Winds of frost
Remind me of
The feelings lost
I slip into a coma
From the overload
My senses disbelieving
What the black and white showed:

It's the end of an era --
It's the closing to a dream
It's the blunt conclusion
Of a thing that wouldn't be
It's a wrap to the shoot
In production for so long
It's the end of an era
When everything went wrong.

Snapped out of limbo
And slammed into the ground;
At least now I am certain
Of the answer I found:

It's the end of an era --
It's the closing to a dream
It's the blunt conclusion
Of a thing that wouldn't be
It's a wrap to the shoot
In production for so long
It's the end of an era
When everything went wrong.


(Copyright 1993 by: MARK V SHELDON)



"If you think you know it all, you have a lot to learn."

"Everyone can hear;  few can listen."

[This message has been edited by MARK V SHELDON (edited 07-01-2001).]

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1 posted 2001-07-01 05:22 PM


Oh yes, I know this feeling. And it really does feel this bad, doesn't it. Glad this pain is past for you. Very powerful poem.
Sandra

MARK V SHELDON
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2 posted 2001-07-01 05:31 PM


Thank you Sandra...  I'm grateful for this being past-tense as well.  Just thought some people here might relate to these feelings...

-MVS

"If you think you know it all, you have a lot to learn."

"Everyone can hear;  few can listen."

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3 posted 2001-07-01 05:43 PM


Mark,
   I can relate to this all too well. Just remember, there is always another era of your life upon the horizon just waiting to be experienced.  I hope yours will be all you dream of. Wonderful write!
          Elise

MARK V SHELDON
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4 posted 2001-07-01 05:48 PM


Thank you, Elise, for the thoughts.  I've learned to stop predicting the future and concentrate on the now since the past is "gone", the future's "not here yet", and "right now" is always trying to bridge the two together.  Change is a much nicer thing when you bend with it...

-MVS

"If you think you know it all, you have a lot to learn."

"Everyone can hear;  few can listen."

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5 posted 2001-07-01 07:26 PM


It is the experiences of the past that make us strong enough to face the uncertainties of the future.
Lisa
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6 posted 2001-07-01 07:31 PM


WOW! that was really INTENSE!

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7 posted 2001-07-01 08:24 PM


excellent writing, Mark...would be a hell of a song...eras always end...and always begin. Sometimes the transition between the two is hard to take...but there is no limit to the resiliancy of the human spirit.
MARK V SHELDON
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8 posted 2001-07-01 09:03 PM


Indeed it is, Autumn.  As long as our windshields remain clean and free of bugs so we can see where exactly we're headed...

And so it was meant to be, Lisa.  I'm glad that now it is PASTtense.  Thanks for the read and comment.

Balladeer, you are very perceptive with the cadence of these lyrics, for indeed, it was written to become a song.  As for resiliancy of the human spirit, I believe you are right, but it needs inspiration which is stronger than its experience to allow the motive to carry it forward.  Thank you, Sir, for reading and commenting.

-MVS

"If you think you know it all, you have a lot to learn."

"Everyone can hear;  few can listen."

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9 posted 2001-07-10 10:42 PM


Mark,

    I can definately relate to your words. Luckily at the moment I am far from that place... and pray to stay that way. Thank you for sharing  

TaraB

MARK V SHELDON
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10 posted 2001-07-10 11:03 PM


Tara, thank you for your read and response.  Good to hear that you are far from this space as, thankfully, I am now too...  a place I wouldn't recommend to my enemies, even though it's a great bootcamp for Wisdom...

-MVS

"If you think you know it all, you have a lot to learn."

"Everyone can hear;  few can listen."

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11 posted 2001-07-11 12:47 PM


I'm sorry for the pain that inspired this poem. It's so hard to pick up the remnants of your life and move forward. It defintely takes some time.

Betty Lou Hebert

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12 posted 2001-07-11 04:03 AM


Very nice Mark...James
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13 posted 2001-07-11 06:17 AM


Well done Mark!  Could be song lyrics very easily!
MARK V SHELDON
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14 posted 2001-07-11 08:52 AM


Thanks, Betty...  indeed time heals all when you let it.  Thankfully, there's the medicine of poetry and songwriting...

Thank you, James...  we've all been there to a certain degree, right?

Hey, ethome -- this actually was written with a melody in mind, though I never recorded the tracks...  the chorus makes me think of a "country-style" song with definite guitar.  Thanks for the read.

-MVS

"If you think you know it all, you have a lot to learn."

"Everyone can hear;  few can listen."

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