Topic: Pipe Dreams
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Wed 12/09/09 04:04 PM
Edited by MsWizard on Wed 12/09/09 04:04 PM
I have lived this week on a voyage
of reflection, leaving behind
trails of painful introspection,
I swam in the silky sea of ideas
of what I imagined life would be,
until rough waves of reality washed over me
leaving me drowning in deep, dark,
familiar waters of hurt
and disappointment

Like an addict sucking soothing smoke swirling
out of a pipe cracked with overuse,
lungs breathless and body
going down fast,

I gasped and grasped at my dwindling dreams
and for one intoxicating moment,
held onto the life saver I frantically reached for
only to have it pulled away once more
by those who would demand payment
for the life I would live freely
if only given the chance

Floundering and desperate for air,
I found myself breathing deeply,
only to choke on the convoluted,
cutting and polluted words exhaled
by those I thought I could love,
leaving me trapped and impaled on the
sharp shards of my shattered
pipe dreams …

Bruised and battered,
losing everything that mattered,
I reached out with trepidation
in desperate search of sweet salvation,
only to come away empty handed,
my fingers singed in my fiery and
numerous attempts
to save my own life

Sickened and weary of this endless struggle,
I watched my once bright,
and now tarnished hopes take flight;
leaving me unpleasantly permeated in
the sour scent of despair as I watched my
life dissipate in the air,
the sad, smoky residue of
my dreams …


awh @ nov 28, 2009

Yes, I'm still alive. Just working on the book. ~xoxox

Miss you guys~ xoxoxox

Redsoxfan1's photo
Wed 12/09/09 04:15 PM
Very nice write, (((MsWiz)))!!:heart:

MirrorMirror's photo
Wed 12/09/09 04:16 PM

I have lived this week on a voyage
of reflection, leaving behind
trails of painful introspection,
I swam in the silky sea of ideas
of what I imagined life would be,
until rough waves of reality washed over me
leaving me drowning in deep, dark,
familiar waters of hurt
and disappointment

Like an addict sucking soothing smoke swirling
out of a pipe cracked with overuse,
lungs breathless and body
going down fast,

I gasped and grasped at my dwindling dreams
and for one intoxicating moment,
held onto the life saver I frantically reached for
only to have it pulled away once more
by those who would demand payment
for the life I would live freely
if only given the chance

Floundering and desperate for air,
I found myself breathing deeply,
only to choke on the convoluted,
cutting and polluted words exhaled
by those I thought I could love,
leaving me trapped and impaled on the
sharp shards of my shattered
pipe dreams …

Bruised and battered,
losing everything that mattered,
I reached out with trepidation
in desperate search of sweet salvation,
only to come away empty handed,
my fingers singed in my fiery and
numerous attempts
to save my own life

Sickened and weary of this endless struggle,
I watched my once bright,
and now tarnished hopes take flight;
leaving me unpleasantly permeated in
the sour scent of despair as I watched my
life dissipate in the air,
the sad, smoky residue of
my dreams …


awh @ nov 28, 2009

Yes, I'm still alive. Just working on the book. ~xoxox

Miss you guys~ xoxoxox
flowerforyou :heart: flowerforyou

jimz's photo
Wed 12/09/09 04:16 PM
hey, hi, what's up, book, book, sounds exciting
nice poem

fastlinnie's photo
Wed 12/09/09 04:19 PM
Great readflowerforyou

HuckleberryFinn's photo
Wed 12/09/09 04:22 PM
that was epic, and nicely done....

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Wed 12/09/09 04:22 PM
Was just thinking about you today actually. Saw that your profile was still here. So good to see your words again. We'll have to catch up sweet lady.:heart: :heart:

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Wed 12/09/09 04:25 PM
Hi Red! Thanks darlin! Hope you're doing well! xoxox :heart:

MM, Jim, how are you two lovely gentlemen? :heart:

Why thank you Linnie, thank you HFinn, I appreciate it!flowerforyou

pkd, hello sweet girl. You have my number I think? My cell? wink...hope you're doing very well my lovely. Come visit my site and say hi~xoxoxoxo:heart:

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Thu 12/10/09 02:11 AM
flowerforyou :heart:

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Thu 12/10/09 11:48 AM
:heart: flowerforyou :heart:

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Thu 12/10/09 06:13 PM

:heart: flowerforyou :heart:
pitchfork flowerforyou pitchfork

s1owhand's photo
Sun 12/13/09 12:34 PM
leaning back in the chair
formed over time the exact mirror
image of its occupant
a smile curls
below closed eyes
wherein the teeth clench
a bit
drawing a long pull
delicious concentrated
sweet and smoky flavors
issuing from a playful corner
a stream of colored air streams forth
in swirling excapades

bigsmile

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Sun 12/13/09 01:09 PM
Exactly ........ :heart: