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icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

0 posted 2003-08-21 01:35 AM

I should hate you, but I don't.
My life
has never been the same
since you walked away
seeking money, power,
laughs and fame.
I understand
one out of four
could never be enough
when you will always be
a legend inside yourself.
Now, I can count
as many zeros as you wanted
on your checks
but I've already lived
with all the sad effects of greed
and seen the rot it places
on the soul.
Power doesn't ring my chimes
yes,
when I'm drunk and maudlin
I'll admit I've helped
turn countries upside down,
but I've no dreams
of empires to build;
I'm just happy when my flowers grow.
As for Broadway,
Hollywood,
sucking up to media trash,
we always
would have had to walk apart
in those bright lights;
I could never be
one of the sights
that fans came gawking at.
Anyway,
with my past
anonymity is its own reward;
anything else
eventually is fatal.
Don't get me wrong,
I've read Ayn Rand too,
I understand what burns in you;
it's just that in the final count,
all that I could ever offer
is not the stuff that floats
your dreams,
and it would never be enough
just to love you,
and to make you laugh.

©2003 by icebox

Kaoru

Member Elite

since 2003-06-07

Posts 3892
where the wild flowers grow

1 posted 2003-08-21 01:37 AM

"Now, I can count
as many zeros as you wanted
on your checks"

Well, there were more lines that I liked..but this one caught my eye..

This is damn good.

JilGirl
Member

since 2003-05-24

Posts 364
Washington

2 posted 2003-08-21 01:52 AM

I'm just happy when my flowers grow

That's what life boils down to, isn't it?
And -- isn't THAT absolute success?

Great write!

'Tiz feathers that make the bird -
Always remember to keep them fluffed
but, never, EVER ruffle them!

1slick_lady
Member Ascendant

since 2000-12-22

Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

3 posted 2003-08-21 01:55 AM

"and it would never be enough
just to love you"

when is it?
when the hell is it?

S Arthur Grey
Senior Member

since 2001-03-19

Posts 719
woven by a poet's loom

4 posted 2003-08-21 02:00 AM

Which questions again,
do we live in our dreams
or in our breakfast?
(don't answer that! at least not in less than 50 lines.)

Ratleader

Member Rara Avis

since 2003-01-23

Posts 7026
Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass

5 posted 2003-08-21 02:03 AM

It's a simple thing that Dagney Taggart missed, eh? No joy, not ever. It may be a scarce commodity for the likes of us, but at least it's one card that's actually in the deck.

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______________Ratleader______________

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

6 posted 2003-08-21 09:48 AM

icebox

We each have our own music...I like listening to yours!

SharaRose
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since 2003-07-19

Posts 2501
Somewhere out there~

7 posted 2003-08-21 10:01 AM

But? :?
Well when you grow old, and gray the loving, and the laughing is what you have left.

Kinda puzzled,
SharaRose @-->--

Of sound, and speech let all lift the hearer!

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

8 posted 2003-08-21 10:43 AM

Icy~

This one got to me. Isn't it ironic? Love that is...you think someone is nice, sweet but they just don't make your stomach roll...that is the person that is madly in love with you and treats you, ah, so good. The person that uses you, mistreats you and would never be a good partner in life...yep you got it...that is the one that gives you the butterflies just thinking about them...that is the one that walks away from the gaping hole in your chest...sigh..did I personalize? Sorry..

LOL...I loved this and I love you.

pssst..these are my fav lines:

and it would never be enough
just to love you,
and to make you laugh.

True...so, so true.

Susan

vandana

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since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

9 posted 2003-08-21 10:43 AM

enjoyed

icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

10 posted 2003-08-21 10:53 PM

Kaoru ~ Human greed is an interesting thing to watch.  Thank you for commenting.

JilGirl ~ It is probablty an age thing, but now I do feel this way about my priorities.  Thank you for understanding.

1slick_lady ~ I just do not know the answers to these questions.  I have always thought it best to die happy.

S Arthur Grey ~ OK, I will wait to answer that.

Ratleader ~ Transient joy maybe, the joy of pursuit.  In that she was a female with male motivations.  Doomed from the start I think, but of course, I have never looked like Gary Cooper.  *smile*

Martie ~ Well, thank you.  Thank you for reading.

SharaRose ~ Well, at least I do sometimes still get to laugh.  What puzzles you?

Susan Caldwell ~ In this particular case, I never thought she was nice; there simply was an undeniable magnetic attraction which was mutual until she found bigger magnets. *laugh* It took a lot of "medicine" to get past that one.  I still occasionally stumble over odds and ends of anger that is residual.

vandana ~ Glad to entertain.  Thank you for reading.

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