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Array ( [sid] => 126218 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => The Acorn Seed [time] => 2006-09-26 10:22:25 [hometext] => [bodytext] => Early in childhood
the realization came to me
kept me awake in a cold sweat
– one day I shall die –
I cramped up
felt my chest tighten
this world; with all its glory
~ that acorn seed on my windowsill
~ a strange coin found in the soil
~ a caterpillar I named
– the weekend drive
~ deep into the temperate forest;
all of this will be lost to me
when the heart stops
when my eyes glaze
and the mind full of wonder
~ finally finished its impulses
all of it – Dust!
some before
some after
~ my own passing
and none of it means anything
to anyone, but to the person I was
~ a moment lost
the breath lost
~ over my final birthday cake
and nothing matters of it
~ nothing to anyone else
Yet everyone else told me
~ of the important things
to take 45 hours a week
~ from my life
for that wage alone
to live buttoned-down
when I may never feel that breeze again
or dance with a pretty face
~ on the beach
~ music from an open car
Respectable at all cost!
– even at the cost of my breath
~ the most precious thing I have!

A thought; an acorn seed
to me, in early childhood
that makes me uncomfortable in a suit
and turn my back on personal pain
and gives me a romantic heart
~ seeking out the passionate people

19/9/06 [comments] => 3 [counter] => 193 [topic] => 21 [informant] => one-curly-fry [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 5 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Lifepoems )
The Acorn Seed

Contributed by one-curly-fry on Tuesday, 26th September 2006 @ 10:22:25 AM in AEST
Topic: Lifepoems



Early in childhood
the realization came to me
kept me awake in a cold sweat
– one day I shall die –
I cramped up
felt my chest tighten
this world; with all its glory
~ that acorn seed on my windowsill
~ a strange coin found in the soil
~ a caterpillar I named
– the weekend drive
~ deep into the temperate forest;
all of this will be lost to me
when the heart stops
when my eyes glaze
and the mind full of wonder
~ finally finished its impulses
all of it – Dust!
some before
some after
~ my own passing
and none of it means anything
to anyone, but to the person I was
~ a moment lost
the breath lost
~ over my final birthday cake
and nothing matters of it
~ nothing to anyone else
Yet everyone else told me
~ of the important things
to take 45 hours a week
~ from my life
for that wage alone
to live buttoned-down
when I may never feel that breeze again
or dance with a pretty face
~ on the beach
~ music from an open car
Respectable at all cost!
– even at the cost of my breath
~ the most precious thing I have!

A thought; an acorn seed
to me, in early childhood
that makes me uncomfortable in a suit
and turn my back on personal pain
and gives me a romantic heart
~ seeking out the passionate people

19/9/06




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Re: The Acorn Seed (User Rating: 1 )
by spencer on Tuesday, 26th September 2006 @ 10:56:41 AM AEST
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This piece of work is breath taking the realisation of ones immortality is always a scary, I really liked your poem ‘cats’ too


Re: The Acorn Seed (User Rating: 1 )
by lostinmyself on Tuesday, 26th September 2006 @ 06:44:52 PM AEST
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I like this.

I see it as a moment, a moment of realisation and the flashbacks that came in that moment.

Like... 'my life flashed before my eyes'

I really like this. It makes me wonder what my moment will be like, if I ever have it.

Of course, I could be completely wrong and have totally misread the poem.

Even if that is the case, this is very well written.

Great write,
*hugs*
Phil xxx


Re: The Acorn Seed (User Rating: 1 )
by Alison on Saturday, 30th September 2006 @ 01:27:48 PM AEST
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i dont know what to say about this....its true.
you are a very deep and stirring poet! great write.




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