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StevenS
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since 2005-09-21

Posts 945
L. A. (Lower Alabama)

0 posted 2006-03-08 11:13 AM

i think I'll stay in today,
i just don't feel like coming out to play.
i can see the sun shining through my window,
and the blue sky above.
i can hear the children playing,
and the cooing of a dove.
i can see my good neighbors,
puttering in their yard.
i can even smell the fresh cut flowers,
if i try real hard.

On the surface all is well.
a dream come true,
a Norman Rockwell.

It's what lies beneath the eyes percept,
the lost tears that are not being wept.
It's the helpless, hopeless, feeling,
that my voice doesn't matter.
While watching robbers robbing,
and on blood grow fatter and fatter.

Like fishes caught in a net of fear,
good neighbors sacrifice all they once held dear.
Honor, truth, and justice,
compassion, forgiveness, and courage?
For a fittful night of sleep,
and a bowl of stinking porridge?

Forgive me friends,...
i think i'll just stay in today.

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

1 posted 2006-03-08 11:25 AM

Steven....I'm staying in too...sick today! You know if you go out into the day and look real careful, you might just find something that makes you feel better. Maybe I'll try that too.

dgvarner
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since 2000-05-13

Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida

2 posted 2006-03-08 11:28 AM

sometimes it's better to just stay in...here's hoping its a brighter day in the morrow

nicely written..
hugs, g

"We of the craft are all crazy...all are more or less touched." Lord Byron

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

3 posted 2006-03-08 01:22 PM

I'm staying in as well Steven.
I have crayons...want to colour??

Hugs YOU!!

~ Trace my body with your words,
in doing so, you touch my heart ~

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

4 posted 2006-03-08 01:23 PM

ing you for this one, Steven...
I know from whereof you speak.

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

5 posted 2006-03-08 01:28 PM

Seems we live on the same street today.

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

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

6 posted 2006-03-08 01:38 PM

me too
the ides are upon us
and this is, more than just my weather report

Ratleader

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since 2003-01-23

Posts 7026
Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass

7 posted 2006-03-08 02:50 PM

On the surface all is well.
a dream come true,
a Norman Rockwell.

It's what lies beneath the eyes percept,
the lost tears that are not being wept.
It's the helpless, hopeless, feeling,
that my voice doesn't matter.

I got this far in the poem and simply stopped....

I wish I could have written it, though even if I'd thought of the words that follow the emotion, I couldn't have written them.

I don't know how the poem ends, and I don't know if I will be able to find out.

~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº>
______________Ratleader______________

Klassy Lassy
Member Elite

since 2005-06-28

Posts 2187
Oregon

8 posted 2006-03-08 03:20 PM

Your voice matters. So does your pen. Without them, I could never hear you, or reach for your thoughts, and you would never touch my heart. That would most certainly be my loss.

~ Klassy ~

[This message has been edited by Klassy Lassy (03-08-2006 06:23 PM).]

The Lady
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since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

9 posted 2006-03-08 10:43 PM

A pensive mood in this one Steven. Well written. Hope your day was as good as your poem.

StevenS
Senior Member

since 2005-09-21

Posts 945
L. A. (Lower Alabama)

10 posted 2006-03-09 09:12 AM

Thank You all so much for your kind and thoughtful replys. Sometimes I don't think I could face another day if not for the knowing that I share this planet with people like you all. May our souls be gathered together someday in peace and harmony. :-)

Debo
Member

since 2006-04-18

Posts 321
Texas U.S.A.

11 posted 2006-04-21 06:01 AM

Well Steven this one is different from all the other poems I've read of yours.
So I send to you a Rainbow to brighten up your day...
Very good poem bye the way.

Debo

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

12 posted 2006-04-21 06:06 AM

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

13 posted 2006-04-22 05:43 PM

Fortunately, these kindadowndays pass and and when the up days come rolling in ~ it's like being in heaven!

Linda

sweetberry
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since 2006-03-29

Posts 125

14 posted 2006-04-22 08:19 PM

Good one! Hope you'll change your mind and go on out!

miabug
Member

since 2006-04-19

Posts 59
Canada

15 posted 2006-04-22 08:52 PM

rainy day

well written - very deep

Mia

Rainclouds lie in your tears, sunshine in your heart. When you cry from happiness, you glow as a rainbow. - Marie-Ève C.

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

16 posted 2006-04-23 07:14 PM

It's the helpless, hopeless, feeling,
that my voice doesn't matter.

No forgiveness necessary... I know this emptiness well... and wish I never had to pull my covers down over my head. *S*

So stay in... find comfort... and hope for a better tomorrow... for all of us! *S*

WindWalker
Senior Member

since 2001-10-12

Posts 1218

17 posted 2006-04-23 07:58 PM

I must agree with The Lady; "A pensive mood in this one." This was GREAT!!!!!!!!!!

Bodger
Senior Member

since 2005-06-12

Posts 1260
Tolerance for a short time

18 posted 2006-04-23 08:03 PM

I'm sorry

I followed a lot through

And I also didn't go out today

I did however lose something in the thread towards the end

Dave

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