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icebox
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since 2003-05-03

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in the shadows

0 posted 2005-12-31 01:31 AM

So often I am chased throughout my waking days,
by my pets
and my commitments,
in so many ways demanding
that I spin their worlds this way or that,
and then when I am sleeping
I seldom rest from watching
over memories I need to keep in check.

I can forget the quiet times,
the in betweens
when I’m alone,
but not tonight,
tonight
I will salute the year that brought more pain than joy,
not that I keep counting either,
for life’s not a game to score,
it is simply an adventure where I’ve been blessed with more.

©2005 by icebox

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

1 posted 2005-12-31 01:49 AM

Thanks for sharing this window into your thoughts. It was a year we should not forget. I hope your load is lighter next year. *hugs*

littlewing
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since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

2 posted 2005-12-31 02:36 AM

icey?

then when I am sleeping
I seldom rest from watching
over memories I need to keep in check.

I will salute the year that brought more pain than joy

*nodding*

Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

3 posted 2005-12-31 03:00 AM

Blessings do sometimes come in disguise and the trick is to recognize them. May 2006 be a happy and meaningful year for you.

Helen

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

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California

4 posted 2005-12-31 11:47 AM

"but not tonight,
tonight
I will salute the year that brought more pain than joy,
not that I keep counting either,
for life’s not a game to score,
it is simply an adventure where I’ve been blessed with more."

Hoping the "more" to come is filled with more joy than pain...even if you don't keep score. Happy New Year!

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

5 posted 2005-12-31 12:31 PM

You are not alone in this being the year of more pain than joy or gain that is for sure. Let's all go to bed early and hope to wake up to a bright new future and year. Nice writing Ford. Happy New Year to you too.

Carpe' Diem

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

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Canada eh.

6 posted 2005-12-31 12:47 PM

"I will salute the year that brought more pain than joy,
not that I keep counting either,
for life’s not a game to score,
it is simply an adventure where I’ve been blessed with more."

I couldn't agree more..
it has to be a happier new year.
Heart hugs~Nancy

In the midst of winter,
I found there lives within me..
An invincible summer.

aujussy wolf

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since 2003-08-09

Posts 1215
Michigan

7 posted 2005-12-31 01:06 PM

for life’s not a game to score,
it is simply an adventure where I’ve been blessed with more.

~ice , thats the ticket ,great read
it put me in an even better mood today , so happy to read your writes ...good stuff sir : )
~J Wolf

scorpio
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since 2002-10-02

Posts 5178
right...there

8 posted 2005-12-31 01:24 PM

And may the new year continue to bless you. Happy New Year!!

believe in what your heart feels...

OwlSA
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since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

9 posted 2005-12-31 04:05 PM

Love your poem and admire your spirit - as would Rabbie Burns (to both). Sorry you had so much pain, but glad that you have your pets to love you. What would any of us do without our pets? They love us with such a shining love and never let us down. Mine are the light of my life and without them I would have been in a curly-jacket long ago!

- Owl

OwlSA
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since 2005-11-07

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Durban, South Africa

10 posted 2005-12-31 04:09 PM

Oh me gosh! Forgot to click on Library. I'd love to know what pets you have.

- Owl

latearrival
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since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

11 posted 2005-12-31 05:27 PM

And one day this year that seemd so hard, as indeed it was, will grow sweeter in our memories, like all those really hard years we lived through and now think of as "the good old days" Best to you ice box,I so enjoy your mind, martyjo

Paul Wilson

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since 2002-07-07

Posts 4711
United States

12 posted 2005-12-31 05:35 PM

icebox...I am with you on many of your thoughts revealed throughout this poem.

I only hope I get stronger because of the hard times I have faced this year.

Thank you...Paul

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

[This message has been edited by Paul Wilson (12-31-2005 06:07 PM).]

Dark Angel
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since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

13 posted 2005-12-31 05:40 PM

"it is simply an adventure where I’ve been blessed with more."

and i wish you more and more.

Happy New Year!

how i would love you, love you as no one ever did! Die and still, love you more. And still love you more..and more
~Neruda~

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

14 posted 2005-12-31 11:55 PM

and may you have a million more adventures

HopeS
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Perth Western Australia

15 posted 2006-01-01 01:53 AM

Auld Lang Syne meaning .. time gone by , so I hope for you a better year ahead

Hope

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