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.
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'! Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
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Hey A!
This line made me smile this morning....
The perfect use of an exclamation point, in my opinion... !!!!!
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???
xoxoxoxo