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Date Posted:18:26:33 08/17/02 Sat Author Host/IP: dhcp160161187.columbus.rr.com/24.160.161.187 In reply to:
Orcish
's message, "Something a little darker" on 12:48:59 08/17/02 Sat
Very good, I love reading poems of all sides,I find it very interesting and also inspiring. There's a lot of great writers on this board. It was nice to read your work. LM
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><b>Despair</b>
>
>Weight of all tomorrows
>Basks cold stone upon my chest.
>Beset by past and present sorrows,
>I grieve but never rest.
>
>Icy cold, the black winds cry
>Sunders me from friend and kin.
>Rivers wide and mountains high
>I toil, but can not find an end.
>
>Within this dreary pit I’m bound.
>Where torments and furies never cease
>Golden key will not be found,
>Surcease of sweet release.
>
>Perhaps I’ll lay this struggle down,
>Battle stilled and chaos done.
>Then lay me down in hallowed ground,
>Accept a war that’s lost, not won.
>
>Still there are long miles to go
>Once more I raise my weary head
>Time to quit is not mine to know,
>There’s rest enough amongst the dead.</font>
>
><i>Steven Thomas
>August 13, 2002</i>
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