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mytuesdaywishes
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since 2003-09-05

Posts 254
a voice from the musicbox

0 posted 2004-03-07 11:16 AM

some will die behind yellow tape
for crossing double yellow lines
some will die on fire escapes
victims of their own design
some will go out with a bang
and the world will come to a halt
and some will go without saying a thing
their silence is always our fault
some will relinquish their hospital beds
to those with pulsing veins
some will return to the war half dead
just to save their friends again
some will die with no memory
of their taking and their giving
but each death will be a tragedy
until we learn to cherish the living.
when we grasp the mortal facts
that we only get one turn
the regrets of the dead will evaporate
will the world end before we learn?

joy has its own justice. and dreams are languid and lawless. and everything bows to beauty, when it's fierce and when it's flawless...

Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla

1 posted 2004-03-07 11:21 AM

mytuesdaywishes
Good question, enjoyed the read.

Grover
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since 2004-01-27

Posts 1967
London, ON, Canada

2 posted 2004-03-07 12:08 PM

A well-presented message! Grover.

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

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Gaia

3 posted 2004-03-07 12:45 PM

I love this Q series, Rachel.
Outstanding write, Q's to ponder.
A keeper for my library.

Dark Angel
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since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

4 posted 2004-03-13 06:58 PM

will the world end before we learn?

quite possibly.

again.. am enjoying your thoughts mtw.

Beauty of the world which is soon to perish has two edges, one of laughter and one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.
(by Virginia Woolf)

C?
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since 2001-12-29

Posts 190

5 posted 2004-03-13 11:57 PM

probably...I loved this thought A LOT.

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

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USA

6 posted 2004-03-14 12:00 PM

Mytuesdaywishes -- What a deep understanding you have of things -- this was an amazing statement and well put. Thanks for your humanity and talent.

Grover
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since 2004-01-27

Posts 1967
London, ON, Canada

7 posted 2004-03-15 03:52 PM

I stopped by for a second read-- excellent! Enjoyed much!

nakdthoughts
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Between the Lines

8 posted 2004-03-15 05:24 PM

well written and enjoyed...

M

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

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Canada eh.

9 posted 2004-03-15 05:28 PM

Very well done...enjoyed the read.
Hugs~

Poetry is not an opinion expressed...
it is a song that rises from a bleeding wound
...or a smiling mouth.

~ Kahlil Gibran

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

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California

10 posted 2006-02-07 11:30 PM

MTW

"but each death will be a tragedy
until we learn to cherish the living."

There is much wisdom in your observations of life.

Artic Wind
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since 2007-09-16

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Realm of Supernatural

11 posted 2007-11-11 12:44 PM

enjoyed

ARCTIC WIND

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