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icebox
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since 2003-05-03

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in the shadows

0 posted 2005-03-31 10:47 PM

Coo-coo cried the morning dove,
awareness struggling to rise,
I pushed away the broken dreams,
and lies,
and forced my tired eyes to clear
knowing
there was no guiding light for me,
no true star upon which I could steer.

My hands still shaking
from dark deeds of night,
there was no refuge
for the likes of me in sight,
no warm hearth
waiting on a distant shore,
no mystic savior would appear.

Purple owls
had hurled me through the door,
my morning rose without a plan
where I had not needed one before;
I knew once again I had to understand
just simply what it was I was living for.

Pale shadows called to me;
in my heart I still knew that I was free
to go in search of shelter anywhere,
and I knew just as well once more
both Heaven and Hell would always wait for me,
and so without another word to say
coo-coo cried the morning dove;
I wrapped my soul in paper left from yesterday,
knowing since I had no choice to play
all I could do was turn and walk away.

©2005 by icebox

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

1 posted 2005-03-31 11:00 PM

icebox...forgive me replying with an old poem of mine

Moon Shadows

where churning is cloistered
prisms spirals down
into silver eyes
through her streets
a glow with sand tinted steep slide
her cold fire reaps
the quiet crackle of somnolence

Paul Wilson

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since 2002-07-07

Posts 4711
United States

2 posted 2005-04-01 12:16 PM

icebox...Totally enjoyed the realness of your words. Loved the line " both Heaven and Hell would always wait for me"
Thanks for sharing...Paul

~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~
Paul

Susan Caldwell
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since 2002-12-27

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Florida

3 posted 2005-04-01 09:01 AM

"I wrapped my soul in paper left from yesterday,
knowing since I had no choice to play
all I could do was turn and walk away"

*kiss*

"too bad ignorance isn't painful"
~Unknown~

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

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Tamarac Fla

4 posted 2005-04-01 09:37 AM

icebox
Does it really matter. A voyage is a voyage.
Excellent write.

Janette

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since 2001-07-20

Posts 2843
Chicagoland for now

5 posted 2005-04-01 10:31 AM

"I knew once again I had to understand
just simply what it was I was living for....

I wrapped my soul in paper left from yesterday,..."

Powerful write!

Greatly enjoyed!

always seeking joy, adventure and romance and wishing you find the same

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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displaced

6 posted 2005-04-01 08:04 PM

gotta agree with Sy here

J.Samm
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since 2004-01-12

Posts 415
Iloilo City, Philippines

7 posted 2005-04-02 08:48 AM

I wrapped my soul in paper left from yesterday,
knowing since I had no choice to play
all I could do was turn and walk away.

well done, icebox...certainly a powerful ending...a heartfelt write

Aenimal
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since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

8 posted 2005-04-02 01:24 PM

what susan said, except a firm manly handshake instead. go bears

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