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Perhaps it packed my motivation in a carry on

I've been driving along, ambitiously thriving

as my dreams are unfolding before me

but I can't seem to find my...&lt;br/&gt;
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Aint it funny.. how there is so much to say

When nobody’s listening

So much to feel, when no one’s around.

If only an ounce of the wisdom that arises

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just before a cloud of smoke

right after the ball of dust

whatever I do... I am under the influence

of you...



But I can't seem to find where I left me.

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I could say, just walk away. 

I could say, just say the word, and I'll leave you be.



But, I won't. 



Tell me you don't miss me, 

and I'll tell you, you're a liar.

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feeling like a dirty-dishrag.

Like my body had been used to wipe up someone else's mistakes.

Like I had frayed ends on display.

Like I had, 

Holes.

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(6/1, 6/18)

It must be nice, to be able to get up and walk away...

to turn your back, avert your eyes, move your feet

and leave me behind.



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"If you call me up late at night, and you have found that I am still awake...

don't be surprised if I am calling out your name... because I want you here to stay, I want you here with...&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SurvivingThriving/~4/CZPwpBMv7rQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://roadtothephoenix.blogspot.com/feeds/5161941802780740284/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=987826228782334336&amp;postID=5161941802780740284&amp;isPopup=true" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/987826228782334336/posts/default/5161941802780740284?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/987826228782334336/posts/default/5161941802780740284?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SurvivingThriving/~3/CZPwpBMv7rQ/if-if-you-call-me-up-late-at-night-and.html" title="Fifth Insight" /><author><name>Road To The Phoenix</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12141816510016795108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="26" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d00fshZNF-w/SW91IDjqNHI/AAAAAAAAADI/pBLF0So2_mo/S220/pedroia-posters.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://roadtothephoenix.blogspot.com/2010/07/if-if-you-call-me-up-late-at-night-and.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CU8ARXc4fip7ImA9Wx5TGEQ.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987826228782334336.post-6117718750501411113</id><published>2010-08-03T20:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-03T20:50:44.936-07:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-08-03T20:50:44.936-07:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Poetry" /><title>For Ophelia</title><content type="html">6/8&amp;16, 7/16, 8/3



A world in your heart, and spirit in your hands.

Beauty at your fingertips, a beacon to transcend.

The beams from your heart, send warmth down all paths.

Let the love on this...&lt;br/&gt;
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...and turn it upside down.

You always told me that I oughta think twice,

before letting anyone in to my world.

Sometimes I sit inside of myself,...&lt;br/&gt;
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Forever yours

I write this letter to you

With the knowledge I have learned in the desert sands

We have but one chance to relive this history

Forgotten memories of love...&lt;br/&gt;
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Lets play a game daddy…

&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; just you and me…

Let’s see who can carry this basket of our secrets longer  

I dare you to beat me…Beat my record of 28yrs

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When death comes

like the hungry bear in autumn;

when death comes and takes all the...&lt;br/&gt;
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everyone expected me to break.

Me and my big old heart,

what could be left, once she's gotten up?

No one ever uttered those words aloud

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When you come home wounded and spent, you have to

stand up and face your darkness, and still have enough left inside

to win.



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evict our sorrows
together we
arrange for them to meet
together we
log all our burning questions
together we
create a little haven of peace.

Together We
confront our demons
together...&lt;br/&gt;
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Sometimes when I close my eyes
I can hear a distant hum
and all my thoughts begin to slow down
and I long to find out where its coming from.
 
A familiar place, my relative...&lt;br/&gt;
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Baby won't you sing my song
can you walk my way
and lay your body next to mine.

Life doesn't want me to rest
she tosses waves at my shore
blows indecision in my ears
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