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Prize Of Memory
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Prize Of Memory |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows 
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I have never understood why scars will choose one day to wake, take the center stage of my awareness and demand a little vigarish to skim the surface from my soul, to leave me raw and open to the eyes of the world. My body carries souvenirs and will shed one on a whim, through the normal span of years each stands alone but fills a place in lines of luminaria on the sidewalks of my soul; an off chance bit of glass or gilding metal keeps the score, or a little black steel splinter deeply aged in blood and memory, keepsakes from battles lost or won, sometimes an old torn muscle, maybe healed decades or more, decides it’s time again I noticed the past can never be undone. I may see it happen or simply feel the startle as it takes my breath away, that is how it was today hard into morning’s hustle I was taken by surprise, perhaps just to remember the stalk and creep, the sweaty cold of silent wait to loose the lance of light, the calculated terror running in the night, or just so I don’t forget in general, to make me realize all the bits and scraps the clips and images the slips of memory’s lights my body chose to save; I am a living scrap book walking cluttered pathways slowly to the grave. ©2006 by icebox |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
"I am a living scrap book walking cluttered pathways slowly to the grave." Oh, dear icebox, aren't we all but look in the corners and you'll find the roses there. |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
A scrapbook that shares its best. Thank you, Mr. C.  jo |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
icebox "an off chance bit of glass or gilding metal keeps the score, or a little black steel splinter deeply aged in blood and memory, keepsakes from battles lost or won, sometimes an old torn muscle, maybe healed decades or more, decides it’s time again I noticed the past can never be undone." That's gotta hurt! |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Whatever trauma can surface all of a sudden again, that's true. You say it with your usual mastery, dear icebox. And yes we are all together on this same Path, no exception. Sometimes we stop to consider what has been, but then the Now asks again for our attention, because we have still so much to do and to give. You share your wisdom and we are so grateful for this. Love, Margherita  |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
um...oh yeah! sometimes a smile, sometimes a wince--but from the first time I ever read you, I just knew you were one of those guys who could tell stories for a decade without ever repeating himself. That is, if you were inclined to let yourself "go there." Hugs m'love--from a fellow time traveler. |
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Bodger Senior Member
since 2005-06-12
Posts 1260Tolerance for a short time |
You are superb Dave |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
WOW! "a living scrapbook" one filled with superb images. always a magnificent write from you icey  i's doin the library thang  m xx 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 |
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Kaoru
since 2003-06-07
Posts 3892where the wild flowers grow |
amazing....... |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
OhIceBox~ 'I may see it happen or simply feel the startle as it takes my breath away, that is how it was today' Yes ... I've felt that 'startle' ... the sudden recognition of a memory that seeped out of the crevice where I 'thought' I had carefully hidden them~ I felt this one deeply~ *Huglets* ~*Marge*~ ~*No matter what I search for ... let me know when it is LOVE that I find*~ <))>< Email - noles1@totcon.com |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
AH, but sir, you have LIVED a life while most of us seem to be just passing through....What stories you could tell..if you but would desire...with deep respect, martyjo |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
"I am a living scrap book walking cluttered pathways slowly to the grave" the words you paint together with your pen are always amazing.  "too bad ignorance isn't painful" ~Unknown~ |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
You guys are all great! Thank you. |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Dang those critters! One can pop up again when you least expect it! No matter how deep you bury them, they scratch their way back up to the surface! They can blind-side you without a moment's notice ~ and at the most inopportune time! Perhaps we should carry a rose quartz crystal! That might keep them at bay! We'd be feeling so much love and peace that we'd pay them no mind!  You are such a wonderful writer, Dear Box of Ice! Linda |
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