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icebox
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since 2003-05-03

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in the shadows

0 posted 2004-05-13 12:07 PM

bitter water tears
memories of a painful time
taste is better numb

©2004 by icebox

MGROVES

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california

1 posted 2004-05-13 01:33 AM

short and sweet, alot said there. thanks

passing shadows
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displaced

2 posted 2004-05-13 02:17 AM

yes it is

Kaoru

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since 2003-06-07

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where the wild flowers grow

3 posted 2004-05-13 03:21 AM

and here I thought I'd be breathing all night...

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

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USA

4 posted 2004-05-13 03:23 AM

You can say that again! (And I would read it again!)

muted

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Elapsing, Eclipsing, Evolving

5 posted 2004-05-13 04:09 AM

i agree

Honeybunch
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South Africa

6 posted 2004-05-13 04:10 AM

icebox, Yes but no. If one is numb how can one love? The bitter taste of past mistakes and past bad times must always be the springboard towards a better life and a better point of view. If we forget then I think we lay ourselves open for repetition and more wishes of "if only". But I may be reading this incorrectly.

wranx
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Moved from a shack to a barn

7 posted 2004-05-13 10:51 AM

I believe that you, like me, savor the numbness left by bitter.

Earth Angel
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Realms of Light

8 posted 2004-05-13 10:54 AM

Sad, but at times, so true.

EA

JL
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since 2004-04-01

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Texas, USA

9 posted 2004-05-13 02:07 PM

I agree.
When ever my grandfather would hear someone say I wish I had this or I wish I had that, he would always say: “Boy… wish in one hand and spit in the other, and see which hand fills up first!”  Of course he used other expletives along with spit; ones I can’t mention here.

Great insight here.  Good one.
JL

She said: ”You look cute in the dark.”

Martie

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10 posted 2004-05-13 02:19 PM

icebox

I know wishing doesn't change things or make them happen, but for some reason, I do it any way. I know my mother taught me on four leaf clovers when I was a child.

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

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Canada eh.

11 posted 2004-05-13 04:54 PM

Very true and much enjoyed!
Hugs~

~ Trace my body with your words,
in doing so, you touch my heart ~

icebox
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in the shadows

12 posted 2004-05-13 05:34 PM

Thank you all for you time and for your comments. I appreciate them all.

Helen, you are always a guiding light!

Ratleader

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13 posted 2004-05-13 09:07 PM

It does, if you wish actively....

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pictureme
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since 2003-11-28

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Ohio, USA

14 posted 2004-05-13 10:09 PM

icebox,
I think you haiku'd....perfectly!
I respect anyone who can do this form
and message it as you did....so much
in so little! great write!
pictureme :-)

Susan Caldwell
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since 2002-12-27

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Florida

15 posted 2004-05-18 04:02 PM

Sometimes it's so bitter you can taste it before it arrives..

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

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