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[aid] => mick
[title] => The Crosswalk
[time] => 2008-05-04 11:40:20
[hometext] => Crossing the road seems so simple sometimes...
[bodytext] => The bright blue-white glow of a walking man flashed And I began to cross my lonely road But I halted Dead center Two worn lines of off-white street paint Insisted Upon two directions Backwards or Forwards Past or Future And I was frozen with Indecision Caught on the edge of the halo cast from an overhead street lamp My right side Illuminated My left side As dark as the doubt in my heart Two directions Only One choice Across the intersection Two circular headlights Approached And cast their eerie yellow Glare Upon me They came to a halt Across the intersection I felt them Judge I felt them Laugh I felt their Mockery Of a fool Racked with indecision But still Halfway No closer to choice I stood Frozen Sweat began to form on my brow And my upper lip The enormous pressure from the headlights Now had taken hold And was growing With each honk Directed at Me For they knew where they were headed Yet I could not decide My right hand Bathed in off-white shine From the overhead street lamp Stretched Forward Towards new beginnings And new fears My left hand Immersed in shadows Pulled Backwards Toward inner demons And familiar comfort The pain Inside of me Was intense Both inside my heart And physically From playing the rope in my personal tug-of-war Deep within I searched For answers that did not come Drawing my eyes Upward I begged for guidance Dropping to my knees I wept With outstretched arms of white and black And though a reply did not come My pain was ended As the impatient headlights Continued On their own path And ran me over [comments] => 4 [counter] => 312 [topic] => 61 [informant] => jesusofholland [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 10 [ratings] => 2 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => selfstruggles )
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