Growing Pains (reposted from forum 21)

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ecrivan
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since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

0 posted 2002-08-15 01:32 AM

would growth be a total secret
we would not be told
that chances in life are taken
in time, among places..we ask: why are we here?
where will we be when the old part dies
what does it mean when the stomach has flies?

what does it mean to be away from home
to stare uo into deep universal domes
to try our luck at lady chance
beat danger at a moments glance

to run after models we idolize as kids
to hunt for snacks under cookie jar lids
did you savour the quest for the mid-day feast
were you a tyrant kid and a neighbourbood beast?

or did you play Potter with a famous scar
whose message of brightness was carried worlds afar,
growth is hardly a secret, it has its mode,
our peers warn us of trendy behaviour codes.

growth is less a secret,
it's more a well thought plan
schemes of ventilated themes, vortexed by fans
aired along prairie stretches that now see drought
where precious water issues from spouts,
circulated along ivy labaryrinths of cues to follow
along cultivated seeded lands which were once fallow.

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

1 posted 2002-08-16 08:02 PM

yep, you've captured those growing pains for sure!

re. your comment "inform me of different..."

let me know if you're interested in a free online poetry class, e-mail me

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

2 posted 2002-08-16 08:07 PM

(big hugggssssss) Oh Martin, this is so very sad but true, it is saddening to see many things we fantasize as children become so untrue as we grow older. My teacher Mr. Ernewein said when he was a little boy he wanted to move to America so much because he thought Tonto and the Lone Ranger were real and he wanted to meet cowboys and indians but when he came there he felt broken-hearted for a while when he found out. (sigh) This is powerfully said, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Martin, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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

Shakira

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

3 posted 2002-08-16 08:10 PM

Enjoyed the read and the memories
it stirred up Martin....
Good stuff here.
~Hugs~

~ Time has cast a spell on you
So you won't ever forget me ~

ecrivan
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since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

4 posted 2002-08-16 08:51 PM

Hello All,

Thankyou for having pictured something that touched you all: this poem was especially done eith you in mind Noah...since one of your last poems on growing up

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