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icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

0 posted 2004-05-30 01:02 AM

It is cold here
in an endless night,
easy to forget
a jungle is a desert with too much rain,
lonely now
with too much awareness
from the inner sight of memory,
too little pain
for all that happened,
it could be said it should hurt more
to be dead so far from home;
fear too is cold,
and in passing from the need for life
I thought we would leave the fear,
the crushing weight of knowing
we weren't leaving here in any way that could be understood;
quiet now,
not like the endless tearing moments of fire and steel,
I remember
how what I thought was real became a child's dream;
running,
thinking I could hide anywhere inside this shadowed valley
where we died as we were busy killing for no reason,
at least none that has survived;
we are waiting,
each with our own separate agenda,
some around me I have recognized across what must be years
since the jungle has returned,
and there are trees where I once stood
on blasted ruined ground
mixed out of ashes,
mud,
debris and blood,
the memory of fire
licks without heat
upon this waking dream through which I pass
waiting for the understanding that may finally take me out of here;
cold,
so very cold,
the sun's heat passes through me without stopping.
I believe
one day I will be leaving this place of green horror
forgotten honor fertilized with death,
where nothing was resolved,
nothing lasting was attained,
where our blood slowly has washed away
every time it rained.

©2004 by icebox

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

1 posted 2004-05-30 01:08 AM

Nice writing...James

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

2 posted 2004-05-30 01:11 AM

seems that way, huh?

sad write, but reality is often sad

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

3 posted 2004-05-30 01:12 AM

Wow. Excellent expression of the futility of war without compelling purpose. Very sad too.

Susan

The whole of the Universe resides within each individual heart.

BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

4 posted 2004-05-30 01:16 AM

There is so much truth in your words, and the reality of them all.
There are many ways to interpret this,
and the reasons we cry tears in the end.

Sadly, icebox~

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

5 posted 2004-05-30 02:12 AM

There is no comment I could add here that is sufficient to convey the way this reaches the very heart. I have to believe that there is a way, though. I hold on to the hope that the strong uplifting of what is love beyond our knowing out of what is chaos will someday come. Thanks for making us think. ....jo

Kaoru

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since 2003-06-07

Posts 3892
where the wild flowers grow

6 posted 2004-05-30 03:15 AM

"a jungle is a desert with too much rain"

This line grasped me, originally. Although it is only one small part of a bigger picture, it's a really great line.

"I believe
one day I will be leaving this place of green horror
forgotten honor fertilized with death,
where nothing was resolved,
nothing lasting was attained,
where our blood slowly has washed away
every time it rained."

You write in ways that people can SEE, and FEEL. I love that.

MGROVES

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since 2004-02-01

Posts 3802
california

7 posted 2004-05-30 03:25 AM

dont really know what to say, your a very wise man, with words of wisdom always, i always enjoy stopping here for knowledge thanks

vandana

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since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

8 posted 2004-05-30 12:42 PM

nice

Martie

Moderator

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

9 posted 2004-05-30 01:51 PM

icebox

I am still just a traveler
trying to find a home,
yet, knowing that I carry it around
and sometimes
it is just too damn heavy!

Bonnie j
Senior Member

since 2003-06-27

Posts 1588
Ohio

10 posted 2004-05-30 01:54 PM

War so sad and unending in some.
BonBon

Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

11 posted 2004-05-31 12:42 PM

Wow!

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

Michelle_loves_Mike

Senior Member

since 2003-12-20

Posts 1189
Pennsylvania

12 posted 2004-05-31 09:50 AM

Having never served in the military and being put in such a situation, I have nothing to base the feelings this work brings out. You get across exactly how it was, well, as close as you can. Not too many people realize how lonely and scared our people get away from home..brave, yes, human,,,,,very

Michelle

I wish all could find the true happiness I have found,,in the eyes of Mike

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