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-shadowknows69

Let me tell you a story of a lost soul. One lost to shadow and malaise and all the general nastiness that occurs when idle hands allows the devil to play. Let me tell you of an awakening and an exodus. Even, s... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/shadowknows69/265 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:51:03 To those who fret, I am stronger than you know
Fire within me burning
Finally beginning to grow
A need to regain control
Of self, identity and purpose
Though the road be long and slow

Not in this land, so cursed and empty for me
Back to the path of the scholar
If that’s what the fates will... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/shadowknows69/264 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:05:31 New moon; silent; unseen
Deconstruct the past and open us
Refill us as you wax to full
Beginning a fresh cycle
As it is with all things
As above, so below.
Make room for positive energies to grow.
Not a time of woe
But necessary change for renewal

Bring us a moon of strength and love
F... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/shadowknows69/263 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:24:52 Really like to know how DU breaks down on this one.

ETA: Thank you Scarletwoman. To clarify when I say "Use" I meant to imply as a first strike weapon or a deterrent. The existing "propaganda" is that they intend to use it. It was too ambiguous and not enough space in the header to write it that ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/shadowknows69/262 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:39:06 Obsidian hearts
Born of rock and fire
What tracks do you leave?
By following your desires?

Flames fanned from ages unknown
Forged in the passion
Gaia tends the flames
Speaking to her children
By words like smoky whispers
If you listen she may call your name

Smoldering signals unseen or... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/shadowknows69/260 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:20:36 My home is nothing but blood and rubble
Streets strewn with madness and sorrow
Wandering souls amid living rabble
Survivors left with doubtful tomorrows

“Where were you from my brother?
Weren’t you from just down the road?
I see Lady Earth has also claimed your daughter
Wish you a companion... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/shadowknows69/259 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:34:53 Frankly my only hope is a program called VESID-Vocational/Educational Services for Individuals With Disabilities, and I have an appointment today to find out more about them.
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/shadowknows69/258 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:53:23 [i]Hearken to me children if your ears take the dare
Gather and listen to the Prophecies of Asu.
That is my name and my tale now begins;
Please, take a chair.[/i]

I bring you no tale of happy new years
Instead a story to bring about fear
Freedom’s perilous dance now a pirouette
Dangerous ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/shadowknows69/257 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:36:15 Just go see them.

"We can be heroes. Just for one day"
-David Bowie

I’ve had a fairly ridiculous amount of people I know die or come damn close to it in my forty year lifespan. Surely nothing rivaling the soldier at war or the police officer, EMT, doctor et al. who may have to bury colleagues... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/shadowknows69/256 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:08:29 [i]"Well my telephone was ringing
And they told me it was Chairman Mao
You can tell him anything
'Cause I just don't wanna talk to him now

I've got the apolitical blues
And that's the meanest blues of all
I don't care if it's John Wayne
I just don't wanna talk to him now"
-“A Apolitica... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/shadowknows69/254 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:50:36 As far as friends and family and family or friends of friends. He filled his quota this year for sure. Just to keep it straight in my own head here goes.

-J, long time friend of my wife and me died in a car accident
-One of my best friend's uncles died far too young.
-The wife of a long time ne... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/shadowknows69/253 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:08:55 At least if I don't make it that long my wife still gets the money. Thanks in advance for any responses, but I doubt I have it together enough right now to reply. Need to go watch a movie or something or I'm going to break. FYI, the Judge ruled against me despite the same evaluator for the Social Se... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/shadowknows69/252 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:01:33 [i]“What makes a man can also be what breaks a man.”[/i]
-Anonymous

Up until the Wednesday before Thanksgiving of 2009 I had a friend named Jack. Jack is not his real name, but it will suffice to protect his identity out of respect for family and friends who may by happenstance see this essay. I... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/shadowknows69/250 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:05:28 Men in cloistered halls they cry
Rally the men! Rally the men!
Hear the eagle’s song and fly
Rally the men!

Follow the bugle calls and die
Rally the men! Rally the men!
In cloistered halls on hills on high
Rally the men!
The eagle’s moral ground is the sky

In cloistered halls orderin... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/shadowknows69/249 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:54:04 At about 9:45 AM tomorrow I'm having my appeal hearing for SSI/Disability. If I win, on the grounds I'm unable to work because of some mental health issues, I can finally get further testing that I need to start to properly heal. Both mentally and a considerable amount of physically.

"The worst ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/shadowknows69/248 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:50:10 Fleeting frosty footsteps of Autumn creep quickly now
All cycles set to renew
Leaves adorned with a beautiful hue
Season of cold is coming; but hope follows
That a long winter gives way
To Spring's warming breath and the season of death it swallows
................................................ http://journals.democraticunderground.com/shadowknows69/244 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:31:02 [i]“All children see different shapes in the clouds. Some of us simply haven’t learned we’re not supposed to anymore.”[/i]
-Anonymous

Let me unpeel the layers of my mind for you.
Perhaps for the very last time, I’m saddened to say
Because the tale I now unfold is complete and true
From the ti... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/shadowknows69/243 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:44:56 And I will NOT applaud the giving of a "peace" prize to a President who is continuing one useless war of choice and escalating another. Since progressive seems to equal pariah on this board now, I'll direct your attention to the ignore button right above the subject line. Might as well use it becaus... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/shadowknows69/242 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:54:27 Broken and battered
Mind and body thrown about
Nothing but pain
Spirit scattered
Twists of fate tie my brain

Shoulder and back busted up
By motorists without eyes or minds
Trying to get faster to whatever place
Forgetting we can’t occupy the same space
At the same time.
So metal goes fl... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/shadowknows69/241 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:12:13 Feeling like the world is in need of repair
The chassis is bent and broken
Other parts showing signs of wear

Reserve tank has been sucked quite dry
Without another pump anywhere in sight
Dangerous wastelands of road lay ahead
Still a ways in the distance, but not too far
To see that it’s a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/shadowknows69/239 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:24:46 And yes I realize it's probably in poor taste but it is so spot on it's scary.

[http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/09/stormtroopers_never_forget.php]... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/shadowknows69/238 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:53:55 "We can be heroes. Just for one day"
-David Bowie

I’ve had a fairly ridiculous amount of people I know die or come damn close to it in my forty year lifespan. Surely nothing rivaling the soldier at war or the police officer, EMT, doctor et al. who may have to bury colleagues and neighbors alike,... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/shadowknows69/237 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:08:14 Trying in vain to get my thoughts collected
Petition for my sanity being rubber stamp rejected
This trip is taking too much longer than expected.

Looking for holes inside of holes and wheel inside wheel
Grasping constantly for how it is that I’m supposed to feel
Never sure where my dreaming e... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/shadowknows69/236 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:57:19 In my dreams the darkness stalking
Empty streets down which I’m walking
A soupy fog of a future sings to me

A stretching highway in the distance
Abandoned toll booths
A highway store
Still open,
Serving burgers, selling coffee
And more

Way station before the road
Leading somewhere bla... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/shadowknows69/234 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:55:48 But today is my tenth wedding anniversary!!! That would make it Mrs. Shadow's too, of course.

... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/shadowknows69/233 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:45:25