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Bornlivedie
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0 posted 2006-03-29 12:05 PM


We left our quiet sanctuary, hand in hand
Finding our path among the streets, two dark silhouettes under harsh street lights
Hand in hand we lit cigarettes, inhaling societies euphoria
Moonlight and starlight dulled by their brilliant embers
Hand in Hand we inhaled the night, our masks fading away revealing true selves
Smiling at such simplicity, nothing concerned us

Step by step, we paved our own sidewalks
You pointed too a crumbling old wall, that someone had graced with their imagination
Step by step we approached, leaving our inner children behind
Under the guise of critics, we tried to show up one another
Step by step, we studied the wall
I pointed out a beautiful color scheme, you told me it was out dated
Step by step you told me how to create such beauty
To which I told you beauty was in the eye of the beholder

Laughing, we let our masks drift away once again, and we were free
Roaming the nights, our embers burned bright
I observed your transformations as an idle curiosity
You already knew everything about me

Hand in hand, we walked towards home
And continued walking past
Never looking at the door

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Midnitesun
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Gaia
1 posted 2006-03-29 06:30 PM


Hello! and welcome to Passions. I really enjoyed this, and found myself glancing up at walls, stepping up and down the curbs, following the meandering thoughts that didn't slow the pace of the write. Well done!
JL
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2 posted 2006-03-30 12:55 PM


"Hand in Hand we inhaled the night, our masks fading away revealing true selves
Smiling at such simplicity, nothing concerned us"

Now that is pure gold.
Great write.

JL



Bornlivedie
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3 posted 2006-03-30 07:35 AM


Thank you very much for the welcoming and compliments!
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