In Between and All Around

Want and desire,
turns to need and disease,
water on fire,
too dry to breathe.

Pleasure and pain,
the sun and the rain,
mixed together again,
the now turns to then.

Helpless but hopeful,
the light burning my eyes, 
what"s sharp will get dull,
to do becomes to try.

Fiction to fact,
the truth was a lie,
the front meets the back,
what's alive will die.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Culverhouse Avatar
March 27, 2010 at 5:47 AM
interesting philosophy, truth be told in this poem
Kopp Avatar
March 26, 2010 at 11:00 PM
It was refreshing to read this piece,Joe. Thank you for sharing. I hope that you have a wonderful day filled with inspired poetry.
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