Like a Rock

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Like a Rock

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When I saw you the first time,
It felt like the ocean meeting a cliff.
I was the water; you were the stone.
I was trapped, between oblivion and a hard place.

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Now that years have passed, without you near,
My waters are stilled. They no longer leap,
They no longer laugh. Caught in time's maelstrom,
They spiral down into the dark earth,
As though all of the hands in Hell were grasping for me.
I am wasted upon this stone, poured upon a hardened heart.

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The shape I wear is not me. Like a ghost on Hallowe'en,
I walk among the costumed sleepers, dreaming clearly.
White sheets whip and billow in the wordless wind of change. The form they hide has no hands, no mouth,
Not even a tongue to cry with.
The sight of me is the first and only warning,
And then Doom! Doom! The great sky drum,
Raining down the pale curtain on our brief lives!

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I think back to your innocent playfulness.
Like a dog who has caught an unknown scent,
You trailed me tirelessly, saved my wretched life.
You cursed me to a life of living!
I wanted death and you took it from me.
You are a cheater, but you cheated me honestly.

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And now, my disgrace and despair, bubbling up from the darkened tarn.
The ice has passed away, but its unforgiving chill remains.
I am a lake trapped between the mountain's hands.
And the mountain, growing tired of supporting this world,
Shakes his fiery head! How beautiful, the sound of your voice, even though there is no hope in it for me.

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Like the wind, my beauty has flown down the halls of time.
You no longer see me as the joyous spirit of nature.
I am now the wraith that reminds you all of how close is that fire, how dearly pursuing, that final ending.
Tired beyond belief, I cast my beliefs aside.
Tormented beyond sanity, I lose myself.

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But the death, the fear, the pain and dogged persistence of time, you can see clearly in my face.
No longer my own, it becomes your face, your mirror, your death.
I am the exemplar of failure, the knight and saint of futile effort, your shield maiden and pallbearer.
I am your future, without love.
Dried up inside, heart crushed by the stony grave,
You are like a rock and I can no longer lift the weight.

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I can only watch and wait for time,
The lover of miserable people, to finish the job.
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Brotherhood falls asunder at the touch of fire!
He finds his fellow guilty of a skin
Not coloured like his own, and having power
To enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause
Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
~William Cowper
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Re: Like a Rock

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P.s. this isn't about EE
Brotherhood falls asunder at the touch of fire!
He finds his fellow guilty of a skin
Not coloured like his own, and having power
To enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause
Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
~William Cowper
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Poignant and at the same time>>>Heavy!!

Thank heavens I have found my 'better half' within, as I now have a shelter and place to retreat when all seems dark.

Do your writings do this for you Naga??
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Sandy Clark wrote:Poignant and at the same time>>>Heavy!!

Thank heavens I have found my 'better half' within, as I now have a shelter and place to retreat when all seems dark.

Do your writings do this for you Naga??
Dear Sandy,
Well, it's not necessarily fun to read these poems, but I find the process of writing them to be strengthening.

Sort of like spinning wool into yarn. Wool is frankly a big mess, and the wheel gives it order and form.

This is my version of the virtual underwear drawer, lol; can't always count on color and cleanness but it generally fits..


Re the better half within??
You are such a nice lady & i hope that isn't the only way to be one. But people who truly love themselves as higher power intended, i envy that!

You are a bright light on EE whether you know or not, we are grateful you are here!
Brotherhood falls asunder at the touch of fire!
He finds his fellow guilty of a skin
Not coloured like his own, and having power
To enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause
Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
~William Cowper
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Re: Like a Rock

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P.s. i did not hear of the MOAB strike incident in Afghanistan until about 6 or 7pm (?) PST.

Edit: it was 6:22pm pst when i was told.

Very startling
Brotherhood falls asunder at the touch of fire!
He finds his fellow guilty of a skin
Not coloured like his own, and having power
To enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause
Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
~William Cowper
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Re: Like a Rock

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P.s. ... creepy & a stretch, but look:
(Re the death of Brian Senter)
BOB SEGER LYRICS
Play "Like A Rock"
on Amazon Music
"Like A Rock"

Stood there boldly
Sweatin' in the sun
Felt like a million
Felt like number one
The height of summer
I'd never felt that strong
Like a rock

I was eighteen
Didn't have a care
Working for peanuts
Not a dime to spare
But I was lean and
Solid everywhere
Like a rock

My hands were steady
My eyes were clear and bright
My walk had purpose
My steps were quick and light
And I held firmly
To what I felt was right
Like a rock

Like a rock, I was strong as I could be
Like a rock, nothin' ever got to me
Like a rock, I was something to see
Like a rock

And I stood arrow straight
Unencumbered by the weight
Of all these hustlers and their schemes
I stood proud, I stood tall
High above it all
I still believed in my dreams

Twenty years now
Where'd they go?
Twenty years
I don't know
Sit and I wonder sometimes
Where they've gone

And sometimes late at night
When I'm bathed in the firelight
The moon comes callin' a ghostly white
And I recall
I recall

Like a rock. standin' arrow straight
Like a rock, chargin' from the gate
Like a rock, carryin' the weight
Like a rock

Like a rock, the sun upon my skin
Like a rock, hard against the wind
Like a rock, I see myself again
Like a rock
Brotherhood falls asunder at the touch of fire!
He finds his fellow guilty of a skin
Not coloured like his own, and having power
To enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause
Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
~William Cowper
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