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Thoughts…


Elizabeth Agiantritis



Smashwords Edition


Copyright 2009 Elizabeth Agiantritis


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Poetry for my Mother: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1873

Dawn of Miracles: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/2880

Shadows of an Afterlife: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1774

A Life in Darkness: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1860

The Greek Collection: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/5550

Hell and the Devil: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/5790



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Life passes you by

When you sit still,

But when you move,

Then life moves with you.


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Please believe in all you see

In all you hear

In all you smell

In all you taste

In all you feel

And in all you know is real.


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As an adult

If I could but see

With the eyes of a child,

Would I not be the happiest man alive?


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Yesterday’s tears are tomorrow’s smiles.


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Just because

We do not perceive something with our eyes,

That does not mean

That it does not exist.


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Half on nothing

Can not be perceived.


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The soundless tears

Are the most painful tears.


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If things can’t get any worse,

Then they can only get better.


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Days only differ

When we do something different,

Days will always be the same

As long as we are the same.


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Our tears can be precious,

But when they fall on emptiness,

Then they are wasted.


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Better is the light from Heaven

Than the light from the flames of Hell.


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If you have lived in Heaven

You surely don't wish to move to Hell.

For when you have lived with God,

You surely won't appreciate the company of the Devil.


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Death is relative,

And living is only part of fantasy,

The days no longer last as they used to,

Shorter and shorter they become.


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That which hurts me the most

Is that which sets me free.


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In times of war

The true face of man is revealed.


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If I wish to be your true friend

I must look at the colour of your soul

And not the colour of your skin.


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Precious are the moments

That never return.


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To learn is to conquer

The world of unknown.


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When I hurt

Death is my only friend

And when I am happy

Death is my only enemy.


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To understand

Is to walk on a path.

To not understand

Is to tumble down a hill.


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Silence

Is but a word

That is never heard.


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I cry

But my tears soon dry,

For I know

That today will not last forever

And tomorrow shall soon come.


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The distance between us

I feel in my heart.


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As long as I feel pain

I know I'm alive.


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When you know

You must speak

But when you do not know

You must be silent.


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The opposite to secrets, lies and deceit.

The opposite to all hidden,

All strange and obscure.

One word,

One meaning,

Truth.


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Though I see a dark sky

I will not crawl up and die.


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To be stupid, is easy.

To be clever, is easy.

But to be stupid

And pretend to be clever

Or to be clever

And pretend to be stupid

Is the hardest thing of all.


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The night is not just time,

It is all the morning

Does not reveal.


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You have to look to find.


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Knowing,

Is not always understanding.

Listening,

Is not always hearing.

Living,

Is not always being alive.

But death,

Is always death.


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There are never

Enough words

To say

Just how you feel.


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If I was not speaking,

I would be listening.

If I was not writing,

I would be reading.

If I did not know,

I would learn.


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The mind and the heart

Rarely agree.


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If you have no will to live,

If you have no need to survive,

If you have no lust for life,

Then you have nothing.


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The time that passes

Tires us all.

But we are tired more from the knowledge

That the time that passes

Is never enough.


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How can I make

All of the right choices,

How can I say

All of the right words,

When I am but a man.


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Misunderstand not those who cry,

Tears can come easy

To ones eye.


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Though I cry,

My eyes are always dry,

For my tears can not been seen.


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The world is on fire

And I can feel its flames.


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The rain is coming,

The sun shall stop shining,

Hope is leaving,

Despair knows its way well.


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Tomorrow’s promises

Will always shine through

And the darkness will forever surrender to the power of the light.


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The beginning of life

Is the end of a dark age.


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Pictures can be cruel memories

When they remind you of the happiness you once had

And now have lost.


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Time passes,

Pain goes,

Laughter echoes.

Can you still hear my cries?

Do you still know my smiles?

Can you still be for me all that I need?


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Freedom must be screamed

And not whispered,

For whispers remain within the confounds of a room

While screams break down all boarders.



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Winter has come

And the cold has began,

There is no sun

And everywhere black it has become.


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I cry in the morning

And I cry at night,

For the distance between them

Is not even a baby birds’ first flight.


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From time to time

I remember,

From time to time

I forget,

But I always feel.


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Death we long for.

A sweet and peaceful sleep.

Our own escape from a cruel world.

Misery has made its final appearance.

Let us hope we all go to Heaven.


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A synonym to life

Is nothing but death.

Hand in hand

They travel throughout the land.

One needs the other

In order to survive.

Where there is a beginning

There is always and end.

A synonym to death

Is nothing but life.


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Imagine your mind

Totally empty,

Imagine yourself thoughtless,

Just imagine

And if you can

You will prove yourself wrong

For you had a thought

Even if it were only your imagination.

One day it may be the only thing

That keeps you alive.


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