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Tennessee Angel
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since 2000-06-03

Posts 661
Tennessee

0 posted 2001-09-24 12:56 PM

A leather bag
holds all I own
and there's a gassed up car
waitin' by the road.
Pretty soon now,
baby, I'll be gone.

It's nothing you did
or haven't done,
but something inside
says it's time to run.
Sorry if you thought
that I could be the one.

I never meant
to let it go this far,
but one kiss from you
and, darling, here we are.
We both knew
that it wasn't meant to be.

The lilacs are gone
and the north wind blows.
A sure sign to me
that it's time to go.
I'm on the first road
that takes me out of Tennessee.

Then I'll drive...
until I reach Decatur.
Maybe I'll stay...
right on through the winter.
At the first sign of sunshine,
I'll be Mississippi bound.

Maybe Louisiana has
something there for me.
But truth be told there's no tellin'
exactly where I'll be.
Don't you fret, my darlin',
I promise I'll be around.

You can't catch a rainbow.
You can't bottle the wind.
You can sometimes play with fire
but you can never call it 'friend'.
You can't hold a restless spirit
but you can think of me now and then.

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

1 posted 2001-09-24 01:05 AM

Reminds me of a tune my dad used to sing
"And the wayward wind,
is a restless wind,
a restless wind,
that yearns to wander..."
I think I heard KD Lang sing it a few years ago, though it may have been someone else.

[This message has been edited by Midnitesun (edited 09-24-2001).]

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

2 posted 2001-09-24 01:08 AM

Interesting that you mention a restless spirit...I have written a similar poem and will be posting it soon in mention of a "searching soul."
Seems to be lots of this going around lately...hope you find what you're looking for.
Remember you can't spit into the wind...James

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

3 posted 2001-09-24 01:31 AM

TennesseeAngel~

'You can't catch a rainbow.
You can't bottle the wind.
You can sometimes play with fire
but you can never call it 'friend'.
You can't hold a restless spirit
but you can think of me now and then.'

Gal, this is WONDERFUL !
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Ethan Halo
Senior Member

since 2000-04-28

Posts 793
on the roof again

4 posted 2001-09-24 02:15 AM

i LOVE this poem. absolutely amazing words!!! you understand right where i'm coming from...
ooo this is one for the library.
the last stanza was such a clincher! you can never call fire a friend....
love it!

Everyone's got their demons.
We all got somethin to atone for.

Apachecat906
Member

since 2001-09-04

Posts 217
Michigan, USA

5 posted 2001-09-24 11:00 AM

Tenessee
I love it when a poem has a heckuva ending that ties it all together. This definately had a good feel to it, you stayed away from the sappy sentimentalism that I was dreading in the end. Kinda makes me want to sing...
"On the Road Again..."
:::warbling horribly off key::::::::

Good Job!

NightShadow
Member

since 2001-09-04

Posts 127
New Jersey

6 posted 2001-09-24 11:05 AM

Very nice!

This was a wonderful poem

A Life without Love, is no life at all...

Temptress

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

7 posted 2001-09-24 05:27 PM

YES! I LOVE THIS! It could be a song even!

This sort of fits a mood of mine lately. Wishing I could just roam for a while.

Sometimes the heart needs the solace of solitude and silence.

Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

8 posted 2001-09-24 08:13 PM

sing it with me my friend. . .

wonderfully done. . . it's really nice to have you around again. . .

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

Tracey
Member Elite

since 2001-08-29

Posts 2808
where insanity meets breeding

9 posted 2001-09-24 10:05 PM

Wonderful. I'm going through the same thing at the moment. This positively sings to me too.

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

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