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scout Member
since 2001-06-16
Posts 175no place owns me 
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i fall asleep in deep and shut from waking up, but what i see in dreams holds me from getting out of this seat. it chains my head to the desk and tells me i'm already dead. i see it everyday a trigger not far away pulled and i say "forever (pray) in Jesus' name" then the bullet that was shot penetrates my heart and waits for me to drop, then He lifts me up from sin and takes me within and says again and again "forevermore... Amen." xscoutx |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
Very, very nice. He is there. Joyce |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Welcome to Spiritual! This is sad, and could be taken many ways in light of all the school shootings today. Stay safe and trust that you are watched over. |
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scout Member
since 2001-06-16
Posts 175no place owns me |
It's actually about hope, and being reborn (born again) in Jesus Christ. And what recent school shootings???? xscoutx |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
yes we are to die to self and be born again in Christ...but NOT at the hands of a trigger that part just hurts too much to think about, yes, please stay safe and in His will |
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Dr. Jo-Bizz Member
since 2001-06-06
Posts 97 |
there was a shooting in texas just a month or so ago. one of my friends was at the school when it happened. just so you know scott. I like this one. of course i like all your stuff.  But i especially like the meaning behind this one. dr. jo But His word was in my heart |
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scout Member
since 2001-06-16
Posts 175no place owns me |
I didn't really mean a gun, i was tired when I wrote that, it's symbolism, i just spit out my words... there was a shooting in texas? the last shooting in texas i remember was the church shooting and a girl who was good friends with my summer bible study leader in 1999 died in it, it's weird how small the world really is, i think that's the only thing disney world says that is true (it is a small world after all), that's why we need to pray for each other. xscoutx |
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Stephanos
since 2000-07-31
Posts 3618Statesboro, GA, USA |
I know poetry is subjective... so I arbitrate my own meanings alot when I read other's poems. I guess rather than seeing death "by the hand of a gun, or bullet" as the will of God, I saw this negative imagery as the brutality and maliciousness of sin. A gunshot is actually a very apt description of sin as a murderer of the soul. But I liked how Christ lifted you from sin at the end of the poem... giving the negative imagery a kind of death sentence of it's own. You painted the back-drop very black, only to drop a gleaming stone in the center. Anyway that's what I saw. Thanks for sharing this one. Stephen. |
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scout Member
since 2001-06-16
Posts 175no place owns me |
What's neat about my poetry, is that i just write it, i just let the words come out, and after i'm all done, i go through it, and i figure my own meaning later... which is weird, occasionally, i'll have an idea and write about it, but usually i write first then get the idea... I mean that poem took like 3 minutes of my life. I love my poems like that, those usually end up being the best one's. I do better when I let things happen, instead of me trying to make things happen. xscoutx |
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scout Member
since 2001-06-16
Posts 175no place owns me |
Oh yeah, I was afraid to post this poem at first, because the poem has all that negative imagery, until the very end where there comes something positive. I was hoping the positive would overpower the negative (not in length, but in power). I also didn't leave with a negative comment, i think if i did that, i would of been scared of myself...  xscoutx |
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Lighthousebob Member Elite
since 2000-06-14
Posts 4725California |
scout, This is a cool poem.... I like the contrast in the imagery of what is being felt in death and that of a dream. Death has your head chained to the desk or is it that you so love the experience of the dream that you don't want to wake up.... In death or in dream, it doesn't really matter... both experiences are great in that you are found in the presence of the Lord. Bob <>< [This message has been edited by Lighthousebob (edited 06-25-2001).] |
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scout Member
since 2001-06-16
Posts 175no place owns me |
Truth is I was asleep, lying on a desk writing this poem. xscoutx "Son of man with one blow I am about to take away from you the delight of your eyes. Yet do not lament or weep or shed any tears." - Ez. 24:1 [This message has been edited by scout (edited 06-28-2001).] |
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TheFalcon'sSpirit New Member
since 2001-09-28
Posts 4 |
Hey Scott, Its Hannah again. I love so many of your poems! This one was really interesting. You have what my writing teacher calls a "voice" in writing. Where you can state what you mean clearly, yet unclearly as well. She says I have it too, but you, I think, are better than her! I'm going to have my mom read some more of your poems and as soon as I hav time I'll e-mail you! And I'll tell my friends to visit your site AND sign your guestbook! (How can I make my own site?) -The Falcon ((Hannah for ppl who know me)) |
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