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D.Lester Young
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since 2001-12-08
Posts 1219
Austin, Tx

0 posted 2002-02-08 03:29 AM


I always wonder what the perception of me looks like in the mirror of life.


Who am I
For I have no face for you to ponder
Only an image that you can create
As you ponder my words

As my name takes flight
Is the eagle flying directly into your storm
In young wings strong with youth and ambition
Or the wings of wisdom and training

Am I on a warpath of beauty in native pride
A skeleton that crossed the sea
An import from another time
Or a figment of someone’s imagination

In my stature tall in the words that reach the heavens
Or something so small you want to bury it much like a bone
Do I roll like a bowling ball knocking the pins of life down
Or skinny enough to be a penciled in with thought

Does my heart lives in a splendid garden of luxurious wealth
That spread for miles upon miles
Or a pauper so poor his eyes weep in the majesty
That creates the masterpieces money cannot buy

Do you see me as a brute with a driving force
Never letting anything get in my way of succeeding
Or a lonely soul with a heart of gold
That is waiting for his time to succeed with his smiling words

Will I create an image of ice and lace
That melts you so, wrapping you up for the moment
Or will I attach to you as memory that make you ponder
On the trails of your discoveries taking their own flight

Yes do not know me for that is okay
Read me into your thoughts and I will forgive you
Conjure up a verse from a long lost memory
That listens to the wind sing its beautiful song

For my spirit will be there at anytime
Helping to teach the mists of time to feel itself grow
In the presence of this readers view
In any shape that you can imagine

D.Lester Young (02/07/02)
Tuscaloosa, AL
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Kethry
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since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082
Victoria Australia
1 posted 2002-02-08 05:23 AM


White Eagle,
we see through a glass darkly...but your words reflect the beauty of your soul.
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind.  Unknown



amusemi
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since 2001-12-08
Posts 1262
A State of Disarray
2 posted 2002-02-08 07:23 PM


What others see in you is never as important as what you see in yourself.  A very special person keeps nudging me back on that path, it is a tough lesson to learn especially when we have no guide!!  

You are wonderful and inspirational!  Please, kind sir, just know this!!!

Just believe...

Startime
Member Ascendant
since 2000-10-03
Posts 5918
Canada
3 posted 2002-02-08 07:27 PM


*sigh* what I see is a heart filled with words and wisdom tumbling out to share them with us all...words that touch the heart and soul of your readers...*sigh* again you make me search within that I too wonder who is reflected in my mirror...eternal youth and ageless wisdom are in your words therefore that is the man I see...**big hugs**

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

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since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon
4 posted 2002-02-08 10:52 PM




(sigh) Sooooooooo wonderfully said, sweet friend, every time I read your poems, I always see a gorgeous man always shining with love and wisdom to us all, smiling with warmth and compassion to us all! (big hugggsssss) We all love you so much, sweet friend, God Bless You, your quill always shines like gold! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Lester, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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