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THINKING OF SOME OLD LINES I REMEMBER I WROTE IN SOME OLD POEMS AWHILE AGO...FUNNY HOW I REMEMBER CERTAIN LINES BUT NOT THE WHOLE POEMS
LIKE
WHY DON'T YOU SAY WHAT YOU MEAN
WHTY DON'T YOU MEAN WHAT YOU SAY
OR
ALONE IN A ROOM FULL OF STRANGERS
SHUT OUT LOCKED AWAY IN A TOMB OUT OF DANGER
NOT SURE IF THAT SECOND LINE IS WORD FOR WORD OR NOT FEELS A LITTLE OFF TO ME BUT CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL I THINK...MAYBE IT WAS LIKE
BUT I'M SHUT OUT
THEY CAN'T HEAR ME
I SCREAM AND SHOUT
LIKE I'M LOCKED AWAY IN A TOMB OUT OF DANGER....SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT I THINK...GOTTA SEE IF I CAN FIND THAT ONE...
BUT WONDER WHY THOSE LINES POP INTO MY HEAD SOMETIMES...LIKE DO THEY WANNA BE REVISITED WITH A FRESH PERSPECTIVE OR SOMETHING OR ARE THEY JUST MEMORABLE FOR SOME ODD REASON TO ME...HMMMM
ANOTHER ONE I JUST REMEMBERED I HAD A TUNE TO I USED TO PLAY ON MY CASIO WENT SOMETHING LIKE
THE ROAD IT IS LONG
IT'S LONG AND UNCERTAIN
UNCERTAIN DEAR YES IT IS
BUT I WILL BE THERE
TO HELP TO SEE YOU THROUGH...
OK ANYWAY THOSE FRAGMENTS POP INTO MY HEAD SOMETIMES...
AS I WRITE THIS I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT A POEM I WROTE THE OTHER DAY WITH A LINE AND ENDED UP BEING THE TITLE TOO...IS IT WHERE IT IS...NOW WHO WOULD SAY SUCH A THING....GEEZ..KINDA MIND BLOWING...THEN I DECIDED TO RECITE THAT ONE BUT AFTERWARDS DECIDED IT WOULD BE COOLER WHISPERED SO PROMPTLY DELETED THE SPOKEN WORD VERSION AND REPLACED IT WITH A WHISPERED ONE.....KINDA OUT THERE...MAKES ME LAUGH...I THINK OF MR CHARLES CARMAN WHO WAS AN OLD MANAGER AT A PLITT THEATER AT WATER TOWER PLACE I WORKED AT IN MY YOUNGER DAZE LIKE JUST OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL...I WAS THERE A FEW YEARS AT LEAST ANYWAY...I WAS ALWAYS OFF ON WEIRD TANGENTS AND GOOFING AROUND WITH EVERYONE AND HE USED TO SAY ONE OF THESE DAYS THE MEN IN THE WHITE COATS ARE GONNA COME FOR YOU AND I THOUGHT OF THAT SONG FROM DR DEMENTO...THEY'RE COMING TO TAKE YOU AWAY....HA HA...THAT ALWAYS MAKES ME LAUGH....HE SAID IT JOKINGLY AND LAUGHED ABOUT IT BUT I SENSED A BIT OF TRUTH IN THERE...HA HA...OK ENOUGH OF THIS SILLY STUFF...FRAGMENTS IT IS...
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if a friend lost his keys
and needed a ride
would you be there to pick him up
and stay by his side?
if he needed the shirt off your back
would you comply?
would you give him your own
without a blink of an eye?
if someone were after him,
would you lend him your gun?
maybe in the Hatch of your car
you'd be sure to find one
If a friend needed money
would you get it for him
or would you lend it knowing you'd get it returned
by a Ron, Kevin or Jim?
friendships are funny things
when there's mischief involved
you can never be sure what will ever evolve
people will change in the blink of an eye
you'll sometimes be left with the blame asking "why?"
choose your friends wisely, ther'll be some with no spine
without any integrity, no friends is just fine
5:35 PM 7/6/2013
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Un duore e stato rotto
cocci erano disse minati dappertutto
non essere mai trovato.
ENGLISH
A heart was broken
shards were lying everywhere
never to be found.
(c) copyright heather burns
Mentre guardo
in
I mili occhi
vedere
te ne sei andato
alla spalle.
ENGLISH
As I look
into my
eyes
I see
fragments
you left
bhind.
(c) copyright heather burns
Da ehe ich
in
meine augen
siehe
fragmente
sie verlassen
hinter sich.
ENGLISH
As I look
into my
eyes
I see
fragments
yo left
behind.
(c) copyright heather burns