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Giving In |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California 
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GIVING IN Forgive me Father, For I know just what I do; Lying down beside her, Knowing her love isn't true. But sometimes it seems nothing Will ever fill this empty space. Rather than face it alone, I'll accept my fall from grace. Shadows of gray creep closer, As the years, they hasten by. I would I was the child Staring through this old man's eye. The endless ache of austerity, More than I could stand within. Sincerity, a ball and chain, My love, a charge of sin. With sightless eyes watching her Whisper another, "I love you." Deception, ah, the only love I've ever found to be true... Cuts at the cold and blackness, My eyes watering at the touch. Maybe even for a moment believing She needs me just as much. This road I'm on I recognize, God, I've seen these signs before. Even knowing there's nothing left to give, I'll give a little more. Till once again she's gone and darkness Silences my brittle brain, I'll keep her smile for a while, And smile back through the pain. Raising that chalice to my lips, Giving the toast to sin. A sacrificial, useless pawn, A game I cannot win. Between sanity and sanctity Your law's chiseled in stone. Please forgive me Father, I can't take another night alone. ------------------ Michael Anderson Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream? [This message has been edited by Michael (edited 10-25-1999).] |
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JennyLee Senior Member
since 1999-09-01
Posts 1461Northwestern, NJ. |
ahhhh,the last lines tear at my soul. Another haunting piece from you. Excellent. Jenny |
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Watcher666 Senior Member
since 1999-10-13
Posts 1606 |
Hauntinly beautiful,despair and yearning felt deeply in this one.Loved it. ------------------ Illusion...what we see and what we do...it's all up to you. |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Great one Michael! Lot of emotion in this one! Described it well! |
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DreamEvil Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 2396 |
Again my friend you have echoed my own thoughts in your work. Hail and well met indeed. ------------------ Now and forever, my heart hears ~one voice~. DreamEvil© |
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Marilyn Member Elite
since 1999-09-26
Posts 2621Ontario, Canada |
This is my first visit to Dark Passions. I choose to read you first and I am glad that I did. You echo my soul in this. You have brought tears to these eyes of mine. Just to be held, that is my wish at times. Truely emotion I do not know anymore. Thankyou for sharing this Michael. |
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Colin Senior Member
since 1999-06-05
Posts 596Callington, Cornwall, England |
oooh OUCH, powerful stuff here Michael, but then I have come to expect that from you. Good poem indeed! ------------------ I believe in fairy tales but then I'm just a silly romantic, what do I know? |
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Systematic Decay Senior Member
since 1999-09-15
Posts 1301That place with padded walls and funny people in white......... |
Well, the last lines kinda stab me right in the heart, even having not experienced this. Good work indeed. ------------------ "Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage." -Billy Corgan- |
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Michael
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Thank you everyone, this is actually an oldie but was a personal favorite of mine. ------------------ Michael Anderson Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream? |
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D.B. Whyte Member
since 1999-10-27
Posts 94Crest Hill, IL, USA |
I'm late to the party on this one, but I couldn't get past the opening stanza the first time I picked this up. This one's for all those nights of nothing seeking something for me....the guilt and shame and lies and lust, all piled in a station wagon on the well- paved road to hell. Can't get enough of your inner beauty, Michael. Thank you sincerely. D.B./slomovingvehicle |
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Munda Member Elite
since 1999-10-08
Posts 3544The Hague, The Netherlands |
Great poem Micheal.I think I'm going to like it here in Dark Passions. |
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For_Never Member
since 1999-10-27
Posts 125Cincinnati, oh, United States of America |
Wonderful art Michael, especially the final stanza, I love the archaic symbolism. Well done indeed. Edward A. Beerman "Where Darkness and Light overlap begins the vast recesses of the human soul" [This message has been edited by For_Never (edited 10-29-1999).] |
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