Old Haunts (reworked)
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Old haunts just bring a tear to my eye,
so much of me
on those watchful, yet empty streets...
Some yearn for days of old,
I long for days anew.
I want to feel the sun's light upon my skin,
gentle caresses,
love that makes my stomach all butterflies!
Feelings I've missed,
lips yearning to be kissed...
Old haunts just bring a tear to my eye,
so much of me,
stolen, lost, broken, but I have perservered.
Some try to be what they think others want,
I want to do what comes from the heart,
be sweet, kind,
care about every living creature and share...
I just want to be!
I'd like us all to be free!
Old haunts just bring a tear to my eye,
so much of me,
forgotten, undiscovered, and tainted by indifference...
Some live in ignorance (too much television),
I want to partake, to count, and have voice,
really be heard,
make at least a small contribution, a change...
be able to fall,
and let love conquer all!
Yeah, I found and oldie so, I thought I'd rework it a little--take away all the capital letters at the beginning of each line and give it some punctuation.
Now that I'm looking at it again---I still don't like it. LOL! Too busy to write anything new lately, but I enjoy popping by and reading poetry that others here have posted when I have a quick minute or two to spare.
Keep 'em comin'!
so much of me
on those watchful, yet empty streets...
Some yearn for days of old,
I long for days anew.
I want to feel the sun's light upon my skin,
gentle caresses,
love that makes my stomach all butterflies!
Feelings I've missed,
lips yearning to be kissed...
Old haunts just bring a tear to my eye,
so much of me,
stolen, lost, broken, but I have perservered.
Some try to be what they think others want,
I want to do what comes from the heart,
be sweet, kind,
care about every living creature and share...
I just want to be!
I'd like us all to be free!
Old haunts just bring a tear to my eye,
so much of me,
forgotten, undiscovered, and tainted by indifference...
Some live in ignorance (too much television),
I want to partake, to count, and have voice,
really be heard,
make at least a small contribution, a change...
be able to fall,
and let love conquer all!
Yeah, I found and oldie so, I thought I'd rework it a little--take away all the capital letters at the beginning of each line and give it some punctuation.
Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
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"love that makes my stomach all butterflies!"
Hey A!
This line made me smile this morning....
The perfect use of an exclamation point, in my opinion... !!!!!
~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~0 -
That was sweet!!0
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i do hereby declare that television is the devil...
no. i'm sure the REAL devil has more imagination than that
watching television is as close to being dead as a man can get without stinking (generally, cuz you know... you CAN watch TV and smell bad. hopefully you don't smell dead though, cuz that'd be gross)
got cha a writin' bug, palli???
xoxoxoxo0
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