fragments

FRAGMENTS

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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...

Author's Notes/Comments: 

JUST FRAGMENTS OF SPORADIC THOUGHTS...TRUE LIFE STUFF I THINK ABOUT SOMETIMES...

friends

...........

 

 

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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Author's Notes/Comments: 

friends can be one of the best parts of living, or they can be the worst.

LOST SHRD--LOST FRAMMENTI--ITALIAN

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

Author's Notes/Comments: 

a heart was broken.

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FRAGMENTS--FRAGMENTI--ITALIAN

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

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FRAGMENTS---FRAGMENTE--GERMAN

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

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