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wranx
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since 2002-06-07

Posts 3689
Moved from a shack to a barn

0 posted 2002-09-20 10:36 PM

I see them, still
Lithe spirits
Dancing their celebration
Around my campfires

Their shawls and gauze
In giddy sway
Pay compliment
To leaves in breeze

Their eyes just reflect
The firelight
But, are lit from within
With the flame of youth

And it bothers me
That these beautiful beings
Who drank my wine
And told me their secrets

May have grown as old
And cynical
As me

~wranx

In reply to "which way do we go?", the answer was never "straight", but, "progressively forward".

~wranx~

[This message has been edited by wranx (09-21-2002 12:28 AM).]

FuzzyFrazzledFraggle
Member

since 2002-09-20

Posts 155
Fraggle Rock

1 posted 2002-09-20 10:38 PM

*dancing around* You know by day I'm a fuzzy frazzled fraggle and by night I'm one of those little creatures you so happend to mention in your poem..Good stuff..they grow cyncial..why don't you ask them!?

or me..whichever..multiple choice! Loved it obviously!!

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

2 posted 2002-09-20 11:16 PM

Brought a smile with the reflection.
Thank you. ThisDiamond

the_loner_23
Member Ascendant

since 2002-06-08

Posts 5479
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

3 posted 2002-09-20 11:24 PM

Cool poem

Cold hands means a warm heart

wranx
Member Elite

since 2002-06-07

Posts 3689
Moved from a shack to a barn

4 posted 2002-09-20 11:29 PM

Thanks Fuzzy, but it saddens me to think these earnest young women may become angered that their SUV won't fit in a parking space.

ThisDiamond, I appreciate your comment here, and on my other poor offerings. Thanks

~Ed

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

5 posted 2002-09-20 11:49 PM

LOL, this one gave me a good laugh.

Moon Dust

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since 1999-06-11

Posts 2177
Skelmersdale, UK

6 posted 2002-09-20 11:52 PM

hehe nice one

If your afraid of the dark, then why did you come?

mycafe
Senior Member

since 2002-05-23

Posts 584

7 posted 2002-09-24 01:38 AM

I really appreciate your style of writing, wranx!

mycafe

Keep counting your blessings

brian sites
Senior Member

since 2002-06-25

Posts 1475
usa

8 posted 2002-09-24 01:41 AM

perhaps they think
the same?

your edge is so keen, Ed
it passes
before the cut is felt

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

9 posted 2002-09-24 01:58 AM

I don't see the humor here--don't think you meant it funny.

But Ed, I hated watching every year toughen the skin of my children---and yet I lived in fear of them trying to navigate this world in soft skin.

Something in my heart just broke, even typing that, but I know that life is tempering---put the metal to the fire, beat the hell out of it, and you've got one mean sword. But I think too, of the card of Temperance, and understand, a blade of double edge should be wielded wisely.

sigh...think I'm giving myself a headache here. grin? love to ya, m'friend...you give speeches to the "ache".

bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

10 posted 2002-09-24 12:41 PM

We're all human;
and so, we cope.

Tara Simms Hall
Member

since 2001-11-07

Posts 87
South Carolina

11 posted 2002-10-24 03:30 PM

Instead of grieving the loss of their innocence, you could rediscover your own. It's hard to go through life completely innocent and naive--it leaves us vulnerable to a lot of pain. Perhaps the 'trial by fire' isn't so bad. It strengthens us, toughens us, so that we CAN handle whatever comes our way.

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