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icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

0 posted 2005-05-07 05:46 AM

There still is time left,
a little time for me,
to walk the tidal edge
with just the Mother ocean
in my life,
and the serpentine detritus
that runs along
beside us both,
provoking imagery
like tea leaves
reflecting errors and mistakes
as easily as successes
and brief moments of private victories;
I count you among none of these,
for that
would assume love’s intent
in an adult life,
that by my own decision
required inordinate control,
living with precision,
the statics of holding threads
and lifelines
unseen by most,
keeping rage
and happiness
beneath my tongue,
shared with no one
save this endless surf.

It is cold tonight,
unseasonably,
hard on a body
too long ignored,
too oft abused,
a body scarred with an ache
too old and dried to raise a tear,
borrowed
by a soul too used to be alone
tonight,
yet
the call of primal force
brought me here,
a dark moonless night,
with needle rain
and steady wind
pushing me
along the water’s edge
where just the smell alone
cuts through the pain of walking,
where the steady crash and hiss
drowns the sound of talking,
quietly,
to this source of all the planet’s life.

I’ll be back in bed before dawn’s light,
before any other’s are awake
to stake their daily claims
upon my flesh;
like you,
they’ll never know
the nights my soul
must go alone
and walk the earth,
to find a moment’s peace.

©2005 by icebox

A Romantic Heart
Member Ascendant

since 1999-09-03

Posts 5496
Forever In Your Heart

1 posted 2005-05-07 07:08 AM

I really liked this ice!

Loved the last line~

~ARH

"Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments; love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to

ice
Member Elite

since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

2 posted 2005-05-07 07:10 AM

I-box
Oh, man can I ever relate to this poem, it made the hairs on the back of my neck rise.....

Gave me a chill....
Though I enjoyed reading it...

----------ice
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MGROVES

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since 2004-02-01

Posts 3802
california

3 posted 2005-05-07 07:50 AM

this is awesome~
this is deeply felt~

My spirit will rise
above the sea~
There will be no drowning
of my soul or me~

Gentle Spirit
Member Patricius

since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

4 posted 2005-05-07 08:04 AM

they’ll never know
the nights my soul
must go alone
and walk the earth,
to find a moment’s peace.

I search for those precious moments
of peace also Icebox, they are what drives
me on. Enjoyed your words.

I really want to care,
I want to feel something,
let me dig a little deeper
nah, still nothing~
my give a DAMN is busted. Jodee

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

5 posted 2005-05-07 08:12 AM

icebox
Excellent write, you pull the pluge at night
but put it back in the morning.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

6 posted 2005-05-07 08:47 AM

you'll be back in bed long before me

Martie

Moderator

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

7 posted 2005-05-07 11:23 AM

icebox

I wish you peace within your nights! This poem ached.

Startime55
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since 2003-04-05

Posts 2148
Alberta, Canada

8 posted 2005-05-07 11:43 AM

BRAVO!!! BRAVO!!! Reminds me of the nights I walk the cliffs waiting for the storm that would break upon me and wash away the pains within my heart...Absolutely Stunning...I love it... Thank you so much for bringing this image to life...

Aenimal
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since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

9 posted 2005-05-07 04:11 PM

simply excellent sir

Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

10 posted 2005-05-15 06:59 PM

WOW, sighhhh....absolutely stunning.

I'm in awe.

click. into my library.

Mxx

"we all have wings, but some of us don't know why"

Michael Hutchence (INXS)

Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

11 posted 2005-05-15 07:24 PM

Eloquent, meaningful, touching,
well... simply exquisite!
And this does touch very deeply
Take care, poet friend
keep walking
Liz

Local Rebel
Member Ascendant

since 1999-12-21

Posts 5767
Southern Abstentia

12 posted 2005-05-15 07:41 PM

and every Shylock lusting for his pound of flesh bleeds too when pricked...

a hundred million cast away
looking for a home -- Sting..

you write it well Ice man...

adagio
Member

since 2005-03-19

Posts 449
Marrero, La.

13 posted 2005-05-15 07:43 PM

Well, I too am in awe! A jewel of a poem, and I mean it sincerly. Please keep this talent flowing!
adagio

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