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[aid] => mick
[title] => Final shades
[time] => 2005-01-30 13:23:24
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[bodytext] => Even in death as the embers grew dim So bright was the soul that it outshone the sun Petty little the stars did concede that this had come to be When in seconds time as flutters were few Their wisdom had been eclipsed In the delirium of half spoken life our illusions are cast aside Drained of concerns beginning within we are free to see what is The beauty of this life is hidden by the ugliness we hold Masked by the world and what they project I cannot believe that we are as naive But know of the limits of sight In the twilight of life the scenes are as vivid Like a beautiful trauma on the mind Perhaps it is those final moments that set the world apart From their nauseating counterparts We behold with clarity for once in our lives Our life, our world Just as the candle is snuffed out [comments] => 2 [counter] => 232 [topic] => 21 [informant] => Maxximus [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 8 [ratings] => 2 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Lifepoems )
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