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Living In the Shadows of Life


Day to year living in the shadows of life
Events, eventualities thrown like stones
Embedding in ones soul, pointed knives
Physical mental scars, some shown
This roaming through time, life's strife
Inhaled, our living poisonous spores 
Exhaled near suffocation, breathless

Living in the shadows of life, day to year
Moments in time encompassed by they 
Sporadic but reality fused by ones fear
Stones thrown, their leaving marks say
It's overcoming such, to again life's steer
Inhale, prevail, give existence your all
Exhale, reveal, your life thrall to live




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Vladislav Raven

Date: 11/12/2018 3:18:00 PM

Hi James, congratulations on your win in the contest. Have a wonderful Monday....Mike.

Line Gauthier

Date: 11/11/2018 7:13:00 PM

Congrats on your top win, James.

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 11/10/2018 5:29:00 PM

Congratulations on this wonderful poem getting First Place in Brian's contest James! : )

Debbie Duncan

Date: 8/10/2015 10:39:00 PM

Awesome write James :)

James Fraser
Date: 8/26/2015 2:03:00 PM

Thank you so much Debbie, hugs, James :)

James Peranteau

Date: 5/1/2015 3:45:00 PM

We are all slaves to many of things and souls dear poet; even if we were desert dwellers, we still could not escape being shackled to its regional order, none the mater so being recluse there ! We bend sir, hence, my trigonous order of life: Jehovah God and our Savior Christ Jesus...Poetry....and so be it; the one with long shimmering tresses and distended nubile flesh ! *smiles* Noah is a seperate order which our heavenly Father has approved<~~~~ I just know it James ! I truly enjoyed this write my, growing like moss on me friend ! Have a wonderfully blessed weekend; you and yours.....much love, james...p.s.....soup-mail my friend

James Fraser
Date: 5/2/2015 12:55:00 PM

Hiya James, I wrote this after hearing someone say 'Living in the Shadows of Life' and the outcome you've kindly read. Have a most wonderful weekend my Poetry Friend, smiles, James :)

M. L. Kiser

Date: 5/1/2015 2:55:00 PM

To quote the line of a Ladysmith Black song; "Keep your face to the sun and you will not see the shadows." Well penned.

James Fraser
Date: 5/2/2015 12:44:00 PM

Hiya MLK, thanks kindly. Must look up the song. Have a lovely weekend, James :)

Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser

Date: 4/30/2015 6:44:00 PM

Huge James,I know exactly what you mean and I'm on it at the moment.... Anyhow, chase those shadows away... Let light emerged from those shadows... shadows walk behind not front of you... :)! Live. Love. Laugh... (((tight hugs)))~olive eloisa

James Fraser
Date: 5/2/2015 12:39:00 PM

Hey little one, hold my hand and lets put 'Living in the Shadows of Life' behind us. Tight warm hugs always//your Dino James xxxx

Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser
Date: 4/30/2015 6:46:00 PM

i like the metaphors you used here. the increasing intensityof your lines.. from tragedy, sadness to being determined... the umbrella of your thoughts is powerfully expressed deepbut it's strinkingly thought provoking... !