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icebox
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since 2003-05-03

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in the shadows

0 posted 2003-07-25 05:38 PM

How many times
can the human heart
beat itself against the armored walls
of supplication,
before it bursts from its own need?
Hollow,
I have walked
absent of greed,
these human streets,
before paper came from reeds,
before leading Bast astray
abandoning the underworld,
before drawing bronze from stone
and iron from the bogs;
I gave away the tricks
replacing points of flint
and fire hardened sticks.
I've learned
not even time allows me to atone
for choices made
before the dusty paths were cobbled,
hardened against the rains.
Today,
I find no solace
in the weight of memory's chains,
the freedom found in dying
rings chimes of envy
in my breast;
I carry what I can
having safely cached the rest,
knowing every pathway
bends back upon itself.

©2003 by icebox

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

1 posted 2003-07-25 05:57 PM

"I've learned
not even time allows me to atone
for choices made "

I don't think I have even had enough time in my life to make the choices yet.

I made one...it didn't last as forever as I wished...now what?

Enjoyed your words, and wonder could it have been that bad that your pathways bend back upon themselves?

*s
Maureen

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

2 posted 2003-07-25 06:08 PM

Nice writing...James

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

3 posted 2003-07-25 06:29 PM

icebox

"knowing every pathway
bends back upon itself."

The beginning is the end, the end the beginning? Forever is a circle, I think.

Thank you for sharing this honest piece of yourself.

icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

4 posted 2003-07-26 02:39 AM

nakdthoughts ~ Nothing lasts for ever, except it seems memories of things we would rather forget.

JamesMichael ~ Thank you.

Martie ~ The oroborous.

littlewing
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since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

5 posted 2003-07-26 07:58 AM

Today,
I find no solace
in the weight of memory's chains,
the freedom found in dying
rings chimes of envy
in my breast;

yes, I know ice
that mind of yours
and heart . . .
xxoo

Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

6 posted 2003-07-26 08:33 AM

Icebox, paths bend back upon themselves until love and forgiveness straighten them out. And, yes, it can take a lot of time. I've decided (and are we not the ones to do so) that I've had enough of circles. It's time to move but where to is the question. It seems fitting to post what I wrote yesterday.

SharaRose
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since 2003-07-19

Posts 2501
Somewhere out there~

7 posted 2003-07-26 08:37 AM

This brought to mind a saying that used to be pretty prevalent back in the 70's --"spinning my wheels" was heard alot back then. I think Alexander Graham Bell tried 798 times before he got it right. That's what I remember everytime I seem to be spinning my wheels. I wonder to myself what would have happened if he had given up. No phone? No cell phones? aghhhhhhhhh I can't imagine.

SharaRose @-->--

Of sound, and speech let all lift the hearer!

BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

8 posted 2003-07-27 11:07 PM

I've learned
not even time allows me to atone
for choices made
before the dusty paths were cobbled,
hardened against the rains

That is a nice verse, and so profound.

And this just ice's it! (sorry)

knowing every pathway
bends back upon itself.

Thank you icebox~

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

9 posted 2003-07-29 04:55 AM

share your wisdom...share on, share on!

gemjop
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since 2002-11-18

Posts 2587
Pencilveinia, USA

10 posted 2003-07-30 03:34 PM

ALWAYS good to read you.

Aenimal
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since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

11 posted 2003-07-30 03:46 PM

How many times
can the human heart
beat itself against the armored walls
of supplication,
before it bursts from its own need?

One of the finest questions/writes i've had the honour of reading

Susan Caldwell
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since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

12 posted 2003-07-30 03:53 PM

Icy,

I love reading everything you do...and what you write always leaves me wanting to mix a couple of drinks and sit down with you and find out what the heck is going on....

Your words seem to reflect such self angst.

Susan C.

icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

13 posted 2003-08-02 05:08 PM

littlewing ~ Yes, I have seen a similar thread in some of your work.  Thank you for your comment.

Honeybunch ~ I don't know an answer for you.  The circles of life seem inevitable.

SharaRose ~ I could live without phones.  Maybe that is a gender thing? *smile*

BluesSerenade ~ Thank you for reading my poem.  I appreciate your interest and comments.

passing shadows ~ *smile* I'll share anything I can.  Thank you for reading and for your comment.

gemjop ~ Always good to be read! *smile* Thank you.

Aenimal ~ Thank you, Sir, for such a nice compliment.

Susan Caldwell ~ Well, OK, but six drinks is about my limit; after that, I don't even make sense to myself! *laugh*

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