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Topic: The Water’s Edge
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Chanterelle Knowflake Posts: 849 From: USA Registered: Sep 2020
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posted February 16, 2021 07:59 AM
Where am I — and where else am I? From this hilltop, I can see the million miles of trails running through my mind — But the way down is dangerous: Deep mud churned up in ridges and frozen there along the steep descent. And when I say it is dangerous, I mean I have peered through tangled blackberry thickets by the water’s edge at the bloated and darkening form of a horse that drowned the night before. Somehow the wild geese do not intend to cast their reflection upon the lake as I cast my shadow across the Golden Gate Bridge... And where else am I? On a path marked out between shadows of ancient ruins, railroad tracks, and the hazy glow of evening light on foul-smelling water: Like a candle beneath a veil of flesh and blood: that final promise. But when I say it is dangerous, I don’t mean that a young girl should fear to cross that high creaky railroad bridge, Alone with the Moon, walking slowly and arms wide open. It’s far more dangerous to feel that the one whom you first walked this road with is living as a cracked and dried-out shell of life, the light snuffed out inside. I follow this well-worn path of lights and shadows down to the water’s edge, and leave a candle burning. I keep my footsteps measured the whole way there and back, or the breeze from my passing might coax the flame too high — But where am I? I built this labyrinth for wandering, Spiraling downward, always, from the crest of the hill to the water’s edge. I carry myself back up, and here I am, calmly waiting in the blue light of dawn and a brand-new empty horizon which I slowly fill with color by bearing witness to another sunrise.(Another oldie —2002?) IP: Logged |
Randall Webmaster Posts: 187182 From: I hold a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and a Legum Magister (LL.M.)! Registered: Apr 2009
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posted February 17, 2021 10:19 AM
Oldie and goodie.IP: Logged |
Chanterelle Knowflake Posts: 849 From: USA Registered: Sep 2020
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posted February 17, 2021 12:55 PM
🙂🦩☯️ As I said... balance is crucial.IP: Logged |
Randall Webmaster Posts: 187182 From: I hold a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and a Legum Magister (LL.M.)! Registered: Apr 2009
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posted February 18, 2021 09:03 AM
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HeavenlyLove Knowflake Posts: 737 From: Allcity, Nothingland, Earth, Infinity Registered: Jan 2021
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posted February 18, 2021 03:48 PM
Very beautiful, who wrote it ? 🌉IP: Logged |
Chanterelle Knowflake Posts: 849 From: USA Registered: Sep 2020
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posted February 19, 2021 08:31 AM
I did— anything by another author comes with attribution.IP: Logged |
Randall Webmaster Posts: 187182 From: I hold a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and a Legum Magister (LL.M.)! Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 21, 2021 08:26 AM
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Randall Webmaster Posts: 187182 From: I hold a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and a Legum Magister (LL.M.)! Registered: Apr 2009
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posted January 04, 2022 08:04 AM
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Pearlty Knowflake Posts: 1965 From: Ohio Registered: Jan 2012
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posted January 22, 2022 11:52 PM
Loved reading this! Much to think about and decipher IP: Logged |
Randall Webmaster Posts: 187182 From: I hold a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and a Legum Magister (LL.M.)! Registered: Apr 2009
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posted February 19, 2022 06:35 PM
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Randall Webmaster Posts: 187182 From: I hold a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and a Legum Magister (LL.M.)! Registered: Apr 2009
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posted March 13, 2022 05:08 PM
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Randall Webmaster Posts: 187182 From: I hold a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and a Legum Magister (LL.M.)! Registered: Apr 2009
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posted March 27, 2022 07:11 PM
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Randall Webmaster Posts: 187182 From: I hold a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and a Legum Magister (LL.M.)! Registered: Apr 2009
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posted April 12, 2022 04:38 PM
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Chanterelle Knowflake Posts: 849 From: USA Registered: Sep 2020
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posted April 13, 2022 05:46 AM
I dropped out of high school when I was 17, and at least a couple of the people I was friends with at the time are no longer alive. I feel like I’ve been done with mourning for a long time, but I guess you could say that I still have a complicated relationship with my hometown. All the shiny new developments mostly look pretty hollow, if that makes sense. (As a child, I can remember having wanted to be a meteorologist, an architect, a horse trainer and a hobo.)IP: Logged |
Randall Webmaster Posts: 187182 From: I hold a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and a Legum Magister (LL.M.)! Registered: Apr 2009
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posted April 30, 2022 04:54 PM
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Randall Webmaster Posts: 187182 From: I hold a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and a Legum Magister (LL.M.)! Registered: Apr 2009
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posted June 02, 2022 01:38 PM
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Randall Webmaster Posts: 187182 From: I hold a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and a Legum Magister (LL.M.)! Registered: Apr 2009
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posted June 26, 2022 09:03 PM
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Randall Webmaster Posts: 187182 From: I hold a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and a Legum Magister (LL.M.)! Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 03, 2022 02:13 PM
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posted December 23, 2022 06:52 PM
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posted January 08, 2023 06:37 PM
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posted August 08, 2023 05:15 PM
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Randall Webmaster Posts: 187182 From: I hold a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and a Legum Magister (LL.M.)! Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 29, 2023 06:48 PM
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Randall Webmaster Posts: 187182 From: I hold a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and a Legum Magister (LL.M.)! Registered: Apr 2009
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posted September 28, 2023 02:31 PM
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Randall Webmaster Posts: 187182 From: I hold a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and a Legum Magister (LL.M.)! Registered: Apr 2009
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posted October 12, 2023 05:11 PM
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Randall Webmaster Posts: 187182 From: I hold a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and a Legum Magister (LL.M.)! Registered: Apr 2009
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posted November 04, 2023 12:51 PM
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