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Baggage

I'm going to drop all my baggage here. It's going to make a loud noise, I'm sure, But I'm going to walk away and not look back. I do not own its noise And yet, my dear friends, If a sweet metallic vibration Of brash against stone Whooshes an end to this sad symphony, Well, I'll take that. I will store that sound away in my heart In a place where no one needs to Hear a damn word about it, For you see, some treasures must be kept unknown Just as some baggage must be kept astrewn.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2008




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Date: 10/1/2008 12:58:00 PM
We all carry baggage and if we drop all the baggage it may expose our very soul. But treasures we keep in that special compartment. God Bless Phyl
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Date: 10/1/2008 6:18:00 AM
I loved this. Very deep. I'm not sure what to quote. Its just very beautiful. Its so true, some treasures must be kept unknown. Very nicely penned. Take care, Chitra.
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Date: 9/30/2008 10:41:00 PM
mayday, i am stuck inside this poem and i can't get out...
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Date: 9/30/2008 10:39:00 PM
i love this poem. and why is it such a concept that we are so immune to doing? why? maybe we are afraid to see who we are without the baggabe. again, love the poem
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Date: 9/30/2008 10:39:00 PM
great flow and the drop the baggage ideal is all i and probably others have had to hang on to for so long. once we drop it ahhh. why did we wait so long.
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Date: 9/30/2008 10:36:00 PM
great flow and the drop the baggage ideal is all i and probably others have had to hang on to for so long. once we drop it ahhh. why did we wait so long.
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