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Open Poetry #18

chains of youth

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

0 posted 2002-01-29 02:30 PM

Between the lines
within their words
pieces of myself
unfurled
through the angst
of poetry
my muse becomes
a time machine
and I can see
all that I was--
remember mysteries
of love
impatient just
for life's begin
do not hurry
childhood's end...

There is no shortcut
from yourselves,
for Heaven is
a walk through Hell.
Through the fires
of the damned
there you'll find
you understand.
A friend of mine
once took my hand,
and urged me gently:
"Be yourself."
Through the temperance
of flame,
is strength to be
a child again.

I cannot walk
the coals for you.
I dare not rattle
chains of youth.

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

1 posted 2002-01-29 02:40 PM

Serenity~

'impatient just
for life's begin
do not hurry
childhood's end...'

Amen to this !

'I cannot walk
the coals for you.
I dare not rattle
chains of youth.'

Sometimes we wear the blisters
but can't explain the cost to others~
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

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

since 2001-06-15

Posts 723
N.C

2 posted 2002-01-29 02:44 PM

Very well said!Nice job!

catalinamoon

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-03

Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone

3 posted 2002-01-29 10:04 PM

Good thought, why let go of being young?
Sandra

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