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Time Has Called the Reaper

Stop the world and let me off
I'm where I don't belong
A broken soul forever weak
A million miles from strong

I know not what tomorrow brings
But today is standing still
An echo of a hollow past
Who's forgotten how to feel

Oxygen, a weak temptation
To live another day
A breath of bottled hopelessness
That makes me feel this way

The sun that used to warm my skin
Now reminds me of my fate
Just a plan without a purpose
Forever reprobate

A shadow of what I used to be
Beckons me to hide my face
A past without a future
A dark and winless race

A promise without a reason
Has kept me walking straight
But time has called the reaper
For me it is too late

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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Date: 6/5/2010 4:50:00 PM
oh yes love it,..p.d.
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Date: 6/5/2010 1:55:00 PM
Thank you for sharing you poetry with us Larry. I enjoyed reading it this afternoon. Hope you have a wonderful weekend running over with inspiration. Love, Carol
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Date: 6/4/2010 10:46:00 PM
I enjoyed reading you Larry!Celene!
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Date: 6/4/2010 7:46:00 PM
How dreary and depressing but another outstanding write. Great job, Buddy. Ralph
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Date: 6/4/2010 7:15:00 PM
hopeless sounding, yet very emotionally moving. well done!!
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