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[title] => When I grow up
[time] => 2004-10-08 21:08:18
[hometext] => Pondering on life's journies
[bodytext] => All the things I must''ve said when I was young and so untrained Life had not dashed hopes or dreams Ambitions still burned in my brain All the time I wasted like the water running through my hand in search of what I longed to be when I grew up into a man I followed after every whim my ship was tossed in every storm my mind drifted far out to sea no anchor held me to a port no star guided where I should sail no sun or moon I followed to some distant point on a compass my thoughts were caught in hues of blue Failure taught me lessons great I pondered paths with in my head how oft I had to retrace steps of craggy clifts and narrow bends No wise man gave wisdom to me to keep me from intrepid tests that often wrought such agony that seared my mind in emptiness And only at this moment now do I begin to understand what new journey has been endowed I still have not become a man a little older now than 'fore scars tell me where to place my hands I sail on to that distant shore where I will grow into a man [comments] => 12 [counter] => 209 [topic] => 43 [informant] => Archie [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 20 [ratings] => 4 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => oops )
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