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icebox
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0 posted 2003-06-16 09:48 PM



Building days on broken dreams,
living nights of silent screams,
kept alive believing lies
while knowing happiness denies
that shams are needed, to derive
the onslaught, when the winds arrive
to shred the veil of hidden strength
and leave it tattered shards at length
...still living.

Breathing as a reflex art,
seeing worlds be torn apart
and empires reduced to dust,
wondering, what now is just?
Clinging to the latest craze
of roaring media driven haze,
denying all existing fears
while searching for the truth,
in tears,
...surviving.


©2003 by icebox

[This message has been edited by icebox (06-17-2003 10:50 AM).]

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Kaoru
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1 posted 2003-06-16 09:56 PM


YAY! I love it, great write
Laqe
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2 posted 2003-06-16 09:58 PM


Very nicely done!

.Echo.

Honeybunch
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3 posted 2003-06-17 12:26 PM


Survival is the name of the game - the game of life.  I'm guilty of having said that I don't want to play but a force greater than my own pulls me in and insists I participate.  What can I do but learn my part and play to the best of my ability.  Touching words as always, Icebox.
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4 posted 2003-06-17 12:30 PM


We all just seem to sevive its so true.  These lines hit me so hard as being oh so true, and the power that the media wields is simply unbelievable...

Clinging to the latest craze
of roaring media driven haze

Excellent insight and writing.

                        

passing shadows
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5 posted 2003-06-17 02:04 AM


have i told you lately how glad i am that you are here?
Nan
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6 posted 2003-06-17 08:02 AM


I enjoy your poetry immensely, Sir icebox. You're a very talented writer indeed...

Your cognomen makes me smile as well... Good thing you dress for the cold - I'd need something a bit warmer - Like "ToasterOven" perhaps... Yeah that's it...

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7 posted 2003-06-17 08:10 AM


Mr. Ice.... again nicely done..survival..and living.. sometimes both seem to be reflex actions..and at others a struggle....

icebox
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8 posted 2003-06-17 11:55 PM


Kaoru ~ I am glad you enjoyed this.  Thank you for telling me.

Laqe ~ Thank you.

Honeybunch ~ You are absolutely correct.  That whole cycle drives me crazy at times.  Some days I am so ready to be done that can not imagine what keeps me alive.  Then I realize that when it really is time, I will know.  Thank you for reading my poem and for your comments.

Mysteria ~ Yes, the "media" are a personal pet peeve.  Thank you for reading my poem and for your comments.

passing shadows ~ Well, you have been a little busy lately. *smile* Thank you for taking time for me.

Nan ~ Thank you for your kind compliment.  The picture was taken unexpectedly by an associate who is a camera fanatic.  I had just come in from a clear winter's day.  There is a story connected with the name I use; I have not yet found a way to tell it.  I don't know about "Toaster Oven" how about "Volcanic Flower?"

Cpat Hair ~ Yes, it is all staying alive moment by moment.  Thank you for your comment.

Artic Wind
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9 posted 2008-02-21 02:40 PM


Nicely Done Indeed

ARCTIC WIND

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10 posted 2008-02-21 06:07 PM


and it seems to work. ?
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