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I'm walled in?



When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse out of the corner of my eye.
I turned to look but it was gone.
I cannot put my finger on it now.
The child is grown, the dream is gone.

Posted - April 6, 2017

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  • 745
    I love this! Why didn't you post it in the Poetry group?
      April 6, 2017 7:35 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Thanks, nobodylari.37. I really like it, too. 
    I feel like those words right now.

    And I find it poetry, too -- you're right, I should have posted it there.


    And, do forgive me, I purposefully gave no credit to the lyricist in my question because I now feel just like those words. They're my favorite lines from my favorite song in the entire album. Roger Waters wrote the song "Comfortably Numb" and it's on Pink Floyd's "The Wall" album.

    Thanks for answering, nobodylair.37!
    Be Well,
    WelbyQ
    :) This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at April 6, 2017 10:37 PM MDT
      April 6, 2017 7:50 PM MDT
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  • 745
    Haha, silly me, I didn't know this was from Comfortably Numb.. guess I need to listen to it a few more times. And yeah, lyrics are definitely poetry. Some are amazing poetry. Thanks for sharing :)
      April 6, 2017 7:54 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    I agree totally with you about song lyrics and poetry.
    Yeah, these words in my question are right at the end of the song. I almost cry a bit each time I hear them in the song --  and that's when I'm in a stable mood, ha! I think I might avoid listening to the song this evening (another ha!) -- but those words surely were in my mind.

    You're welcome for my sharing.
    :)
      April 6, 2017 7:59 PM MDT
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  • 7683
    Welby this poem for you...composed right now;))

    The sound of frantic feet
    Running fast down the street
    Quick hurry don't you just wait
    drop everything get within the gate
    That thing....no that....image....
    There it goes in foliage
    Welby woke up in a daze
    Everything was just a haze
    He was no longer a child
    That dream again..he smiled
    Time so softly passes by
    Welby thought as he lay;))
      April 6, 2017 9:11 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Veena.K, you've accurately portrayed my mind and being!
    :)
    Thank you!
    (and if this is an already-existing lyric or poem, I'm unfamiliar with it!)

    :)

    UPDATE ~ I read further comments from you- - that poem is original from you. Thank you again. That was a tough night for me when I wrote the question. I'm still having a rough go of things lately, to be honest, but I just forge ahead,




    This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at April 11, 2017 10:07 PM MDT
      April 11, 2017 8:37 PM MDT
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  • 7683
    I composed it Welby, dunno why I was very moved when I read your thoughts. I love writing poems, it comes naturally, my relatives and friends always await my poems for their anniversaries or birthdays, dwelling on their traits the words flow spontaneously;))
    God bless you dear, whatever it is that is ailing you,may it go away...Amen!
      April 11, 2017 10:10 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Thanks you, Veena.K! I failed to see an alert for your comment here. I'm sorry for my delay in responding!
    Yes, I do have challenges sometimes in a couple of areas but I persevere.
    :)
    Thanks, again!
    :)
      May 13, 2017 11:47 AM MDT
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  • Dear NobodyLair, and WelbyQuentin, and Veena.K...I for one hope you ALL of you post verse here in the main aMug occasionally...coz I loved all of it...my good friend Yosey from ASK loves Pink Floyd and shows me some of her favourites...
    * * *
    And I will respond with a verse from Wordsworth, same nuance...I actually memorized this in childhood and still know it by heart!

    There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream
    The Earth, and every common sight
    To me did seem appareled in celestial light
    The glory and the freshness of a dream.

    It is not now as it hath been of yore;
    Turn wheresoe'er I may,
    By night or day
    The things which I have seen, I now can see no more.

     

      April 6, 2017 10:13 PM MDT
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  • 7683
    Ummm dear Virginia you are so kind....i read the dialogue between Welby and nobodylair.....Dunno but I felt some heart pangs at welby's words ...it moved me and ah the words flowed....! You are so eloquent in everything Virginia and any compliment from you means the world to me! This post was edited by Veena.K at April 11, 2017 8:38 PM MDT
      April 6, 2017 10:34 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Thanks, Veena.K, again.
    :)
      April 11, 2017 8:42 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    That's cool, VirginiaL, very cool!
     Thanks!
    :)
      April 11, 2017 8:38 PM MDT
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  • Dear WelbyQuentin,
    Clearly the Pink Floyd lyrics reflected your experience, or somehow meaningful for you, and it is truly wonderful...I would even say precious.
      April 11, 2017 9:14 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Thanks, VirginiaL.
    :)
      April 11, 2017 9:22 PM MDT
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  • 495
    When I read the question, I heard the song. It jumped out at me. Comfortably Numb is on my 20 favorite songs of all time list. Loved this question. :)
      April 7, 2017 3:06 AM MDT
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  • 22853
    I'm glad you loved my question, dragonfly46! Thanks for letting me know!
    :)
      April 11, 2017 8:43 PM MDT
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