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Date Posted: 00:09:18 12/27/02 Fri
Author: Raphaela
Author Host/IP: webcacheB05a.cache.pol.co.uk / 195.92.168.167
Subject: Re: Ok
In reply to: Gray Squirrel 's message, "Ok" on 04:00:14 12/23/02 Mon

An interesting reflective piece. It is amazing how many meanings 'OK' really has. I think it comes down to it is 'OK' if you have the choice about such matters, but when it is taken away from you then 'OK' does not mean 'OK'.

Raphaela

>Ok
>
>For those who are alone,
>I offer no solace,
>No companionship beyond,
>(Nor as much as...)
>What mortal men could do...
>
>I will only say
>I'm that like you,
>And there is nothing wrong
>With being alone.
>
>Alone and knowing,
>There is no more waiting...
>Do you wait for yourself
>When you wake in the morning?
>
>For those who were cheated,
>I offer no justice,
>No heroic lies to
>Champion your cause
>Or pull you through...
>
>I will only say
>I'm that like you,
>And there is nothing wrong
>With being cheated.
>
>Have you never been hurt
>And extended your pain?
>Did you deserve that hurt?
>Did you feel it again?
>
>The criminal feels cheated,
>So he cheats with his crime,
>(The guilt of the world
>Is a dozen per dime...)
>
>"Fair" is for games and
>Fate is for time...
>I wish I hadn't tried to
>Make that all rhyme...
>
>Justice is such a wish,
>A dish self-created.
>
>For those deep in sorrow,
>I offer nothing more...
>I was born here alone
>Just like you...
>
>I can't make that change.
>No more than just
>Touching the wind
>As it blows by,
>Feeling sky in my soul...
>
>I can only say the error is
>Our dreams are larger than days...
>We're just too strong that way.
>
>And, forgive me for saying so...
>For once, like I knew...
>It still is, will always be
>Ok.
>
>-Gray Squirrel

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