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Master
Senior Member

since 1999-08-18

Posts 1867
Boston, MA

0 posted 2002-11-12 09:50 PM

Not that I have a lot to speak of,
But my tongue, God, is rather worn out,
So I cry by myself like a seagull,
Drink the sunlight that falls through the key-hole,
And continue to mumble out loud
(Not that I have a lot to speak of).

I’m alone here. I’m despised by people.
I don’t mind. I don’t fit in their crowd.
So I cry by myself like a seagull.

Give me wings and a rooftop to leap off
And I’ll soar up to heaven unbound!

Not that I have a lot to speak of,
But the prayers continue to seep through
Opened lips when there’s no one around,
So I cry by myself like a seagull.

Do You see the bell on the steeple?
That’s my soul! It is turned inside out,
Since I don’t have a lot to speak of,
Listen, God, for the cry of a seagull.

[This message has been edited by Master (11-13-2002 02:17 AM).]

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

1 posted 2002-11-12 10:34 PM

Been there my friend...matter of fact felt very much the same way sitting on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier; Japan, 1962...many moons ago and life went on and the feeling took wing; left; disappeared, replaced in time by much better ones...all things pass. This piece may or may not be serious (I was) and either way I much enjoyed reading it...both the inside and the outside...

Keep it up...

jwesley

Radrook
Senior Member

since 2002-08-09

Posts 648

2 posted 2002-11-13 04:38 AM

When we least expect it things can turn around for us. Thanks for sharing.

God bless!

Walter Poe
Senior Member

since 1999-10-13

Posts 787

3 posted 2002-11-13 06:02 AM

I think this one is due a place in my library ive spent a little time listening to seagulls cry its heartwrenching. I find myself thinking what is so terrible that they must always cry perhaps im just a little over the top sometimes

Take a good look at my face
Well, don't my smile look out of place
look a little closer its easy to trace
The tracks of my tears

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

4 posted 2002-11-13 10:54 AM

Seagulls see a lot more than those who never get off the ground.
Well done, poet Master.

Connel

Senior Member

since 2002-11-04

Posts 736
Florida, USA

5 posted 2002-11-13 11:23 AM

Very cool poem.. Thank you for sharing.

I wish to become a great poet some day, but it will only come in time. Til then, I shall write my poems, and wait.

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