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[aid] => mick
[title] => I Sought To Know What Love Was
[time] => 2006-03-30 13:16:21
[hometext] => ...might be fun to read...
[bodytext] => I sought to know what love was Why its ember burned so coldly in my chest i was engulfed by questions Why the eyes? Why the lips? Why an apple? I set out to search for answers From those who were older, much wiser But too soon They grew tired of my questions They had no answers, they knew very little They had only learned what life had taught them I walked through parks, I sat in benches I asked the trees- They only swayed and whispered- I love the wind In the news I learned from the rocks They knew no love; they had no answer They sat-that's all they knew The water only mocked me The sun beat me with its rays The breeze hugged everyone but me- I found no answers, I found no light So I returned to my love Tired and aged I had asked so much I had learned too little [comments] => 0 [counter] => 158 [topic] => 2 [informant] => SLiM_eLviS [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => LovePoetry )
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