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Marfa Lights |
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Victoria
since 2000-08-12
Posts 5869
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I see the marfa lights within the ghost town of the moonless sky Are they the bullets from the gunslingers once shot from colt 45's Is it the gunsmoke within Texas in the ghost town of yesterday? Maybe Billy the Kid..Cassidy or even Doc Holliday the Sundance Kid Jessie James.. and Johnny Ringo fighting over Calamity Jane.. Are the bullets from Wyatt Earp or is his spurs reflecting in our eyes... It is a mystery within Texas beneath our great starry skies... Is the marfa lights within the ghosttown of our imaginations? Will they always be the bullets from the gunslingers in the west? Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. |
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Marilyn Member Elite
since 1999-09-26
Posts 2621Ontario, Canada |
You paint an interesting picture with this. I have never been to Texas nor seen these lights of which you speek. You have me wishing to see them and to ponder your quiries. When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shodows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face... William Butler Yeats |
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Gemini Senior Member
since 1999-12-15
Posts 1203Wisconsin, USA |
Victoria-Very thought provoking words, very nicely done. |
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Victoria
since 2000-08-12
Posts 5869 |
Thank you Marilyn and Gemini..im so glad you enjoyed my poem..Yes i live in Texas but have never seen the Marfa Lights..maybe one day i will get the chance..  |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
Superb. . . I hope you get to see them one day. . . ------------------------------------------------------- That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl |
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Victoria
since 2000-08-12
Posts 5869 |
Thank you Sven..maybe i will..a mystical sight for the eyes im sure.. |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Interesting poem Victoria thou I'll confess I don't know what "marfa" means. One of my sons is in the Army and he recently transferred from Germany to Texas..these ghosttowns sound like an interesting outing for him...James |
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Victoria
since 2000-08-12
Posts 5869 |
Marfa is a city in Texas..One of your sons you say..for some reason i didnt realize you were old enough to have a son ha ha..thank you James.. |
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