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Midnitesun
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0 posted 2003-06-18 09:11 PM



Deep within the corners of my mind I hide from constant input,
short-circuited from synaptic overload,
unable to filter out
all the world's background noises
that shatter the fragile walls I've tried to hide behind.

In prisms of light scattered,
like a prisoner of fright, battered
by human hatred, mental pain inflicted upon
tortured minds and bodies,
all in the name of God.
Is it any wonder that I sit and wonder
if there is a God?
And if there is, do I really want to know Him?

Last year I gazed at my teenager, quietly
reading about the life of Marilyn Manson,
while listening to U2 music.
And for a moment, the raw juxtaposition of two
such seemingly opposite approaches to art and life
blended into a most bizarre rainbow,
yet one which appeared quite natural
in light of mankind's recent history.

And while Skippy dog snoozed peacefully on the bed,
not a worry in his head 'cept where he hid
that big bone yesterday,
tomorrow came charging into today,
and today became just another page
to cram into the history books
and memory banks that are already suffering
from synaptic overload.
Some days I feel as if I am about to implode,
and sink into a black hole in outer space,
the side effects of synaptic overload.

© Copyright 2003 Kathleen Kacy Stafford - All Rights Reserved
Kaoru
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1 posted 2003-06-18 09:32 PM


Truely awesome poem! I really enjoyed every single part and piece of it Great write!
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2 posted 2003-06-18 10:07 PM


I agree with this very much, like sometimes there isn't any norm.  It really can get to a person.
Aenimal
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3 posted 2003-06-18 10:40 PM


Exactly how I'm feeling..hugs Kacy and this
And if there is, do I really want to know Him? is a question i wonder everyday

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4 posted 2003-06-18 11:51 PM


This is really very good!!!
Thank you for sharing it.

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5 posted 2003-06-19 12:03 PM


Kaoru, thank you. I'm glad you found something to relate to in this piece.

Mirror man, thanks for that reply!

Raph, thanks pal, I thought you might hear a familiar note.

Ice, big thanks to you for that reply!

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6 posted 2003-06-19 12:21 PM


Kacy,
I know what you mean...I truly do. Being tender of heart is a burden all its own. Seldom expressed but always felt. How can this world be so dark and cruel?

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

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7 posted 2003-06-19 01:24 AM


Points well made and a wonderful presentation of the feeling.....Sad
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8 posted 2003-06-19 01:39 AM


yes...I can relate
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9 posted 2003-06-19 10:07 AM


Larry, Eric, Dixie
thank you, for allowing me to release some of my frustrations
I will try to post something cheerful today

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10 posted 2008-02-23 12:19 PM


Speechless!

ARCTIC WIND

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