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The Chance
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The Chance |
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MARK V SHELDON Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 3015In a corporeal internship... |
I have faith In myself, I believe In my dreams Though I've found That everything Isn't always As it seems I still hope you'll see Reality Is in our hands... If you just give it the chance... Time has gone And time will go As for years It has, I know I just want to Be your friend Before this chance Could meet its end It isn't too late To make it great And start anew... It's up to me and you... I was triggered by a picture -- An image of your face... My feelings became a mixture -- The tempo quickened pace... Still my dreams remain a fixture -- And you are at their base... Won't you just give it a chance? Opportunities gone by... It's enough to make one cry Yet it's what could lie in store That makes me struggle even more One day I'll break through And when I do I'd like to say: "It was all because of you." More important than success Is the joy And happiness That your Friendship could bring... For that I'd do Anything I don't want to Jump to conclusions Or paint illusions -- I just ask for a chance... I was triggered by a picture -- An image of your face... My feelings became a mixture -- The tempo quickened pace... Still my dreams remain a fixture -- And you are at their base... Won't you just give it a chance? I have waited For so long, But I'll humbly Wait some more If it means You'll change your mind And take me up On my offer... Please don't turn away -- There's so much more That I'd like to say... Won't you just give me The chance? (Copyright 1988 by: MARK V SHELDON) "When you tell the Truth, you never have to remember what you just said." |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
Well, I hope you get your chance  this is really sweet.....how could she resist?! |
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MARK V SHELDON Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 3015In a corporeal internship... |
Thanks, SEA. Chances come and go but learning lessons remain. -MVS "When you tell the Truth, you never have to remember what you just said." |
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azblond Senior Member
since 1999-07-01
Posts 637The Steamy Desert |
Only a fool would have let that chance slip away! Wonderful write Mark! Let my words fall first upon deaf ears before a closed mind... |
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MARK V SHELDON Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 3015In a corporeal internship... |
Thank you, azblond... I hope she's happy with the path she chose... -MVS "When you tell the Truth, you never have to remember what you just said." |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
I think this must have been one of her big mistakes. Nice work, full of emotion, Mark Sandra Come to me in my dreams and then, by day I shall be well again. For then the night will more than pay the heedless longing of the day. Mathew Arnold |
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Snooganzmeister32 Member
since 2001-07-17
Posts 67Cali, USA |
Everyone already said most of what there is to say. Wonderful poem. I've been looking for something just like it to show my friend how fun it is to be in here. THANX!!! |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
I hope you got your chance, but I'm thinking you did not. I hope I'm wrong. Good write. All writing comes |
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1slippery_lady Junior Member
since 2001-07-20
Posts 20Ohio, USA |
This is heartbreaking. I've been there, and I know how it hurts. |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
you pack a lot of sincerity in this one, Mark. That's all we can do sometimes...display what we have to offer and hope for the best. You have done that ably... |
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ShannonM Member
since 2001-07-28
Posts 104Drifitng |
I have been in this situation more than once, asking for chances. Unfortunately, most of those chances...didn't happen for me. Hope you get yours! ShannonM |
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rwood Member Elite
since 2000-02-29
Posts 3793Tennessee |
I hope so Mark. Maybe things will turn in favor of you both. Very poetic write on taking chances and asking for them as well. Sincerely, Rwood |
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MARK V SHELDON Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 3015In a corporeal internship... |
Sandra, I guess we'll "never know"... just another path chosen from the spider-web fractures on the glass pane of life... Snooganzmeister32: a sincere thank you, and I am truly flattered. Hope the inspiration serves your friend well... Lone Wolf: that's a tricky one to answer, for of course I had my "chances", but decisions made led to different outcomes, for both of us. However, the chances that resulted consequently, not related to her, were the inevitable result of cause and effect based on those decisions... No complaints -- just observations, ponderings, and expressions... 1slippery_lady: thank you for reading and responding. All we can do is try our "best" and adjust our course based on the weather's outcome... Balladeer -- thank you, Sir. I agree -- with honest intentions and motives, we try, and if we don't succeed, we keep trying until we learn to move on... ShannonM, I've had my chances... some of them were blown and others were siezed. The art becomes to recognize which ones are worth taking and figuring out the best way in which to take them... Thanks for the reply. Regina, thank you for your wishes... "In favor of us both" is a relative thing now being that this is thirteen years later, but I do hope her life is everything she hoped it would be, and I'm doing my best to make mine the same. No regrets -- just Wisdom. Thanks for the comments. -MVS "When you tell the Truth, you never have to remember what you just said." |
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