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Duncan
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since 2001-08-07

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0 posted 2001-09-17 01:35 AM

I want my world back
it wasn’t perfect
far from it
but relative to this
it seemed Eden

I want my greatest fear to still be
that my girlfriend would wreck my red convertible

I want to be trivial and naïve, again
without thought to character or motive
sleeping in my sense of false security
without need of soporific

I want to write of loves moments
before it felt selfish
to speak of anything but loss and tragedy

I want the sports I never watch to play all weekend
the new fall series I’m never home to see
I even miss commercials
every 10 minutes
there’s not anything about the day the same

I want my world back
it wasn’t perfect
but I recognized it
each morning I woke up

Now, I open my eyes remembering words
my grandmother often spoke
‘I won’t see it in my lifetime
but you likely will in yours’
and if for nothing else I am grateful
that she’s high above it all

I want my world back

RSWells
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since 2001-06-17

Posts 2533

1 posted 2001-09-17 01:40 AM

Wish our children could be above and beyond it all. Good poem.

Marge Tindal

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

2 posted 2001-09-17 02:12 AM

Duncan~
Oh, God yes ... ~
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
[email protected]

2dalimit
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since 2000-02-08

Posts 2228
Mississippi coast

3 posted 2001-09-17 06:59 AM

...I want my world back
it wasn’t perfect
but I recognized it...

Me too.

tracie66
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since 2000-01-18

Posts 4713
Australia

4 posted 2001-09-17 07:21 AM

Oh Duncan so do I but hon I'm afraid our world is never going to be the same. It's been changed forever.

Duncan your heartache is so evident in this and I hate that young people should have to feel this pain.
~HUGS~ Tracie

Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe

Charisma

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since 2000-09-30

Posts 5906
lost in blue pages

5 posted 2001-09-17 08:52 AM

(((warm hugs)))

Wish I was able to give back your and mine world. Because these tragedy will affect many many lifes all over the world.

Charisma

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

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Tamarac Fla

6 posted 2001-09-17 11:14 AM

Duncan,
It hasn't left yet but it's getting close.
Enjoyed the write.

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

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Listening to every heart

7 posted 2001-09-17 11:52 AM

Well said Duncan.

Songbird
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since 1999-12-15

Posts 2184
Missouri

8 posted 2001-09-17 11:59 AM

You said what alot of us are feeling. Unfortunatly things will never be quite the same as before. We will emerge stronger and better equipped to reconize our enemies.

Nan

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since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

9 posted 2001-09-17 12:00 PM

Agreed - "This land was made for you and me"
We want it back.

Severn
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since 1999-07-17

Posts 7704

10 posted 2001-09-17 08:56 PM

Duncan..I'm sure these are the thoughts of many...

hugs, you've said it well.

K

Balladeer

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11 posted 2001-09-17 11:55 PM

Duncan, naive is a good thing..I want the same..it will happen and, hopefully, in our lifetime

Pell
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since 2001-09-16

Posts 134
Pacific NW

12 posted 2001-09-18 12:25 PM

Duncan, thanks for expressing so well what is in the minds of many these days.

This is my wish too...the wish to have back even one of the pauses in time it takes for "station identification"...

This poem gets me, right *here*.

When words cannot bear the burden of thought, it is the poet who lends them strength, hoisting the thoughts within reach of us all.

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

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Gaia

13 posted 2001-09-18 04:20 AM

It's after midnight here, and I too want the world to go back a week. But I know we can't go anywhere but forward, we can't even stand still long enough to let it all sink in. But if we could go back, I would want to leave out several elements ...intolerance, greed, injustice, cruelty, poverty etc. And then we could go forward in peace and harmony, with every child having fun playing games, with lovers holding hands, and even music blasting too loudly from my neighbors car radio.

Kit McCallum

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since 2000-04-30

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Ontario, Canada

14 posted 2001-09-18 05:30 AM

"I want my world back"

You've spoken many of our thoughts in this piece Duncan, well penned and highly emotive.

Best wishes,
/Kit

rwood
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since 2000-02-29

Posts 3793
Tennessee

15 posted 2001-09-18 06:51 AM

This touched my heart Duncan. I want it back too. Like a missing child! But we must treat it with love and patience. For it will have to heal....and trust again. Thank you for sharing.

Sincerely,
Regina

walker
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since 2001-02-11

Posts 2240
Florida

16 posted 2001-09-18 07:43 AM

Took my mom by surprize she thought she wouldn't see it in her lifetime. I want my world back. But somehow perhaps now our world could be better, at least we could appreciate things more because our eyes have been opened.

Cpat Hair

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since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

17 posted 2001-09-18 08:40 AM

Ah... very nicely done Duncan...and I think we are faced with a great many challenges ahead that will make us perhaps want our old world back even more... grab a hand..and hold on... we are all in this thing together and all face the uncertainty of tomorrow....but... we WILL make it..and we will do it together!

Tracey
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since 2001-08-29

Posts 2808
where insanity meets breeding

18 posted 2001-09-23 01:18 AM

Me too Duncan. Me too. If only wishing could bring it back

If she who dies with the most toys wins, then can I have some toy boys please?

Dulcinea
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since 2001-07-22

Posts 774
IN

19 posted 2001-09-24 09:50 AM

The past couple of weeks have been a tumultous time. I just pray that the healing and rebuilding will create a better world for all of us to share and appreciate. Very well done Duncan!

DreamRomancer
Junior Member

since 2001-09-18

Posts 46
Ohio, United States

20 posted 2001-09-24 05:42 PM

To return to such a time would be greatly desired, but alas we must forge ahead as one and overcome!

With my pen I shall create,
With my mind I shall explore,
With my strength I shall endure,
With my poetry I shall have legacy.

SmartChick
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since 2001-09-23

Posts 7081
On A Journey To The Unknown

21 posted 2001-09-25 08:39 AM

This is good. I want my world back, too.

The Lady of Shallot
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since 2001-10-03

Posts 818
USA

22 posted 2001-10-13 01:14 PM

So do I, Duncan, I want that "believing" spirit and freshness I once had. Thank you for this.

-befriend yourself and you will never be alone-

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

23 posted 2001-10-13 02:48 PM

Had to bump this one forward. Duncan, maybe your grandmother was referring to peace? and not constant suffering and devastation?

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