Echoes From The Hollow Wellspring Of The Soul

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icebox
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since 2003-05-03

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in the shadows

0 posted 2004-01-18 01:49 PM

Would it startle you
to hear me say death
has been my most constant
and reliable companion?

I don't believe
I ever wished a life this way.
Yet on this cold wet Winter's day,
looking out
upon a grim and glittery venue,
I could have felt alone,
just me,
some coffee,
and a phone that never rings
to bring within awareness
the soft voice of a friend;
I am at home,
my spirit's warm and comfortable
inside its icy shell.

It seems I am
genetically designed for comfort
in a frozen Hell,
and I'm quite simply fortunate
to realize what I am.

©2004 by icebox

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

1 posted 2004-01-18 01:55 PM

You have carved this in an excellent way ... I would love to interprete "death" in this poem as the Wellspring of the soul, as you say in the title.
... then the sadness is mitigated.
Love and hugs, melt the ice.
Margherita

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

2 posted 2004-01-18 02:04 PM

icebox
Well done, but put it in the deep freeze for now. You still have things to do.

stevebrklynnyc
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since 2004-01-04

Posts 292
GA, Camden

3 posted 2004-01-18 02:13 PM

Is death sort of like being married to someone you hate? Just kidding, even though I am new at this, I thought it was pretty good!

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

4 posted 2004-01-18 02:18 PM

Iceman, this really touched my heart.
I actually don't know what to say, for real!!
That's unusual for me to be speechless. LOL

Heart hugs to you, Sir Poet

Ethel

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since 2003-01-23

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Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass

5 posted 2004-01-18 02:27 PM

My friend, I don't think there's any revelation about you that would startle me....at a certain level, startle is a nondescriptor.

This poem rings in me, at a bunch of levels -- thank you for it.

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Martie

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since 1999-09-21

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6 posted 2004-01-18 02:41 PM

icebox

"I am at home,
my spirit's warm and comfortable"

From your words here I feel the cold all around you and the seeming lonliness, but the feel of the poem comes from the above lines that are anything but cold. To be able to feel this way is a sign of great wealth of spirit and is very warming.

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

7 posted 2004-01-18 02:41 PM

Some wise person told me that aging is a process of giving things up. This poem reminded me of that. Although it may have seemed sad to some, I did not view it quite like that. You have stated the place where you are or where you imagined, eloquently, as always. ........hugs

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

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Listening to every heart

8 posted 2004-01-18 03:02 PM

Intelligent echoes, these...

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

9 posted 2004-01-18 03:18 PM

"Would it startle you
to hear me say death
has been my most constant
and reliable companion? "

Wouldn't surprise me one bit sir.
Yet..you are a warm and caring spirit.
And..if I had your number, your phone would be ringing.
Excellent write as always.
Hugs~

In the midst of winter..
I found there lives within me,
an invincible summer.

Cpat Hair

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since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

10 posted 2004-01-19 09:19 AM

frozen hells.. can be so comfortable at times...

enjoyed this sir.

Susan Caldwell
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since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

11 posted 2004-01-20 01:05 PM

"It seems I am
genetically designed for comfort
in a frozen Hell"

Genetically designed? I doubt it..you write words that burn knowledge, truth and passion..that's enough to melt hell itself..

"sit on top of the world and tell me how you feel...'cause what you feel is what I feel for you.."
~Dido~

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

12 posted 2004-01-20 01:08 PM

funny how one gets comfortable with things

I know

Gentle Spirit
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since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

13 posted 2004-01-20 01:19 PM

these words of yours echo in my thoughts...
very well done.

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