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icebox
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

0 posted 2004-07-02 12:07 PM

There is an edge to darkness I find endearing,
I can walk along any spiritual lane
or thought path,
as well as most real thoroughfares
without fearing others' terrors lurking
in the shadows of the rain;
I hold beliefs justified only to me,
on my own awareness,
without regard for the quirky whims of popular correctness
or political popularity;
often I am considered rude
or crude,
or even lewd
by the momentary terms of accepted social firmament;
just as
no thought exists in Athapaskan to form a word
for wheel,
I have no feeling for the use of
"should "
applied to life.
I try not to impose on those
who hold to their very own rose colored view,
and I've grown comfortable
having found so few who share beliefs I hold,
but I wonder sometimes
if in some future life
I will regress
to seeking validation from others.

©2004 by icebox

Aenimal
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

1 posted 2004-07-02 12:14 PM

I will regress
to seeking validation from others.

can't see it happening

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

2 posted 2004-07-02 12:53 PM

you? never! nope.

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

3 posted 2004-07-02 01:15 PM

icebox

"I hold beliefs justified only to me,"

We all should!

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

4 posted 2004-07-02 01:26 PM

I am right behind Martie with that thought, as being true to yourself should be foremost in a person's mind. Your poetry actually makes me slow down, think, and absorb (slowing me down is not an easy task!" Excellent write.

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

5 posted 2004-07-02 06:34 PM

"I try not to impose on those
who hold to their very own rose colored view,
and I've grown comfortable
having found so few who share beliefs I hold,
but I wonder sometimes
if in some future life
I will regress
to seeking validation from others."

Then why am I posting here? I guess because this isn't what it seems.

"just as
no thought exists in Athapaskan to form a word
for wheel,
I have no feeling for the use of
"should ""

Very much enjoyed the analogy here -- but don't believe that either, sorry. Very much enjoyed reading you again, my friend. And perhaps, my comments are not what they seem, either.

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

6 posted 2004-07-02 08:16 PM

Such truth in your reflection.  A very
thought provoking write,  one taking the
mind to pondering...  you have the touch.

James_A_Fraser
Senior Member

since 2003-09-03

Posts 972
Out Making Anticlines

7 posted 2004-07-02 10:10 PM

Alienation is actually fun when we get right down to it, eh? It frees us in so many ways!

~~J

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

8 posted 2004-08-15 12:40 PM

nodding...all of this and more. Sometimes I think so hard I make quirky silent faces only to catch people staring and then I have a good hearty laugh out loud too.

(What the hell? I wuz already crazy in their eyes anyhoo...)

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