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icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

0 posted 2003-12-27 02:07 AM

It is sobering
to say the least,
when so much more is needed.
I am tired of this emptiness,
the ring of hollow iron
struck at random on the back streets
of emotion's wilderness,
the sting that comes within
the dark metallic taste of life's despair.

I've had all I can stand of sad words,
the songs of tears,
the vacant years weigh on me
heavily
and lately seem to grind me down;
some have said
that knowing love is worth any price,
that gift of knowing
in its loss
illuminates
the value that was to be had
and gives voice to the angels' songs of life.

I have no choice in matters such as this,
but have not ever once believed
that I am better off
by having loved and lost;
it is the unpaid errand of a fool
with nowhere left to run,
who tries to compare this touch or that.

Humans need to dream,
even in the face of the abyss;
some die quickly when their dreams are gone,
they wilt like morning glory in the sun
but I am not that lucky,
I am not one of those,
nor is this life the one I chose.
I live a life
that is at best unwanted,
and for reasons which escape me
I endure.

©2003 by icebox

A Romantic Heart
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since 1999-09-03

Posts 5496
Forever In Your Heart

1 posted 2003-12-27 03:36 AM

Very passionate ice...I understand every word....let it be said...so true....

~ARH

Open your eyes, open your mind, open your heart, let me come in and show you love.....~ARH

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

2 posted 2003-12-27 04:07 AM

some, die slowly when their dreams have gone

Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

3 posted 2003-12-27 03:19 PM

Sad words here, icebox, but - oh, damn - there's always a "but" but I can't think of anything appropriate just yet.

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

4 posted 2003-12-27 07:44 PM

icebox

Sometimes when I read your poetry, the only way I can think to respond is to give you a hug. This is one of those times.

BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

5 posted 2003-12-28 04:14 PM

It is sobering
to say the least,

You can say that again!!!

Sometimes there is no escaping our emotions,
and so we write.

Nicely done icebox~

vandana

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since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

6 posted 2003-12-28 04:27 PM

enjoyed

scorpio
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since 2002-10-02

Posts 5178
right...there

7 posted 2003-12-28 07:50 PM

A profoundly sad write Icebox. But expressed with passion and conviction.

believe in what your heart feels...

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

8 posted 2003-12-28 07:59 PM

Profounding sombre. You have poured out a common question so many ask and very eloquently. If poets are prophets -- that would explain it -- not easy to be a prophet.

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.