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Ice_Queen
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since 2002-12-04

Posts 29
Delaware, USA

0 posted 2002-12-08 12:53 PM

Sleep.
Morpheus swooping down
to hold in a utopian state,
to capture me in lethargic repose.
Slumber freezing me
in a comatose rest
too warm for The Reaper.
A soporific land.
A barely moving hybrid
of the daydreams from a school girl
and nightmares from a teenager.
A blazing pair of eyes,
Choked by heavy, imposing lids.
Black Silence giving way,
opening before me, brightening to
a multicolored galaxy,
containing an infinite number of worlds,
containing a multitude of ever-changing faces.
A place of every half-remembered song,
every forgotten detail,
every repressed horror,
every sad, ghastly day.
Everything ever experienced
Everything never experienced
Everthing in this enormous land,
This Land of Nod.

© Copyright 2002 Jessica Barbour 2002 - All Rights Reserved

Aenimal
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since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
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1 posted 2002-12-08 01:02 PM

Ice this is just flawless writing.
"too warm for The Reaper"
Sleep is death,but not at the hands of the reaper. Reincarnated every time we wake.
Thanks

raph

Ice_Queen
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Posts 29
Delaware, USA

2 posted 2002-12-08 01:13 PM

Indeed, Sleep is death, and our dreams are our Heaven, as well as our hell.

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

3 posted 2002-12-08 01:18 PM

Jessica, your poem painted "This Land Of Nod" into my mind's eye.
Very well-written, Jessica. Thank you for sharing.

"Love makes the world go around"
~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~

[This message has been edited by garysgirl (12-08-2002 01:19 PM).]

Ice_Queen
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since 2002-12-04

Posts 29
Delaware, USA

4 posted 2002-12-08 01:24 PM

Jessica? Thanks for noticing the copyright

, but I prefer Jess, or Jessie, if it's ok. My dad is the only person that calls me Jessica.

Groovy Oovy

"Love is a heartache waiting to happen,
And a promise never kept."

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

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Tamarac Fla

5 posted 2002-12-08 02:24 PM

Jess,
An excellent and literate write, Enjoyed the read.

MARK V SHELDON
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since 2001-06-21

Posts 3015
In a corporeal internship...

6 posted 2002-12-08 03:13 PM

Ice... take me on a tour? Sounds very intriguing...

-MVS

"AS ABOVE SO BELOW"

Ice_Queen
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since 2002-12-04

Posts 29
Delaware, USA

7 posted 2002-12-08 06:53 PM

For those of you are really enjoyed this one...this is part 1 in a series of 3, so, as they say, stay tuned

Groovy Oovy

"Love is a heartache waiting to happen,
And a promise never kept."

Sandpiper
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since 2002-06-15

Posts 738
land of flora and fauna

8 posted 2002-12-10 05:10 AM

Excellent!! Waiting for #2!!

"And it was at that age...Poetry arrived in search of me...And something started in my soul."
Pablo Neruda

Midnitesun

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Gaia

9 posted 2002-12-10 11:46 AM

Well done! Look forward to reaping some more.

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10 posted 2002-12-10 12:39 PM

I'm with Mark.. take me on a tour...

enjoyed.

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