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[sid] => 162231
[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => In Youth
[time] => 2010-09-09 20:23:00
[hometext] => Forgive me, self, for I have sinned
[bodytext] => A creature of depths I’d have never presumed An idealist once in human nature consumed A black and white submerged in gray, still I could see the overriding pigment’s will A discerning eye blinded, capture lens scarred All for caged bird, longing for life unbarred Chasing butterflies through fields never meant The straight and narrow by whimsy bent To prove to self something is true, I’ll go Willingly into subjection so I’ll firmly know A stable ground, not a leaf in the wind Forgive me, self, for I have sinned The logical, the dividing line I made Yet cannot live with all so delayed An indulgent, a wanton, vain in truth All I am is simple: in youth [comments] => 1 [counter] => 174 [topic] => 61 [informant] => Chamaron [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 8 [ratings] => 3 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => selfstruggles )
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