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Krawdad
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since 2001-01-03

Posts 2597

0 posted 2004-01-28 07:46 PM

               I have spent two weeks
               luxuriating in the waste
               of letting evening ideas
               fail
               so they gain no bits of ink

               It is always at the latest
               hour
               the last chance
               to carve the stone of a dying day

               so many deaths
               so many choices
               to leave a trail even of dust
               or tracks where one has been

               Ah, but to listen
               to grand ideas and noises
               in the head
               then to let them flee
               and not tie them down

               One is supposed
               to tie them down
               Isn't that what
               you have been telling me?

               I have ignored them

               I have let them go

               Now, here I sit
               watching the ink appear
               again
               as though it were a potion
               to release the guilt

               And maybe I will sleep
               through this night
               alone

                    ©  012804

Richy
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

1 posted 2004-01-28 08:07 PM

Glad you tied this one down Krawdad.

It was well worth the string...

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

2 posted 2004-01-28 08:32 PM

Krawdad

I sure understand this...both the desire to tie it down and the need to leave it alone. Good to see this one and the thought that went into it.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2004-01-29 02:12 AM

some are not meant to be captured

Snow

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since 2000-10-16

Posts 1170
desert flower looking for rain

4 posted 2004-01-29 02:23 AM

i'm sure this will speak
to many... but i like that
i was able to see it two
different ways..could be the
mood i'm in..

snow

"...why does my skeleton pursue me
if my soul has fallen away?"
~p.neruda

1slick_lady
Member Ascendant

since 2000-12-22

Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

5 posted 2004-01-29 07:59 AM

you inspire me....ty
His Poetry

thoughts light
your path
at night
leaning softly
into linger
remember
there is truly
a fire within
started from
the stirring
of glowing embers
and if your pen
does not
touch the page
still
you write
for words inked
across a heart
is poetry
out of sight

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

6 posted 2004-01-29 09:05 AM

               "Now, here I sit
               watching the ink appear
               again
               as though it were a potion
               to release the guilt

               And maybe I will sleep
               through this night
               alone"

Excellent write Kraw...
and I loved Helen's reply as well.
Hugs~

~ Is that love I see in your eyes...
or merely a reflection of mine? ~

Krawdad
Member Elite

since 2001-01-03

Posts 2597

7 posted 2004-01-29 09:51 AM

Thank you all for your replies, and

Helen . . .
You are a dear soul. Have I ever told you that? *smoooch*
And you wrap a poem like a warm blanket!

e

wordwizard
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since 2003-09-08

Posts 483
on the way to next world

8 posted 2004-01-29 09:39 PM

So you know how it feels to catch those fleeting moments and pin down those thoughts during the wee hours...keep the thoughts flowing..

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

9 posted 2004-01-29 10:15 PM

(sigh) This is such a difficult thought to cope with, sweet friend, maybe capture them but let them suspend is a good idea, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet friend, thank you for sharing!

May love and ligh always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"You'll find something that's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around and come back home" MB20

Kazm
Member

since 2003-11-13

Posts 99

10 posted 2004-02-12 03:04 PM

I go looking for what is real. I find it on the third try, and it is this poem.

Kaz

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