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camp fire

I sat 

With the elders 
With their 
Fire 
Of then
We chewed 
The fat
And the day
Told stories 
Of how it was
And things 
To come
They shared their
World
And I 
Took 
Time
To listen
But their time 
Passed 
And still
I am here
And we don't 
Sit
Around a fire
Anymore
Or even
A table
And the world
They shared
Was the lessons 
They learned
Of war
And bombs
And what 
Put me here
Now
And I am here
And I listened 
And some of 
What they did
Screwed me up
And some of
What they said
Was wrong
And their
Forest of evil
Contained nothing
But trees
And you can tell
The things
You say
But I am 
Me 
And I know
Where I came from
And tales 
Of smoke
Lead only
To fires
Which burn
Ideas
That as people 
We are yet
To learn 
 

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Anthony

Sat 21st Feb 2015 20:01

I don't know how to answer that Lauren.
Thanks for reading ;-)

Lauren Jane

Thu 19th Feb 2015 07:50

I have read your poems for a while and haven't yet been able to express what they mean to me without sounding like a complete psychopath/stalker/both (if it sounds like a good combination). You are a brilliant writer and the simplicity and depth of your poems overwhelm me every single time. I quite admire this poem because personally, the message I got from it was this constant pressure we recieve from elders and how their lives were and how we should NEVER make the same mistakes. That whole notion is complete rubbish. We are all unique, and no two experiences will ever be the same. We learn from ourselves better than we can learn from anyone else. Thank you for making that clear, for me anyway.

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