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Ethan Halo Senior Member
since 2000-04-28
Posts 793on the roof again 
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i haven't written anything in two years...i've been a little dead. [poetically speaking] so here's goes nothing. _________________ *instead (ten times a day)* i sit alone in the dark instead reading books i've already read re-learning lessons i've already learned smudging the pages i've already turned i sit alone in the dark instead of facing a world long since dead to me. nothing left to give, nothing to get; why bother to live? alone in the dark ten times a day in search of my heart while the clock chimes away. i write in the dark, ten rhymes away; just shy of greatness... or peace of mind anyway. over and over i sit alone in the dark do it over again ten times a day. i sit alone in the dark instead and watch tomorrow bury its ugly head i count up all the reasons why i should get up off my ass and try, but i sit alone in the dark instead spitting up the life that i've been fed. i'm dead to you, but my heart still bleeds... so i know it's still there; i know it still needs. alone in the dark ten times a day in search of my heart while the clock chimes away. i write in the dark, ten rhymes away; just shy of greatness... or peace of mind anyway. over and over i sit alone in the dark do it over again ten times a day. i sit alone in the dark instead gazing at the storm clouds' stead the thunder echoes through my heart and we yearn to freefall through the dark. i sit alone in the dark instead ten times a day, just to do it again. nobody's future lies in the dark so i lie to myself, and i lie in the dark. 'cause you still look at me ten times a day and i still have no answer... still ten rhymes away do it over again it's not that the future is near or far... |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Ethan! It's really good to see you....I've been wondering how you are. A painful poem, but a poem none the less....filled with emotion, emotion that helps you explain the place you are in. Many have felt that darkness and can relate...I know I have. Keep on writing!  |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Hi, there, don't think I've read you before. I'll have to plow through the archives now because this poem has peeked my interest. This write is kind of sad...I know these feelings and you have gotten them across in a unique way. .......jo |
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Ethan Halo Senior Member
since 2000-04-28
Posts 793on the roof again |
thank you martie, nice to see a lot of the familiar faces are still hanging around. and iliana, i'm too proud of the stuff i wrote before. :-P but i guess no poet is... i also penned a few under the name MidnightSon if you really do go looking. ty both of you for the comments. it's not that the future is near or far... |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Well -- your pencil's still good and sharp! I'll look forward to more. ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I'll give you ten times a day for another ten years to have you write to me at least ten lines why you haven't been writing for awhile.  It's so good to see your name again... |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
i sit alone in the dark instead reading books i've already read re-learning lessons i've already learned smudging the pages i've already turned ~~~~~~~~~ but i sit alone in the dark instead spitting up the life that i've been fed. i'm dead to you, but my heart still bleeds... so i know it's still there; i know it still needs. ===================== ahhh...I do so love your rock and roll rhymes... me thinks Rob Thomas should be singing this one.  i write in the dark, ten rhymes away; just shy of greatness... or peace of mind anyway. yeppers... aint that the truth a poet understands... hey you!!  ... whats up groovy guy...always a smile on my face when I see your name around here. Hows the waves treating ya Ethan babers? |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
Ethan, it comes when it's ready... but sometimes reading other people's poetry helps I understand about the lapse, I've had quite a few myself  good to see you here |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
"i write in the dark, ten rhymes away; just shy of greatness... or peace of mind anyway." "i sit alone in the dark instead gazing at the storm clouds' stead the thunder echoes through my heart and we yearn to freefall through the dark." this is fantastic! |
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devina Member Elite
since 1999-10-28
Posts 3539Cali |
Sounds like your posting is still better than mine these days! *wink* Missed you dear and trying to peek in more often...I've been bad. sighs. Hope all is well on your end...me? Busy incubating baby number two! will keep you posted! Open arms can be the most fragile in the world... |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
You say "here goes nothing" and I say ... "What, are ya nuts man?" That was an awesome read and I am smiling big in seeing your name here. Been way too long but worth the wait if I have to measure it in ten times the value. Now let's see what else your pen has in it. Loved the read and smiled huge in just seeing your name. |
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