Posted by michael on June 1, 2000, at 13:03:13
In reply to amateur poet night (okay, morning)...., posted by CarolAnn on June 1, 2000, at 9:16:45
Wow - both very cool - but I really like the first one!
> It's Kath's fault, she asked for it(thanks, Kath!)
>
> (ahem, mimimimimiii) Two original poems, by CarolAnn
>
>
> Art
>
> Do not question the ebb and the flow,
> of heartache, of pain, of innermost woe.
>
> As with tools of the sculptor, they are not meant to scar.
> but to chip away excess, to reveal who we are.
>
> For true beauty does lie under the skin,
> and takes labor and strain to bring out from within.
>
>
> Life?
>
> For some time now life's been gettin' me down,
> and I wonder if it's ever gonna turn around.
>
> Then I ask myself a question I can see,
> is it life that needs changein', or is it me?
>
> And I'm afraid of the changes I want to make,
> and I'm afraid of the steps I want to take.
>
> Grim Reaper won't stop playin' games with my mind,
> but if go I his way, I leave too much behind.
>
> So I keep on and on, climbin' up this hill,
> 'cause I can find the way, if I can find the will.
>
> It's so damn hard though, man it's so damn hard.
> It's like movin' up an inch, slidin' back a yard.
>
> But no one ever promised life was easy,
> and when they said that life was fair, I guess they lied.
> It's up to me to find the joy in living,
> the alternative is.............suicide.
>
> An that's not the kind of change I want to make,
> most definitly not the step I want to take.
>
>
> There ya go! CarolAnn
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