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i am not all the things i used to be

by omegapaf

in my youth i was many things
a force wearing many rings
a promise of what to bring
a thing for evil to sting

now i am not as strong as i used to be
i cannot climb the highest tree
the weight of the world is too heavy for me.
...........................forgive me.





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Re: i am not all the things i used to be (Score: 1 )
by deepali on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 (21:43:09)
But aren't you wiser today?
we've to survive with all the changes, buddy!
Hang on, happiness is just around the corner..
ali.

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    Re: i am not all the things i used to be (Score: 1 )
    by omegapaf on Thursday, May 31, 2012 (08:42:35)
    wiser? yes i would say so. but maybe ignorance is bliss in some areas of life. sometimes that corner where happiness hides seems to be a long way away - take care little star - love and ice cream - paul.

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Re: i am not all the things i used to be (Score: 1 )
by fogglethorpe on Thursday, May 31, 2012 (02:03:52)
I hear you loud and clear. I was once invincible and I knew everything too, but entropy and gravity got me. It gets everyone. Hang in there. Drop me a note if you need to.

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    Re: i am not all the things i used to be (Score: 1 )
    by omegapaf on Thursday, May 31, 2012 (08:53:53)
    " i started out pretty hard and fast.....but it's begining to get to me " - paul newman - cool hand luke.

    you try so hard and it just doesn't seem to make a difference.....such is life.
    thanks hugh - gravity gets us all in the end - paul.

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Re: i am not all the things i used to be (Score: 1 )
by alana on Thursday, May 31, 2012 (05:22:16)
chuck the world aside, why do you need to carry it around, here, take this hug instead

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    Re: i am not all the things i used to be (Score: 1 )
    by omegapaf on Thursday, May 31, 2012 (08:56:44)
    just threw the world out the window little tigger. i'll take the hug instead ha ha - hugs and hound dog woooofs - navigator paf.

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Re: i am not all the things i used to be (Score: 1 )
by wolfinwindow on Thursday, May 31, 2012 (20:37:37)
Older and wiser...with many stories to tell..great little poem, Paul...

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    Re: i am not all the things i used to be (Score: 1 )
    by omegapaf on Friday, June 01, 2012 (07:22:52)
    oh, at least i know what i'm talking about now. when i was a teenager i only THOUGHT that i knew what i was talking about.

    to quote bette davis " getting old ain't for sissies ".

    - foxy and thor's girlfriend.

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Re: i am not all the things i used to be (Score: 1 )
by Porrohman on Friday, June 01, 2012 (08:10:25)
"I know I can never return to the time of hope when I was born." Stuart Adamson.

Great poem. Brilliant title.

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    Re: i am not all the things i used to be (Score: 1 )
    by omegapaf on Friday, June 01, 2012 (11:44:17)
    " it's just a shadow of the man you should be
    like a garden in the forest
    that the world will never see " - stuart adamson.

    thanks mate. hope you enjoyed scotland - paffy and my new coat of arms " hound rampant on a field of green ".

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Re: i am not all the things i used to be (Score: 1 )
by Zbird on Friday, June 01, 2012 (08:37:17)
yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away...Beatles

you captured growing old so wonderfully! things are not what they used to be but if we accept the new limitations we can still enjoy what we can do and grow old as gracefully as possible. lovely write!

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    Re: i am not all the things i used to be (Score: 1 )
    by omegapaf on Friday, June 01, 2012 (11:52:09)
    " the long and winding road " - the beatles.

    sometimes i'm glad that things aren't what they used to be...sometimes the future just scares me. my little world seems to be shrinking - growing older disgracefully ha ha - paul and snuffles.

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Re: i am not all the things i used to be (Score: 1 )
by angeroseblue on Friday, June 01, 2012 (09:40:32)
Everyone has a coming of age, and I think u describe it well. Enjoyed even tho it was very sad.

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    Re: i am not all the things i used to be (Score: 1 )
    by omegapaf on Friday, June 01, 2012 (12:00:13)
    thanks libby. one day you wake up and you are nearly 45 years old and think " what the hell happened to my thirties? ". i'm tempted to climb a tree, just to see if i can still do it.

    " you can't step twice on the same piece of water " - old buddhist proverb.
    - paul and hound.

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      Re: i am not all the things i used to be (Score: 1 )
      by angeroseblue on Friday, June 01, 2012 (12:36:09)
      Well, I remember 18. Skipped to 25 and in 2 years I will be 30. Makes u wonder don't it?

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Re: i am not all the things i used to be (Score: 1 )
by Phoebe on Sunday, June 03, 2012 (15:55:24)
Your lovely poem instantly reminded me of this Paora - When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child:
but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known....1 Corinthians 13, verse 11..- Feebs

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    Re: i am not all the things i used to be (Score: 1 )
    by omegapaf on Sunday, June 03, 2012 (19:06:38)
    nice quote whipi. some of those biblical guys did know what they were talking about. in between all their begating and nailing people to trees ha ha.

    when i was younger i thought i could save the world.......hell....deep down, i still think i can...but it does mean getting off the sofa and climbing some difficult trees.
    " our weapons were the tongues of rage. i close my eyes and tighten up my brain........i want to believe " - david bowie.

    - jessica says " never mind about all that philosophy stuff, where's my bloody supper monkey! " - 3 hounds verse 12 letters to paul " book of supper ".

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Re: i am not all the things i used to be (Score: 1 )
by liarbird on Monday, June 04, 2012 (03:44:28)
G'day Paul...
I know what you are saying Paul, but I think there's a council bi-laws officer who begs to differ. You're still a teenager in his eyes. He-he.
Thanks mate
Lindsay

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    Re: i am not all the things i used to be (Score: 1 )
    by omegapaf on Monday, June 04, 2012 (16:44:03)
    ha ha. the council begs to differ with me on many things lindsay. i've stopped answering the door to little fussy men with clipboards.
    - anytime mate. thanks - paul and the anarchy hound.

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Re: i am not all the things i used to be (Score: 1 )
by deadalchemist on Monday, June 04, 2012 (18:03:56)
Do we want to be the things that we used to be? On that note, I was hoping to show the marine I'm better than I was. And what would've happened? Is it best to be remembered as someone you were, than to be known for who you are?

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    Re: i am not all the things i used to be (Score: 1 )
    by omegapaf on Monday, June 04, 2012 (18:55:56)
    hmmmm...you are not what you used to be kid. but you'll always be my friend....you couldn't bake cookies without getting in to trouble and them exploding when i first knew you steffie ha ha.
    - thanks stef. it's a tough old marine life - paul and snuffles.

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      Re: i am not all the things i used to be (Score: 1 )
      by gailw on Sunday, June 17, 2012 (12:04:35)
      Honesty which strikes in the gut, due to it's simplicity. Beautiful job.

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        Re: i am not all the things i used to be (Score: 1 )
        by omegapaf on Saturday, June 23, 2012 (12:17:19)
        thanks gaily. honesty indeed. that's what always gets me in to trouble ha ha.

        " we are waiting on the forest
        deep and dark behind the wall
        what is hidden in our hearts
        absolves us of all worry " - stuart adamson.

        - pauly and puppy.

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Re: i am not all the things i used to be (Score: 1 )
by gailw on Sunday, June 24, 2012 (10:52:01)
Beautiful capture of a bleak moment.

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    Re: i am not all the things i used to be (Score: 1 )
    by omegapaf on Sunday, June 24, 2012 (11:10:04)
    hi gaily. whattcha up to? give me a phone call. just to let me know that you are ok?
    " i still know who you are " - perfect - the smashing pumpkins.

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