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shadow974
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since 2001-06-21
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0 posted 2001-08-22 10:42 AM



The Maybes

My soul ebbs this day
Enticed by the dance
Of what might have been

What if the maybes
Had prevailed back then
You’d find yourself
Filled with regrets
Yet again

Bitter sweet is reality
When what seems best
Should never have been


Throw your heart out in front of you
And run out to catch it.
ARAB PROVERB


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serenity blaze
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1 posted 2001-08-22 11:01 AM


Hi Dan...you touched on something I've been pondering much lately...don't know if I should regret the things I did, or the things I didn't do...either way, I guess I'm a bit wiser for the wear, eh? enjoyed.  
MARK V SHELDON
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2 posted 2001-08-22 11:45 AM


Hi Dan!  Good to stop by again and find another thought-provoker from you.  I don't agree with the second stanza, for how can we be sure unless we CHOOSE to be pessemistic and regret -- a choice I made a while back in which not to partake...  but I like the last stanza especially, for there is much to ponder there, and there can be an ironic truth to it if indeed "we got what we always had wished for", only to find that we shouldn't have wished for it to begin with.  Nice write.

-MVS

"It's all in the details -- the Big Picture always takes care of itself."
-MVS


shadow974
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since 2001-06-21
Posts 636
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3 posted 2001-08-22 12:30 PM


Hi Serenity and thanks for the coment.The things that we souldn't do always have such an alure to them.

Hi Mark and thank you for the coment. I agree about the second only sometimes we know what's right, it's just that wrong feels so good to the heart.

Throw your heart out in front of you
And run out to catch it.
ARAB PROVERB

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