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icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

0 posted 2003-06-16 09:55 PM

Horizons run before me
when I dream,
when I'm awake
my memories echo hollow
through the mirror of my thoughts,
smokey glass distorting
visions of antiquity,
bending history's light
to steal the moment's scene
for sake of honesty.

To wish is to betray;
to want is to be hurt;
to feel
to hunt
to butcher and to feed,
to barter and to plead,
defines the merchant
in us all.

©2003 by icebox

Laqe
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since 2003-06-15

Posts 72
Michigan, US

1 posted 2003-06-16 10:00 PM

I really like your style, icebox.
Keep writing, as I know you will.

.Echo.

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

2 posted 2003-06-16 10:01 PM

smile...

You are quite the poet.

Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

3 posted 2003-06-17 12:35 PM

Whatever we see in another is always to be seen in ourselves but, of course, we can choose what to discard and what to keep. There's no bargain in the bartering within for the cost, whatever it is, just has to be paid. Thank you for more good words!

wranx
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since 2002-06-07

Posts 3689
Moved from a shack to a barn

4 posted 2003-06-17 12:36 PM

"To wish is to betray;
to want is to be hurt;
to feel
to hunt
to butcher and to feed,
to barter and to plead,
defines the merchant
in us all."

Alas...Yes

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

5 posted 2003-06-17 01:59 AM

*mouth hanging open*

Nan

Administrator

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since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

6 posted 2003-06-17 08:11 AM

Humanity has a tendency to grapple for the best deal... oftentimes sacrificing quality in the process, doesn't it? Well said, Sir Ice...

Cpat Hair

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since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

7 posted 2003-06-17 08:14 AM

To wish is to betray;
to want is to be hurt;
to feel
to hunt
to butcher and to feed,
to barter and to plead,
defines the merchant
in us all.

too much truth here....

nicely done Mr. Ice

BloomingRose
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since 2000-08-09

Posts 3092
Florida

8 posted 2003-06-17 08:18 AM

Very interesting

icebox
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

9 posted 2003-06-17 11:43 PM

Laqe ~ Thank you for reading my poem and for taking time to comment.

serenity blaze ~ A humbling comment from one your obvious poetic gifts.  Thank you.

Honeybunch ~ Helen, you always cut through to the heart of meaning.  Thank you for reading my poem and for your insight.

wranx ~ *smile* Yes.

passing shadows ~ *laugh* I had a grandmother who would say to me, "Close your mouth before the birds land there!"  Thank you for reading my poem and for your comment.

Nan ~ Yes, it is a hard lesson.  Thank you for reading my poem and for your comment.

Cpat Hair ~ Thank you for your comment.  I do worry about "too much" as it is easy to overstate.

BloomingRose ~ Thank you for taking time to comment.

Artic Wind
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since 2007-09-16

Posts 8080
Realm of Supernatural

10 posted 2008-02-21 02:36 PM

INteresting Write!

ARCTIC WIND

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