Envy

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    Sometimes, I wish I was more action and less writer/poet. But, oh well. This one feels a little lopsided for some reason. Let me know what you think.

    Envy

     I have heard of the hordes
    Thrashing through the deserts.

    And the fleets fast-flying
    Over hot open oceans.

    And lovers lying, lost in each other;
    While enemies engaged, ever-twined in battle.

    I have heard of great heroes
    Falling forcefully beneath foes.

    But haven't seen such sights myself.
    Indeed, for these I am ill-fitted.

    Had I the honor, the health, and heart,
    I would brave the brilliant beasts of change --

    Entangle my enemy, preventing escape!
    Even fickle Fate in fear would bow...

    Enslaved to the taxing temperamental pen,
    Pages imprison me, prodding my peace.

    Jaded and jeweled, jasmine-inspired,
    Baring and barring, my blessed ink's ire! 

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    ESSENCEOFLOVE commented on Envy

    11-04-2010

    I really get this one. To be a person of action and not an observer. I love the way you lay your pen down. You have a unique voice. I AM A FAN!!!........E
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    The true philosopher and the true poet are one, and a beauty, which is truth, and a truth, which is beauty, is the aim of both.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet (1803-1882)

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