a hero commits suicide

elazar · Post by **elazar** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 8:46 am

some amazing people chose to literaly take life in their own hands.a weak attempt to understand this follows.disclaimer:dont try this at home

surrounded by blips of time
eyes shielded from the sun
snared by a promising crime
i sit and ponder this gun

this life of russian rollete
speeding with tremendous speed
spun wither to patterns set
turned ugly by petty greed

and who by fire who by water
all die just as the sun sets
who lives on through son or daughter
and who has but no regrets

the desire to be is crushed
as the overwelming odds of truth
and the pleading voices shushed
as the hero snuffs out his youth

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 4:38 pm

Welcome back, elazar. Who was the hero?

Heretic · Post by **Heretic** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 5:37 pm

Lizzytysh, you are my hero.

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 5:56 pm

No suicide forthcoming ~ best select another, Heretic.

elazar · Post by **elazar** » Wed Jul 23, 2003 10:10 pm

thanks for the heads up lizzytish

alot of great people have done it,though this was brought on in particular by sylvia plath.i've been reading her unabridged journals(not the 1982 edition).

salut
elazar

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Wed Jul 23, 2003 11:40 pm

Of course, Elazar

~ my pleasure

!!! Not even ideations

~ ever

. A few extra smiles there for Heretic

.

As to Sylvia, I've never read an account of her life, but I understand that both she and her life were very intense.

LaurieAK · Post by **LaurieAK** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 2:27 am

Ciao Elazar~ahhhh Sylvia Plath...very interesting road to wander. If you are interested, http://www.sylviaplathforum.com is full of info. Also, a movie starring Gwyneth Paltrow about Plath and Hughes is due out this fall. Cheerio, L p.s. nice poem!

magneticcry · Post by **magneticcry** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 12:16 pm

it really is a nice poem...a little depressing,a little bit cruel,a little full of hatred,a little....but a lot of understanding and forgiving...perhaps...,,,

elazar · Post by **elazar** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 3:17 am

ciao laurieAk! and thanks for the SP link.i wonder if gwyneth will protray her decently.

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elizabeth,SP was incredably intense.her journals are heavy reading.i'll be lucky if i finish reading them anytime soon.

heretic,that picture is horrible.i love it.

magnetic cry,
i'm as uneloquent as they come...some hit, most miss.i'm happy you liked it.

salut
elazar