Upon My Birthday

grooveamatic
grooveamatic Posts: 1,374
edited January 2005 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
I've spoken at length with you about years rolling by unhinged
Like breathless wagons drawn by crazed stallions;
I've sat with you in the hushed cellars of our
Toilsome peers devising machines of immortality;
I have calmly stepped with you through the doors of hospitals and morgues,
Scoffing at the gall of centuries to lay claim to my soul;
I have laid upon you, dear, halfnaked in dawn's presence,
Sucking sweetly through my nose the air you just breathed out,
Heaving my breath in time to yours,
And even then, dear,
(even then!)
I did not feel as truly alive as I do now
Upon my birthday,
This day with the Earth in a precise arc in it's trembling orbit
Which somehow belongs to me,
This day swinging stubbornly around once a calendar year
So that I may live with true vigor and purpose for these scant hours,
And be reminded there was a time
I was not even alive!
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  • butterflybabe
    butterflybabe Posts: 26
    Happy Birthday. My birthday was yesterday. I hope your day is as wonderful as mine was!
    "...thoughts arrive like butterflies..."
  • Righteous Jammer
    Righteous Jammer Posts: 509
    Happy Birthday..What ya drinkin?
    It doesnt hurt.... when I bleed
    but memories...they eat me
    I've seen it all before,...
    bring it on cause I'm no victim.
    -Ghost
  • rarghrargh-brownstar
    rarghrargh-brownstar Posts: 1,272
    wow!

    Hope u had a happy birthday! :)
    Rarghstarfarian.
  • Ali
    Ali Posts: 2,621
    Grooveamatic?
    I'm a lookin 4u!
    Are you smitten by someone in your poem?
    IT SOUNDS LIKE UUUUUUU RRRRRR!!!!!!!!!:):):):):):):):):):)
    A whisper and a thrill
    A whisper and a chill
    adv2005

    "Why do I bother?"
    The 11th Commandment.
    "Whatever"

    PETITION TO STOP THE BAN OF SMOKING IN BARS IN THE UNITED STATES....Anyone?
  • ISN
    ISN Posts: 1,700
    I've spoken at length with you about years rolling by unhinged
    Like breathless wagons drawn by crazed stallions;
    I've sat with you in the hushed cellars of our
    Toilsome peers devising machines of immortality;
    I have calmly stepped with you through the doors of hospitals and morgues,
    Scoffing at the gall of centuries to lay claim to my soul;
    I have laid upon you, dear, halfnaked in dawn's presence,
    Sucking sweetly through my nose the air you just breathed out,
    Heaving my breath in time to yours,
    And even then, dear,
    (even then!)
    I did not feel as truly alive as I do now
    Upon my birthday,
    This day with the Earth in a precise arc in it's trembling orbit
    Which somehow belongs to me,
    This day swinging stubbornly around once a calendar year
    So that I may live with true vigor and purpose for these scant hours,
    And be reminded there was a time
    I was not even alive!

    yummy!!!!! hehehehehehe :D
    ....they're asking me to prove why I should be allowed to stay with my baby in Australia, because I'm mentally ill......and they think I should leave......
  • grooveamatic
    grooveamatic Posts: 1,374
    a poet wrote:
    Happy Birthday..What ya drinkin?

    Dr. Pepper babe....gave up the bottle a while ago...but Dr. Pepper is frickin' awesome!
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  • Ali
    Ali Posts: 2,621
    Hope you got lots of nice presents for your birthday!!!!
    A whisper and a thrill
    A whisper and a chill
    adv2005

    "Why do I bother?"
    The 11th Commandment.
    "Whatever"

    PETITION TO STOP THE BAN OF SMOKING IN BARS IN THE UNITED STATES....Anyone?
  • grooveamatic
    grooveamatic Posts: 1,374
    Ali wrote:
    Grooveamatic?
    I'm a lookin 4u!
    Are you smitten by someone in your poem?
    IT SOUNDS LIKE UUUUUUU RRRRRR!!!!!!!!!:):):):):):):):):):)

    the chikee-do in the poem is more of an abstract non-specific female...an amalgam of all those I have ever loved, who have ever made me feel more alive than alive...if you know what I mean....
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  • Ali
    Ali Posts: 2,621
    culater groove...bye..signing off!
    Same bat time same bat channel
    A whisper and a thrill
    A whisper and a chill
    adv2005

    "Why do I bother?"
    The 11th Commandment.
    "Whatever"

    PETITION TO STOP THE BAN OF SMOKING IN BARS IN THE UNITED STATES....Anyone?
  • olderman
    olderman Posts: 1,765
    they say it's your birthday..
    go out and have a good time...

    so where is the party?

    Happy Birthday Groove!!!

    :)
    Down the street you can hear her scream youre a disgrace
    As she slams the door in his drunken face
    And now he stands outside
    And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
    He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
    What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
    Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
    And his tears fall and burn the garden green
  • grooveamatic
    grooveamatic Posts: 1,374
    olderman wrote:
    they say it's your birthday..
    go out and have a good time...

    so where is the party?

    Happy Birthday Groove!!!

    :)


    I'm having a Dr. Pepper party here at my apartment....hop a plane to PA!
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  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    Happy Birthday! :)
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