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The Sum of Our Fears by *paulscha:iconpaulscha:

Categories Literature > Poetry > Old Poetry Structure > Experimental




Tread lightly
In these dark days.
Make your way
both warily and merrily.
This murky, mucked-up
Low-rent maze
We call "the world"
Means us no good.
But then again
Whoever thought it would?

What matters is our intentions
Toward each other.
Take my hand
And I will be your brother.

When we are in the dark together
We make a little light of our own.
Enough to see by, until this weather clears
And we meet in a world
That is more than the sum of our fears.

You are never as alone as you think.
You are never as lost as you feel.
You are never as far from grace as you imagine,
Never as traped in your skin
As you have been taught to believe.

Take my hand
And I will give you a reprieve.
©2004-2009 *paulscha
:iconpaulscha:

Author's Comments

I write rhyming verse - it often embarrasses me, but I can't stop it and don't really want to. Say what you will about them, at least my sing-song trains of thought run on time.

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~ladyr Jan 12, 2004, 6:57:29 PM
:hug: I'm very close to tears Paul... I really love this. I would take your hand any day... I believe you could do the thing you say in this poem. Beautiful :heart:

--
"The heart has reasons that Reason knows not." -Pascal

"I miss boobies. I mean. I miss a lot of things about being in a relationship, but thanks to you, I'm thinking about boobs :roll:" -blackice
:iconkaihzu:
~kaihzu Jan 12, 2004, 8:22:46 PM
Them be some mighty meaningful words you have there. :P I really enjoyed reading it, the syllables kinda slowed me down in a few places, but nothing big.
:iconroninbearz:
`roninbearz Jan 12, 2004, 9:54:55 PM
Shades of Dylan Thomas & Merv Griffin amazing & beautiful :) I so agree w/you my friend. Why are so many people starving these days at the buffett?

--
Elevators smell different to midgets!
:icondirtycar74:
*dirtycar74 Jan 13, 2004, 1:11:27 AM
This has a lot of truth to it.

Quoted:

You are never as alone as you think.
You are never as lost as you feel.
You are never as far from grace as you imagine
...
As you have been taught to believe.

Those words just struck a chord with me for some odd reason. Oh well, bedtime for bonzo! it's 01:00!

--
    It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice...

    TRUTH ≠ FACT

    'The only disability in life is a bad attitude'
:iconphantomofnyc:
~phantomofnyc Jan 13, 2004, 9:15:42 AM
i love your writing and this goes to my fav. with some of the others. this is great, just simply beautiful! excellent work, love your words :hug: :bye:

--
" No One Dies a Virgin, Life Screws Us All"
:iconpremonition:
~premonition Jan 13, 2004, 10:53:41 AM
The like the first quarter the most. It would make a good song.

Most people don't help, and won't give a hand to help you out of the mud. Then again, there's also people like you, Paul. You almost even it out by yourself.

- Josh
:iconarachnid15:
`arachnid15 Jan 13, 2004, 12:26:18 PM
Beautifully written, Paul. For some reason this struck a chord with me today.

--
Steven Perry, and that is all that is fit to report


Steven Perry Photography
:icondefyjane:
~defyjane Jan 13, 2004, 8:52:47 PM
OH how freeing that sounds. But oh how far from the reality it feels.
Sometimes...nothing, not even being with someone, can make you stop feeling alone.

--
Comment, to get comments.
Share your kindness, not your hate.
Love the art, before yourself.
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