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[aid] => mick
[title] => To Live
[time] => 2004-09-22 21:31:34
[hometext] => One I wrote for school, but I think I made the best of it: What it feels like to be one of the few people in this world who are truly alive. 9-9-04
[bodytext] => I celebrate myself and sing myself
For I am vibrantly alive.
A world of masks and people who are numb
Foil my desire to strive...
Strive to awaken passion
Amid an apathetic cell,
Strive so stubbornly to spread
The zeal bursting in my soul.
I am a wildfire--
Inflamed with passion
Burning with desire
Igniting action.
A blazing beauty,
A glowing grace,
A vibrant visage,
A fiery face!
A dreamer I am still,
An optimist at heart,
Consumed with selfless love
No pain can break apart.
I'm the sun's sweet warmth
Beaming with might,
With strength like a rock--
Secure, firm, tight.
I'm as dedicated and intense
As an Olympic athlete.
I'm as strong and profound as the wind,
A power lacking defeat.
Oh, just like a cloud I fly,
I fly, I hope, and soar.
I float up, above the earth
With a heart forever sore...
Sore and even aching,
For Passion's sickness burns.
Consumed as is a candle,
Back into itself it turns.
So do I search myself,
Explore my heart and mind.
I dig deep into my soul
To see what I can find.
Then I do as it's been told
That's been already read--
I celebrate and sing myself
Inside a poet's head.
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[informant] => eatfresh22
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[acomm] => 0
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[ratings] => 11
[editpoem] => 1
[associated] =>
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To Live
Contributed by
eatfresh22
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Wednesday, 22nd September 2004 @ 09:31:34 PM in AEST
Topic:
Lifepoems
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I celebrate myself and sing myself
For I am vibrantly alive.
A world of masks and people who are numb
Foil my desire to strive...
Strive to awaken passion
Amid an apathetic cell,
Strive so stubbornly to spread
The zeal bursting in my soul.
I am a wildfire--
Inflamed with passion
Burning with desire
Igniting action.
A blazing beauty,
A glowing grace,
A vibrant visage,
A fiery face!
A dreamer I am still,
An optimist at heart,
Consumed with selfless love
No pain can break apart.
I'm the sun's sweet warmth
Beaming with might,
With strength like a rock--
Secure, firm, tight.
I'm as dedicated and intense
As an Olympic athlete.
I'm as strong and profound as the wind,
A power lacking defeat.
Oh, just like a cloud I fly,
I fly, I hope, and soar.
I float up, above the earth
With a heart forever sore...
Sore and even aching,
For Passion's sickness burns.
Consumed as is a candle,
Back into itself it turns.
So do I search myself,
Explore my heart and mind.
I dig deep into my soul
To see what I can find.
Then I do as it's been told
That's been already read--
I celebrate and sing myself
Inside a poet's head.
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eatfresh22
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Re: To Live
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by xafflictedx on
Wednesday, 22nd September 2004 @ 09:40:10 PM AEST
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| Atta boy...or girl. Anyway, what a good poem. Strive to be unique and above the norm. |
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Re: To Live
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by Dragontear27 on
Wednesday, 22nd September 2004 @ 09:51:01 PM AEST
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| Whoa great poem very deep lol in my mind anyways. ^_^ keep up the good work. |
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Re: To Live
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by Essentially9 on
Wednesday, 22nd September 2004 @ 10:03:49 PM AEST
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| very nice. |
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Re: To Live
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by faith_my_eyes on
Wednesday, 22nd September 2004 @ 10:12:02 PM AEST
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and you are also a bull-headed moody little 16 year old twerp... but I still love you j/k
Nice write, you inferno you |
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Re: To Live
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by Fionndruinne on
Wednesday, 22nd September 2004 @ 10:27:58 PM AEST
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Good work! As I said when you read it before. You made the best of that ridiculous opening line they made you use. Knowing me, the whole piece would have been a satire of that nonsensical line. Ah well. Very eloquent!
Andrew |
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Re: To Live
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by liquidsunshine on
Thursday, 23rd September 2004 @ 08:18:18 PM AEST
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Wowee! That was a delight. I like the way this one bounces about. Very nicely done.
Lots of love and peace be with you,
P.S. I'll be sending the letter out on Monday. (I know, it's been a looong time) |
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Re: To Live
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by Stitch on
Thursday, 30th September 2004 @ 09:54:31 AM AEST
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I envy your being so alive and knowing it. If you haven't read it, check out Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine. I think you will like it. Marvelous write!
Stitch |
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Re: To Live
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by thewordzwithin on
Thursday, 14th October 2004 @ 03:08:21 PM AEST
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| Very nice. Love your style and the emotion behind you unique message. Great job. Holla Front!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Re: To Live
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by Hurretje on
Friday, 15th October 2004 @ 02:28:05 AM AEST
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"In place of a dark lord you would have a queen! Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn! Treacherous as the sea! Stronger than the foundations of the earth! All shall love me and despair!"
Galadriel, FOTR, Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
Dunno if it's appropriate or not, but this came to my mind (in a positive way), when I read this great poem...
Hugs,
Hur |
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Re: To Live
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by Avarice_Riot on
Friday, 15th October 2004 @ 03:56:30 AM AEST
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| Carpe diem indeed...meh, you're a lot more positive than I am though we're both the same age. Nonetheless, I salute your spirit. :) |
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Re: To Live
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by Wachumiri on
Sunday, 17th October 2004 @ 07:27:49 PM AEST
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I agree with Andrew. Mine though, I'm sure, would be worse than his. It'd be really wierd. But seeing as this is not self promotion, I'll say that yours is betyter than anything I could have come up with.
Really "well", Carrie.
Take care.
I Love you.
David |
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