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icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

0 posted 2004-05-09 12:13 PM

I always admire the sun's passion
for a new dawn,
for a new day.
I marvel at its ability
to cast away the terrors,
joys,
fears,
sundown's delight,
the tawdry haunting cravings of the night,
without holding back.

I don't think it's right that I am stuck here
with all these memories,
when my life has been so easily forgotten
by the lovers I have had.

Don't misunderstand me now
I don't keep score,
or scrap books,
and if sentiment is an art form
I was born to be a troglodyte;
it just isn't right
that I continue living
to carry all the details,
all the moments shared,
the brilliant cosmic streams of ecstasies,
the gleaming sheen of hatred's frozen shell
and all that fell between.

I have never wanted to be remembered
when I'm dead;
fame is exactly what it seems,
it is for the children
who still are stocking shelves
in empty heads believing there are ways
to cheat the endless famine of mortality.

I could always see;
the point in life
within its linear reality
is so so very brief,
but it doesn't end with grief
in the collapse of the organic bubble
that only serves as temporary warehouse
for the soul,
where each day is lived
and gone so briefly,
always followed by another dawn,
by another day,
each fits in between the ticking
of a great celestial clock.

I worry
about the shock those lovers from the past
will have when it comes;
for at the dying time,
the memories are reborn.

©2004 by icebox

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

1 posted 2004-05-09 02:01 AM

I understand

but maybe if your life is forgotten so easily, it was never really truly known in the first place?

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

2 posted 2004-05-09 02:56 AM

totally blown away, here.

my god, this, this? I just started highlighting and couldn't stop--

"I don't think it's right that I am stuck here
with all these memories,
when my life has been so easily forgotten
by the lovers I have had.

Don't misunderstand me now
I don't keep score,
or scrap books,
and if sentiment is an art form
I was born to be a troglodyte;
it just isn't right
that I continue living
to carry all the details,
all the moments shared,
the brilliant cosmic streams of ecstasies,
the gleaming sheen of hatred's frozen shell
and all that fell between.

I have never wanted to be remembered
when I'm dead;
fame is exactly what it seems,
it is for the children
who still are stocking shelves
in empty heads believing there are ways
to cheat the endless famine of mortality."

Can I just hug you?

oh man...........

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

3 posted 2004-05-09 03:00 AM

"I worry
about the shock those lovers from the past
will have when it comes;
for at the dying time,
the memories are reborn."

You have captured my mind again, Icebox!

Kaoru

Member Elite

since 2003-06-07

Posts 3892
where the wild flowers grow

4 posted 2004-05-09 05:02 AM

I'm with the Serenity on this one, I'd copy and paste but I'd just repost the whole damn thing.

I'd like to hug you, too.

icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

5 posted 2004-05-09 08:40 AM

You guys are very kind. Thank you.

Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

6 posted 2004-05-09 04:42 PM

Whoaaa, fantastic ice.

it's a keeper.

Maree

The clouds never expect it when it rains, but the sea, changes colours, but the sea, does not change.
~Stevie Nicks~

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

7 posted 2004-05-18 04:01 PM

"I always admire the sun's passion
for a new dawn,
for a new day.
I marvel at its ability
to cast away the terrors,
joys,
fears,
sundown's delight,
the tawdry haunting cravings of the night,
without holding back."

Wow! The entire piece was a mind blower..but those were my favorite lines.

And as for me? I haven't forgotten a single lover..not even the one that is not of this world any longer...

"cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind"
~Sarah McLachlan~

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

8 posted 2004-05-18 04:14 PM

WOW!!! Just WOW!
Hugs to you sir.

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
Dancing with you in the summer rain~

MGROVES

Member Elite

since 2004-02-01

Posts 3802
california

9 posted 2004-05-19 12:21 PM

i'll never forget you. your words of wisdom give strength and growth. i also got a hug for you

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