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marcel
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0 posted 2003-11-14 04:25 AM


What is.......

The meaning of this same dream,
Where I soar across the burning templates of the skies,
Grasping the wings of red doves
While torching the Heaven's blue skies with fire;
This reflective mood
Burns into my heart like a cooling comet,
Before settling and hardening like black ice;
I plead with my tarnished soul to flee my sight,
In the hopes that my prayers will end my plight--
My twin in life only smiles and nods
Before bidding farewell out of spite not love.

What is......
The truth when it becomes a lie
To a man it is like tears that do not dry
Or like the fear of a broken heart;
It is a pitiful thing for a man to fear,
Even in this abyss to which I have sunken
But pity does not favor the fallen and trodden,
It only laughs and scoffs when the heart provokes;
So I hide under giant poplar leaves to hide my shame
Then run through the darkness to mock my fear.

What is......
Sleep to the dreamer
For it is a formality to death
That steals the thoughts of the evening's shadow
And buries good memories before the day's first light;
So alone I pray again
Like everyday since I awoke,
That sleep will not harness the thoughts of my soul,
Making promises the dawn will never keep;
If the bosom of God would comfort my sorrow,
I would not shed tears when my eyes do weary;
What is reality when it is my dreams I fear?

Marcel


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1 posted 2003-11-14 08:55 AM


I liked this
LeeJ
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2 posted 2003-11-14 08:59 AM


My twin in life only smiles and nods
Before bidding farewell out of spite not love.

This was one of the greats....incredible writing

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