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Doug Pretorius
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0 posted 2006-04-02 07:52 PM


More than 2 years of writers block finally comes to an end!


Hollow Ways
April 1, 2006
Copyright 2006 Doug Pretorius

Slowly I begin to feel
how I forget who I'll be
warm hands and understand
yesterday is all I see

Questions and answers bore
no one knows what's in store
nightmares and dreams I share
to break upon my long lost shores

Simply and explicitly
I follow paths of old friends
and silently I worry
I can't bear to face the end

Slowly now I begin to feel
that only emptiness is real
but maybe I can still understand
why today is all I see

Mirrors of hollow ways
carry fellows on their stay
empty stares extraordinare
filling whole our final day

Simply and anonymously
I slip down familiar roads
honestly I don't know
where they ever go

Slowly I'm beginning to see
there's more I might possibly be
I finally stand to understand
that tomorrow is what I feel

© Copyright 2006 Doug Pretorius - All Rights Reserved
Martie
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1 posted 2006-04-02 08:04 PM


Doug

Slowly I'm beginning to see
there's more I might possibly be
I finally stand to understand
that tomorrow is what I feel

The above is my favorite uplifting stanza.  Enjoyed!

Sunshine
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2 posted 2006-04-02 09:42 PM



Welcome home, Doug!


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3 posted 2006-04-02 09:53 PM


quote:
Slowly now I begin to feel
that only emptiness is real
but maybe I can still understand
why today is all I see


a profound thought...that only emptiness is real
welcome back, Doug

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