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EarthenSoul
Member

since 2002-05-30

Posts 163
WA, USA

0 posted 2002-09-11 05:33 PM

I woke up late this morning
Shouldn't have stayed in bed so long
Thought I'd shower quickly
But all the hot water was gone

Out the front door running
And, of course, the car won't start
I hate when days begin this way
Morning's already the hardest part

As I was sitting on the city bus
A thought occurred to me
Everything will be alright
Because I am still free

Somewhere out there
Governments are lying
The hopeless are trying
Grown men are crying
To watch there loved ones dying
To watch there freedoms die
From beliefs in which the devil thrives
As fear is waning from his eyes
Where does my integrity lie?

Glancing at my watch, knowing I am late
Rushing to clock in and slip right into place
I run for the door...I'm almost there
Then I fall on my face tripping up the stairs

And as I sat there on the concrete
Wiping blood off of my knee
I knew things would work out fine
Because I am still free

Everything will be alright
All will be okay
My life is worth the living
For I am a free person today

Mystic Mystron
Member

since 2002-02-15

Posts 69
North York .Ontario

1 posted 2002-09-11 05:47 PM

Freedom is a great feeling...

Super poem

You are a good poet as soon as you try to reach others with your words.
You are a great poet when those same words touch your heart first.

bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

2 posted 2002-09-11 05:48 PM

ES,
I like the honesty of the details,
and their innocence.

Mikey

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

3 posted 2002-09-11 08:37 PM

(big hugggssssss) Yes, you are free and together we will all find solace and faith under the good grace of God! (sigh) This is powerful, sweet friend, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Trista, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

Balladeer

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

4 posted 2002-09-11 08:43 PM

Amen, poet! You understand what the truly important things in life are.....I salute you

A. L. Becker
Member

since 2002-09-06

Posts 167
San Francisco, California

5 posted 2002-09-11 08:51 PM

dear EarthenSoul,

"My life is worth the living
For I am a free person today."

perhaps within your last line is an explanation for why the enemy feels compelled to use suicide as a weapon. they do not know freedom and therefore cannot appreciate their own lives. because they are evil, instead of trying to improve things for themselves, they try to tear down what they envy.
Annika:-

"Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?'
Let us go and make our visit."
-Eliot

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

6 posted 2002-09-12 12:04 PM

Ceinwyn
Member Elite

since 2000-07-09

Posts 2175
VA

7 posted 2002-09-12 12:30 PM

Your poem rings ever so true..you are right..everything is going to be okie and thus forth because we all still are free...

Kristen

If at first you don't succeed destroy all the evidence that you tried.

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

8 posted 2002-09-12 10:47 AM

Well done.
Freedom to come and go, to climb and to stumble as you choose, to walk or to ride, to wear sneakers or boots or sandals. Those freedoms seem so basic to us that we sometimes take them for granted until they are almost taken away from us.
Nice to meet you!

Sybil
Member

since 2002-09-12

Posts 73
Midwest

9 posted 2002-09-12 11:29 AM

We take so much for granted. How easy it is to forget all that we do have to be thankful for. Good write. Thank you!

EarthenSoul
Member

since 2002-05-30

Posts 163
WA, USA

10 posted 2002-09-12 12:31 PM

Thank you all for your wonderful comments. Miss Becker, I believe your theory is exact! Big Hugs to everyone!

Hearts_Dance
Junior Member

since 2002-09-30

Posts 31

11 posted 2002-09-30 02:11 PM

I am clapping my hands for you. I am thankful for I too, am free.

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