{"id":241,"date":"2002-10-26T00:22:00","date_gmt":"2002-10-26T07:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/djmgyx.net\/WP\/?p=241"},"modified":"2008-08-05T15:03:59","modified_gmt":"2008-08-05T22:03:59","slug":"friday-october-25-2002-at-0522-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/djmgyx.net\/WP\/thoughts\/friday-october-25-2002-at-0522-pm","title":{"rendered":"Friday October 25, 2002 at 05:22 pm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So it\u2019s Friday, tomorrow will be the big Halloween gig, I\u2019m not too worried about it, just as long as everything goes perfectly, which of course it never does. But like I always say, \u201cHope for the best, Plan for the worst\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Anyway I was going through my subscriber and stumbled upon <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xanga.com\/home.asp?user=oOMisfitOo\">Misfit\u2019s<\/a>, and a lil project her son had to do. So upon her suggestion that everyone who reads it should do the same and give it to someone, I went ahead and did one. Well since I have no one to give a poem to anymore, I\u2019ll just post it like all the others, maybe even modify it or completely remix it to fit the still uncompleted \u201cFallen\u201d. <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><i>I Am\u2026<\/i><\/b>\ufffd<\/p>\n<p><i>I am\u2026a wanderer of the proverbial sands of life, grasping from a meaning or reason for my own existence<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>I wonder\u2026how this journey will end, if ever<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>I hear\u2026the buried words, hidden in the darkness deep beneath the masks of the world, screaming to be heard by all.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>I see\u2026nothing, for nothing is what it ever seems to be<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>I want\u2026To leave this existential journey for the tangible presence of someone to love<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>I am\u2026a wanderer of the proverbial sands of life, grasping from a meaning or reason for my own existence<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>I pretend\u2026That contentment is really happiness, and nothing is ever truly wrong on this journey<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>I feel\u2026Like a part of me is no more, oblivious and lifeless to my surroundings<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>I touch\u2026Few if any of those I meet<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>I worry\u2026If I made a difference in the lives I have touched<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>I cry\u2026When there is nothing more of me to give<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>I am\u2026a wanderer of the proverbial sands of life, grasping from a meaning or reason for my own existence<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>I understand\u2026What has happened and what is likely to come<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>I say\u2026What needs to be said, though not always at the right times<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>I dream\u2026Of another existence where this journey does not exist, where there is no need for the journey<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>I try\u2026To find options in any situation encountered<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>I hope\u2026this journey does not end alone and without resolve<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>I am\u2026a wanderer of the proverbial sands of life, grasping from a meaning or reason for my own existence<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-241\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/djmgyx.net\/WP\/thoughts\/friday-october-25-2002-at-0522-pm?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-241\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/djmgyx.net\/WP\/thoughts\/friday-october-25-2002-at-0522-pm?share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-241\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/djmgyx.net\/WP\/thoughts\/friday-october-25-2002-at-0522-pm?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/djmgyx.net\/WP\/thoughts\/friday-october-25-2002-at-0522-pm?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-post-wrapper-1235658-241-69df90c9a8015' data-src='\/\/widgets.wp.com\/likes\/#blog_id=1235658&amp;post_id=241&amp;origin=djmgyx.net&amp;obj_id=1235658-241-69df90c9a8015' data-name='like-post-frame-1235658-241-69df90c9a8015'><h3 class='sd-title'>Like this:<\/h3><div class='likes-widget-placeholder post-likes-widget-placeholder' style='height:55px'><span class='button'><span>Like<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"loading\">Loading...<\/span><\/div><span class='sd-text-color'><\/span><a class='sd-link-color'><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So it\u2019s Friday, tomorrow will be the big Halloween gig, I\u2019m not too worried about it, just as long as everything goes perfectly, which of course it never does. 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