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Rise To Babylon
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Rise To Babylon |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York 
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Isaiah shouted, The daughter of Zion has been left, putrefied - to the machinery that once inhabited the Mount. Jesus was there, he took his last meal and prayed: Return to my Fathers' table, the breast of my Mother. Return to Babylon. I am that daughter, who knelt by His side when he bled sand, unable to beget blood. Jesus needed a Hell's Angel on his shoulder. John Paul would agree. He cried the day he died. He was lead home by Princess Di. He relinquished all burdens when he took her hand in his own as she lead him to Mother Theresa. I would have cried in joy, myself. Our sons and daughters are sent blind faith by Herod, resurrected. Listen . . . the Serenity Prayer is whispered in restless slumber. Accept the things I cannot change Denial. Courage to change those I can Death. Wisdom to know the difference Nonexistent. There is no Saviour. Not in this generation. Orphans are fed from the gutter and another tank crushes artifact. There is no home for me here. I am a bastard child of the New World. |
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Susan Member Ascendant
since 2004-03-27
Posts 5104walking the surreal |
Wow! This is heavy hitting and power packed - damn. S |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
A powerful powerful write Sue!! Extremely gripping and well done! |
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Ceinwyn Member Elite
since 2000-07-09
Posts 2175VA |
 your words always send me somewhere else...you write with elegance, your pen reaches heaven..I swear..I beyond loved this...  If at first you don't succeed destroy all the evidence that you tried. |
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Juju Member Elite
since 2003-12-29
Posts 3429In your dreams |
This is too good. I feel too that I don't belong in this world. But tis life. -Juju Juju - 1.) a magic charm or fetish 2.)Magic 3.)A taboo connected woth the use of magic |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Oh, dear Sue, the thought you've put in this! Powerful writing! |
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
"Listen . . . the Serenity Prayer is whispered in restless slumber. Accept the things I cannot change Denial. Courage to change those I can Death. Wisdom to know the difference Nonexistent. There is no Saviour. Not in this generation." amazing Sue....  you rock!!!  |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
~sigh~ Saviors are over rated unnecessary extensions of human angst. When humans finally admit we are all ONE, that's when they won't need a savior figure. I know this sounds radical to some, but it's a concept I immerse myself in daily. For me, it works. |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
Thank you so much everyone for listening to my mad ramblings . . . It really makes me smile to see all of the replies.  Kacy? I meant more in that there is really no one to look up to as there had been in the past . . . socially, politically, wherever. I look to no saviour, I am my own saviour. I mean children only learn what has been passed down and that passing down, to me, has been seriously shorthanded in todays' society. It is the ones who refuse to admit we are one that I speak about above. Thanks guys . . . |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Hugs to you. In the longer stretch of time, there will always be periods of emptiness, when no one strong steps up for a while. I have no doubt another strong charismatic leader will someday emerge, and have a ready band of followers just waiting in the wings. (no pun intended) |
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Local Rebel Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-21
Posts 5767Southern Abstentia |
breathtaking... I think you've taken your work in a new direction.  |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn |
Someone is writing awfully well! Your voice looks lovely on you. I've wondered for years now, where they are. The good ones...the innovators. Seems we're left with a surplus of charismatics and charletans. Personally, I think the the human race peaked with a single individual...Leonardo da Vinci And all has been a slow slide since. |
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Greeneyes
since 2000-09-09
Posts 9903In Your Poetic Mind |
Sue you have a powerful voice....this is stunning...agreeing with LR you have taken your work in a new direction.... I am in complete awe! In your light I learn how to love In your beauty how to make poems You dance inside my chest where no one sees you and that sight becomes this art |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
Thank you guys, I am on a beat spree here attempting it anyhow - but see? To me, everything is just so different now and I know the past was by no means magical but at least people were not afraid to stand up for themselves in a sensible manner and be heard. Agreeing with Ed . . . the world changed for me the day Di went home. That was like: Oh, wow . . . and I just could not speak. I could not believe she was taken from us. Probably the same way a lot of you felt when Kennedy (both of them) were sent home. Thanks again for reading me mad ramblings. |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
suzie blooms in the sleeping garden of prohphets the irragation for the thirsty masses |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
excellent littlewinged one |
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JesusChristPose Senior Member
since 2005-06-21
Posts 777Pittsburgh, Pa |
The message was quite evident. The tone was was appropriate. The references were logical. ... and I enjoyed reading it. ~ Who knows... By realizing that one has the power to save one's self, one can then save the others? |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
Sue A most impressive poem, I like it muchly... My mind wanders at it eats down the parfait of stanzas..and wanders back to Babylon, back to Eden. "Jesus was there, he took his last meal and prayed: Return to my Fathers' table, the breast of my Mother. Return to Babylon." Is this possible? When..." *iron claws (are) attached To curbs 'neath holes where babies wail Though it shadows metal badge All and all can only fall With a crashing but meaningless blow No sound ever comes from the Gates of Eden How can you (we) return when no sound emits to follow back to Babylon? "Our sons and daughters are sent blind faith by Herod, resurrected." and ... "*The savage soldier sticks his head in sand And then complains" "There is no Saviour. Not in this generation." *"Relationships of ownership They whisper in the wings To those condemned to act accordingly And wait for succeeding kings And I try to harmonize with songs The lonesome sparrow sings There are no kings inside the Gates of Eden" But you are a "Queen" of letters, proven so here in this poem....and you will fend well, outside the gates of babylon-Eden, because you can hear the voices coming over the wall from within... -----------ice ><> * excerpts "Gates Of Eden" Bob Dylan-1965 |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Let's get together and smash some plaster statues.  For there can be no resurrection without death, eh? (and I confess I put off reading this, because, well, whenever I read you I tend to keep going, and I was working on some "stuff"--giggling now) Much enjoyed this as you seemed to have channneled Kali in this write.  |
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Startime55 Member Elite
since 2003-04-05
Posts 2148Alberta, Canada |
Filled with amazing power that goes right to the soul of the reader...Very well done...*hugs* |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
Wow Suzie...powerful writing. Loved it! and it's a  mxx take bread away from me, if you wish, take air away. but do not take from me your laughter. |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
don't rem if i checked the library box....sorry, my friends call me Dory  mxx  take bread away from me, if you wish, take air away. but do not take from me your laughter. |
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PouringJewels Member
since 2003-09-18
Posts 158Maryland |
Very powerful writing. I see, and will always see good in the end. Goodness and love will always win. |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
you guys are so awesome, thank you so much. I am a hippie at heart, a beatnik in thought and a democrat by choice. So there ya go. Sometimes when a write gets brought back up, geez, I read it and go, OMG - that can be taken out and that can be replaced - but I am lucky to have all of you here, reading. Thank you again, for making me smile in the face of madness. ice? I was singing as I read that up there . . . now I have "Masters of War" on my mind. |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
Sue "Masters of War" indeed a great poem from the past.....sheesh! 1963-And yet, Sadly it applies to this time. I had hoped not to sing it again in my life, at least in applied earnest... After growing up and realizing the futility of war...and its deceptions... "Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the death planes You that build the big bombs You that hide behind walls You that hide behind desks I just want you to know I can see through your masks" Now that song is stuck in my mind....lol But I don't mind, it is a reminder for me to keep up my guard...and that I can always find solace in the natural world...and "Return to my Fathers' table, the breast of my Mother." The second reading of this was better than the first... ------------ice/ford ><> |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
Accept the things I cannot change Denial. Courage to change those I can Death. Wisdom to know the difference Nonexistent. Sue, this was magnificant...going back again for another read... how utterly profound~ |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
very glad for the bounce to the top. Sue, this is pure unadultered poetry. "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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Ceinwyn Member Elite
since 2000-07-09
Posts 2175VA |
May this continue to see the light...you know I'm a sucker for your beautiful words... Much love to you! If at first you don't succeed destroy all the evidence that you tried. |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
Sue?... Just... wow... Your talent amazes me... We really need to finish that duet... or try a different one... I dunno... I miss you... "When the power of love overcomes the love |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
are you guys sniffin' ether? *smile* thank you soo much - by getting some criticism back, it helps me to see where I need to go from here. Vic? yes, a new one . . . |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
Anytime... |
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aujussy wolf
since 2003-08-09
Posts 1215Michigan |
BooM what a impact you have with your words its been to long lwing ...you have so much real emotion , written with a cool edge missed your style l , keep in touch laters ~ wolfy ~ woof woofs |
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Parker Member Elite
since 2000-01-06
Posts 3129ON |
sometimes when I read you, I say I give up, I can't write anymore. Such talent, my muse can't handle it. |
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