<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894</id><updated>2011-11-27T16:48:20.561-08:00</updated><title type='text'>.sin</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-5283232947121797598</id><published>2010-05-20T18:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-20T18:43:07.339-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I can't sleep, I can't talk to anyone, what do I do. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This is insane dennis, now you're blogging to yourself.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-5283232947121797598?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/5283232947121797598/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=5283232947121797598' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-4954235543628510098?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/4954235543628510098/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=4954235543628510098' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/4954235543628510098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/4954235543628510098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2010/05/unbearable-sadness-drowns-as-darkness.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-2781561387620351347</id><published>2010-05-08T08:16:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-08T08:16:20.550-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>adrift ...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-2781561387620351347?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/2781561387620351347/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=2781561387620351347' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/2781561387620351347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-8953847271598613143</id><published>2009-11-19T14:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-19T15:04:25.513-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>sleep plays hide, in lack i seek&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;my mind is wayward and bent, &lt;br /&gt;my fingers tremble in their own accord&lt;br /&gt;i can't even write &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;what the fuck is wrong with me ...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-8953847271598613143?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/8953847271598613143/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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/&gt;falling into a revolution for my life, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;maybe you'll hold my hand , &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;these are the best times of my life in the worst life of my time, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i've become so tired of this loneliness,&lt;br /&gt;i'm a fool to try , &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;temptation, sin, is a way of life  ...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-8052218559175285920?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/8052218559175285920/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=8052218559175285920' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/8052218559175285920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/8052218559175285920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2009/11/only-god-knows-im-trying-my-best.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-4128782582740647991</id><published>2009-11-17T10:53:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-17T10:53:35.647-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>fragile&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-4128782582740647991?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-7601873121715242673</id><published>2009-11-02T19:53:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-02T19:53:47.067-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>we spend out entire lives in pursuit of intelligence, enlightenment, closure (call it whatever..) avoiding, even shunning the visceral that plagues us , to what end ? realization of our aspirations or rather subjugation to an inept sense of morality ? with even the most basic of our yearnings smothered by an overtly controlled social experiment that is defined by the mistakes of the ancient, that by inherent nature represents a downward spiral. Sometimes i wonder..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-7601873121715242673?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/7601873121715242673/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=7601873121715242673' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/7601873121715242673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/7601873121715242673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2009/11/we-spend-out-entire-lives-in-pursuit-of.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-3215622398578776344</id><published>2009-10-20T16:24:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-20T16:24:48.253-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>jelly evenings and jam nights&lt;br /&gt;sweet bitter noons in shrine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mine in yours or later&lt;br /&gt;shall we wine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;oh we&lt;br /&gt;do&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-3215622398578776344?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/3215622398578776344/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=3215622398578776344' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/3215622398578776344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/3215622398578776344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2009/10/jelly-evenings-and-jam-nights-sweet.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-1545403327912525871</id><published>2009-06-08T20:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-08T20:30:29.758-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>relay, replay the foreplay&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;replay, relay in bombay&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;relay, replay the endplay&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;someday, someway we will find a throughway to another day &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;replay&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-1545403327912525871?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/1545403327912525871/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=1545403327912525871' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/1545403327912525871'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/1545403327912525871'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2009/06/relay-replay-foreplay-replay-relay-in.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-9021007424907991366</id><published>2009-06-02T13:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-02T13:46:00.657-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>i am stuck&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i am lost &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i am dead &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i have changed&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-9021007424907991366?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/9021007424907991366/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=9021007424907991366' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/9021007424907991366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/9021007424907991366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-am-stuck-i-am-lost-i-am-dead-i-have.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-3036047437479931293</id><published>2009-04-01T12:37:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-01T12:37:31.503-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>stuck in the irrelevance of my own making&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it envelopes me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;robs me of my sleep, of my peace, of my life &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;everyday, every waking hour ....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-3036047437479931293?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/3036047437479931293/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=3036047437479931293' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/3036047437479931293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/3036047437479931293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2009/04/stuck-in-irrelevance-of-my-own-making.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-7004106815143592655</id><published>2008-10-17T13:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-17T13:26:29.252-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The woods are lovely, dark and deep.&lt;br /&gt;But I have promises to keep,&lt;br /&gt;And miles to go before I sleep,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And miles to go before I sleep.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sigh...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-7004106815143592655?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/7004106815143592655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=7004106815143592655' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/7004106815143592655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/7004106815143592655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2008/10/woods-are-lovely-dark-and-deep.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-2604322224936557406</id><published>2008-10-06T13:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-06T13:15:20.647-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>glazing in a daze &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;out into a sleeping land &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i wish upon a star&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;delicately do i do in &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;as it stirs the soul  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.sin&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-2604322224936557406?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/2604322224936557406/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=2604322224936557406' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/2604322224936557406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/2604322224936557406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2008/10/glazing-in-daze-out-into-sleeping-land.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-6895046243812149774</id><published>2008-10-06T13:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-06T13:12:33.508-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>the blinding darkness holds me closely&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;warms me in its grasp &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;drawing me closer to my end &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;whereupon you lie master &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;maketh the mark of the side  ….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.sin&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-6895046243812149774?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/6895046243812149774/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=6895046243812149774' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6895046243812149774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6895046243812149774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2008/10/normal-0-false-false-false-en-gb-x-none.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-6282041242544273687</id><published>2008-05-16T03:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-16T03:02:57.371-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt; an uninterested sadness envelopes me &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt; rendering a restless soul dead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt; a mind now screaming for peace &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt; it burns in its toil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt; drawn blood turns to dust &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt; choking the very life it gives &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt; blackened eyes shadow my vision &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt; impure tears streak in vain &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt; caged i feel in this mortal coil &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt; release me from this immortal foil &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style="font-family: arial;"&gt;.sin&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-6282041242544273687?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/6282041242544273687/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=6282041242544273687' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6282041242544273687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6282041242544273687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2008/05/uninterested-sadness-envelopes-me.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-6140907065088937017</id><published>2008-04-24T06:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-24T06:23:36.755-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt;Was asked to write about a _ _ T, my contribution to the poetry sessions ... guess what, its pretty simple &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;_ _ T ._..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;tread softly my dear ,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;you walk in the footprints of the past &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;a eyeful comparison &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;emerald eyes of burnt envy &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;mastered by none &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;worshipped as gods&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ra at night &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;a chasing fantasy at day &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;I offer you passage &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;for in nine I live &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;tread softly my dear ,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;you walk in the footprints of the past&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"&gt;.sin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-6140907065088937017?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/6140907065088937017/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=6140907065088937017' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6140907065088937017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6140907065088937017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2008/04/was-asked-to-write-about-t-my.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-7370580813537394840</id><published>2007-11-29T21:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-29T23:20:38.827-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;streaming light through morning eyes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;a held love warms the soul&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;careless slumber rests my coil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;awoken in felicity &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;to bright new day &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;shine on me my morning star &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-7370580813537394840?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/7370580813537394840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=7370580813537394840' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/7370580813537394840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/7370580813537394840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/11/streaming-light-through-morning-eyes.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-3519179959962039215</id><published>2007-11-27T03:32:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-27T03:35:16.585-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;paradoxical pandora's box's &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;two lines in a oval world &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;dissected at angles &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;confused ? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"&gt;.sin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-3519179959962039215?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/3519179959962039215/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=3519179959962039215' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/3519179959962039215'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/3519179959962039215'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/11/paradoxical-pandoras-boxs-two-lines-in.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-5690972745572602171</id><published>2007-11-27T03:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-27T03:14:08.407-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;deviant humor ventures forth &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;unassuming koalemos &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;in unfortunate range&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the devils playground churning visions&lt;br /&gt;twisted fantasies played in heat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;stifled yearnings of epic follies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-5690972745572602171?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/5690972745572602171/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=5690972745572602171' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/5690972745572602171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/5690972745572602171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/11/deviant-humor-ventures-forth-unassuming.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-5114104587861230170</id><published>2007-11-27T00:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-27T01:14:17.651-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;empty words haunt my existence &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;wasted instances ringing in desolation &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;abject loneliness in a lost vision&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;battles fought with the surrounding air&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;cynical humor reduces time &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;berates follies and accords mine &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;murmured  wishes  fade in short &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;wanton desires fall and break&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-5114104587861230170?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/5114104587861230170/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=5114104587861230170' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/5114104587861230170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/5114104587861230170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/11/empty-words-haunt-my-existence-wasted.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-765004021929777033</id><published>2007-11-23T02:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-23T02:34:49.967-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;the obsolescence of life vests me redundant &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;an imagination stifled under an overbearing burden of complacence &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;sets a placid forbearing &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;time hidden away in corners, slipping silently &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;drains us lethally  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;a candied vision vespers the mind&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;the taste of the ruminative hidden in falsetto glory &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;where upon shall i lie ? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;ambiguity festers fear &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;weapons of loki &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;friends of laze &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;wake my dear sir &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;you await your own coming ....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-765004021929777033?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/765004021929777033/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=765004021929777033' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/765004021929777033'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/765004021929777033'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/11/obsolescence-of-life-vests-me-redundant.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-248544874798929267</id><published>2007-11-05T21:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-05T21:19:43.971-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;a mercurial mind obscures the path to reason&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;fogged over by the ever changing  emotive&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;digital images flash in a physical memory&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;multiple instances of evolution raving in grotesque pleasure&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;a tribute to the higher gods of the netherworld&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;worshiping visions of an transcendental vision&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;we feed on its promises&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;we die in its reality&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-248544874798929267?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/248544874798929267/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=248544874798929267' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/248544874798929267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/248544874798929267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/11/mercurial-mind-obscures-path-to-reason.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-6145386855583954373</id><published>2007-10-24T10:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-24T10:49:26.457-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;a mind abused and tormented by dispelled images of tomorrow &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;fragmented dreams born of hallucinated realities &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;a fistful of courage slips through in sand &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;burrowing through the ever enveloping  today&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;shiny diamonds gleaning in the sun&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;a thousand cuts bleed in denial, the pain it's flavoured release&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;acrid smoke supports the addiction, lazy liquid flows over the revelations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;dark thoughts scuttled by a sound of my rise &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;he has arisen, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;fear him,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;he rises from the ashes of yesteryear &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;to destroy, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;build, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;he is not who you know &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;he is who you have asked for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;not imagined for .....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;maniacal malice bestowed with freedom &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;shall rattle the very cages that hold his in his ordeal ....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-6145386855583954373?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/6145386855583954373/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=6145386855583954373' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6145386855583954373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6145386855583954373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/10/mind-abused-and-tormented-by-dispelled.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-1657327924429988396</id><published>2007-10-15T01:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-15T01:24:10.443-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;a quarter of a century spent searching for an identity &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;transversed realities through multiple instances &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;created lives through futile experiences &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;lost is the soul in this search&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;found is the hollow ring of desolate realization&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;that this is all there is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;and that is so ....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-1657327924429988396?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/1657327924429988396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=1657327924429988396' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/1657327924429988396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/1657327924429988396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/10/quarter-of-century-spent-searching-for.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-4905455182662885573</id><published>2007-10-07T22:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-07T22:59:39.895-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;a fragmented generation lost in images waken to the ruminative of the night before,&lt;br /&gt;dronish lives , labored breaths surround the mind , morality takes a backseat&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dawn sets to a forced stupor, rambled confessions of desperate emotions &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;equivocal thoughts torn in ambivalence of reason and feelings &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;death inevitable of the mortal coil, cowed life is ensured in stead &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;whereupon shall I rest my soul, for it flutters in the salted winds &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;lost in thought of numb nothingness, watching exalted emotions , profuse confessions , broken lives, desperate privacy fade to black &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;trampled is the mind, assaulted even &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;lascivious images blaze reality, temptations abound &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;in a wonton breeze we sigh in despair to the shaded lies&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;accepted truths for comfort vies&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;lost, in search is my overwhelmed soul …..&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-4905455182662885573?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/4905455182662885573/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=4905455182662885573' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/4905455182662885573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/4905455182662885573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/10/fragmented-generation-lost-in-images.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-4507524620640504784</id><published>2007-09-30T23:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-30T23:52:13.988-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;cantankerous images dispel hopes, lucid malice bestows rage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;the troubled mind decayed gangrene&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;a normal life, abnormal influences      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-4507524620640504784?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/4507524620640504784/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=4507524620640504784' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/4507524620640504784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/4507524620640504784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/09/cantankerous-images-dispel-hopes-lucid.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-6769031169766622321</id><published>2007-09-28T03:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-28T04:13:23.422-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;walking down a life riddled with pain, a existence that defies explanation &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;waking every morning wishing to cease , to fall into an abyss&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;sex, money, drugs and alcohol -  powerless cocktail , potent holocaust  recipe for ....  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;contrived emotions have suppressed feelings that leave me numb, desolate &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;closing walls, blinding florescence , blanked vision    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;raised books scorch eyes, deafening rhythms fall on closed ears &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;the bass line pounds my chest filling the void , enchanted orations, the mind is tricked &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;sent to psychedelic dimensions,  escaped is the dark doom of today&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;a heart full of pain,  a head filled with rage , wandering , searching for salvation from vices  endured&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;dopamine for my restless soul , provider of peace , destroyer of men&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;i worship shiva for the escape, cross a fallen angel , wish a deal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;sublime feels lost in woven facades, false lives an endeared existence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;slur in the haze and bleed in request , rancor kills in greed &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;the air reeks of fear in change, an unbearing stench of denial&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;wake my dear, wake ... submit to me , worship vespers the mind&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;pages shrink to lines , monosyllables in stead &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;rage .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-6769031169766622321?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/6769031169766622321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=6769031169766622321' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6769031169766622321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6769031169766622321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/09/walking-down-life-riddled-with-pain.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-5421865619046384022</id><published>2007-09-24T03:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-24T03:56:21.442-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Happiness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;A word that confuses, befuddles, and usually scares the hell out of me...  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;a rather optimistic friend of mine calls it the following &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;"&gt;happiness is a vague feeling-- a fleeting emotion whose existence is cherished in afterthought. some live in a birdcage/in a fantasy world/ in brutal memories and some in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;unassumed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;"&gt; realities. there may be no intervention, maybe no hope, but the act gives courage to live another day that died in another continent hours ago.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;ps&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;"&gt;. nothing in this existence has any name or meaning until u give it  one.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;i would rather call it a trade off , fantasy versus reality ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;most would be content to use it as an escape for today , to fall back on a memory that is as scarce as the feeling itself, dont get me wrong i have nothing against being happy or joyful or  full of life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i don't wish to be sad , i too wish to be happy.. i too want to feel the warm embrace of hope to derive comfort in that very spiritual of feelings that is the prelude to a peaceful state of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Its just a state of mind  as far as i can see, in my convoluted imagination the state of happiness is most often the harbinger of despondency  for it propagates impossible hope&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;something that drives  a kid to survive a week in a pit or the underdogs to win the series and all that .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;what i ask is this, everybody is inspired by visions of others hope transpiring into reality , but how many of these translate those visions into their own lives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i might hope for a better job, a better life , to find and keep true love , but does hope and this afterthought of happiness really drive me to achieve it ? no it doesn't .. . but something else does&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;fear &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a very understated feeling, i would say&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it drives everything and everybody that i can possibly imagine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;an awful pessimist you might call me , but deep down you know the reality &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;why work ? fear of losing that security a job offers you &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;why love ? fear being alone ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;why hope ? fear of being lost&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-5421865619046384022?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/5421865619046384022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=5421865619046384022' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/5421865619046384022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/5421865619046384022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/09/happiness-word-that-confuses-befuddles.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-6072118333239114855</id><published>2007-09-24T01:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-24T01:51:24.951-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Rage …&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Often have many quizzed me on my choice of mood in my &lt;i style=""&gt;prose&lt;/i&gt;, wondering if life was in actuality quite as despondent as portrayed.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;I really have no answer to that, except that I breathe in conflict: in every emotion, state, choice or mood. Umpteen times I am confused by the multiplicity of choices that are present in my head at any given point in time. Annoyingly enough most of them contradict each other leaving me terribly confused. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Reality is that having lived so many lives over the years I seem to have lost track of my own identity, sucked into a whirlpool of emotions that assault my every sense day after day, numbing every feeling. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Who am I ? do you know ? for I don’t, a mortal fear looms of its existence, of discovering that I fall quite short of my perceived image or exceed &lt;i style=""&gt;(both terrifying thoughts&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;although there is a feeling of cynical humor in my mind as I jot this down, laughing at this ironically desperate state of mind)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Why the hell would I want to find out anyway, what difference does it make. even if I do ever find out, would it change anything ? would I want to change anything, not quite I think. Comfortable in a safe complacent state of mind.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Taken enough stupid risks in my life already, now everything that seemed exciting, fun seems risky, nonsensical or plain stupid.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Mornings, huh …&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Waking every morning to supposedly a new world, when I’m not even sure if I have stopped dreaming of the older. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Living in hope, that’s what we do – really? Are we supposed to believe in our hopes , knowing fully well the stupidity they present! Secretly hoping , praying for those ‘godly’ interventions that would change the very direction of our lives.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;5 seconds of reflection and back to reality, where the fuck are my socks man ? Sardar …. I need socks …&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;despondent lives , empty existences &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;repeated lies, accepted too&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-6072118333239114855?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/6072118333239114855/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=6072118333239114855' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6072118333239114855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6072118333239114855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/09/rage-often-have-many-quizzed-me-on-my.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-4411397597980416902</id><published>2007-09-19T02:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-19T02:42:40.685-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;walking illusions , dark days &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;sleeping dreams , psychedelic nights&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;forgotten lives ,  void spaces &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;abstained desires ,  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;rage ......&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;.sin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-4411397597980416902?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/4411397597980416902/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=4411397597980416902' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/4411397597980416902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/4411397597980416902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/09/walking-illusions-dark-days-sleeping.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-6615869987845582887</id><published>2007-09-13T23:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-13T23:31:29.628-07:00</updated><title type='text'>can you handle the real me ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;a hundred faces&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;a hundred illusions &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;a reflection in doubt &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;a soul interred &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;real is no more &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;them is me today &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;lost is hope &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;forgotten , spurned is me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;.sin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-6615869987845582887?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/6615869987845582887/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=6615869987845582887' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6615869987845582887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6615869987845582887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/09/can-you-handle-real-me.html' title='can you handle the real me ?'/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-267001240427992800</id><published>2007-09-10T07:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-10T07:10:04.255-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;in absence of reason do i live,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;only to stifle in my curse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;do i wish upon it myself ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;for i see my escape and do i fear the release &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;for i fear it in itself ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;a thousand questions does my heart ask of me &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;am i a prisoner  of my own sorrow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;or a fool of my own folly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;bear not the cross shall i,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;fail not the purpose will i&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;an untimely death shall my reason befall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;for i am a fool of my own ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;reason&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"&gt;.sin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-267001240427992800?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/267001240427992800/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=267001240427992800' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/267001240427992800'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/267001240427992800'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/09/in-absence-of-reason-do-i-live-only-to.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-8803998084830263113</id><published>2007-09-06T22:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-06T23:00:24.822-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;christened the prince of darkness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;fallen below our feet &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;in the absence of light shall he rise &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;from dusk till dawn shall he rue &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;he walks the streets amongst our dead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;more in heart than in shape &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;rue his whisper &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;for shall it turn your dreams true &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;tempt the gentle voice does &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;fall the weak mind  will&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;.sin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-8803998084830263113?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/8803998084830263113/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=8803998084830263113' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/8803998084830263113'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/8803998084830263113'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/09/christened-prince-of-darkness-fallen.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-4778607492922983708</id><published>2007-09-03T13:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-03T13:12:32.201-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;i stand afflicted by a terrible loneliness  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-4778607492922983708?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/4778607492922983708/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=4778607492922983708' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/4778607492922983708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/4778607492922983708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/09/i-stand-afflicted-by-terrible.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-8830088885382375030</id><published>2007-08-31T12:14:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-31T12:17:52.668-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;the rage of a thousand fires &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;burns in my blood &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;seething through my skin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;it dissipates any sense or sensibility &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;soon i shall turn &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;into sin ....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;dennis.sinned&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-8830088885382375030?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/8830088885382375030/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=8830088885382375030' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/8830088885382375030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/8830088885382375030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/08/rage-of-thousand-fires-burns-in-my.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-8374045160813706205</id><published>2007-08-31T12:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-31T12:14:40.404-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;i breathe in relief at the darkest hour of the night&lt;br /&gt;as i wander in the &lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;byzantium&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; of my minds creation &lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;free of the trappings of the world&lt;br /&gt;that so bind me to a mortal shell&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;i am home ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;.sin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-8374045160813706205?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/8374045160813706205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=8374045160813706205' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/8374045160813706205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/8374045160813706205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/08/i-breathe-in-relief-at-darkest-hour-of.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-2181016681682690825</id><published>2007-08-06T03:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-06T03:49:30.018-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>lonely sleepless nights&lt;br /&gt;fragmented thoughts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;addicted yearnings&lt;br /&gt;difficult denials&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;contemplated cessation&lt;br /&gt;realised reality&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a million thoughts&lt;br /&gt;a single mind&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ensured desperation&lt;br /&gt;eventual madness&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-2181016681682690825?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/2181016681682690825/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=2181016681682690825' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/2181016681682690825'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/2181016681682690825'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/08/lonely-sleepless-nights-fragmented.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-1053454543775363052</id><published>2007-07-26T10:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-26T11:04:08.298-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;hanging on to a mere semblance of life &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;an existence that knows no feeling &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;lost and lonely &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;again .... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;put in this state of virtual comatose &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;a drug , a savior or a destroyer of life &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;an unanswered question &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;the final blow &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;an empty existance &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;the search ended &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;the result found &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;and lost &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;for the want of sanity &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;maddness was found&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;.sin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-1053454543775363052?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/1053454543775363052/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=1053454543775363052' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/1053454543775363052'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/1053454543775363052'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/07/hanging-on-to-mere-semblance-of-life.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-499074379601499001</id><published>2007-07-02T07:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-02T07:54:46.935-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;lost and lonely&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;confused and dejected &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;clinging on to a myriad shell of existence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;clawing for redemption&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;will  i lose me &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;or will i find me &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-499074379601499001?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/499074379601499001/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=499074379601499001' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/499074379601499001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/499074379601499001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/07/lost-and-lonely-confused-and-dejected.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-6400986797632796688</id><published>2007-06-20T03:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-21T03:16:04.264-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;questions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;wafting illusions lead me astray&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;morning eyes crash me down &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the thankless world &lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;a hapless life &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;changing to adapt to me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;who will change me again ?&lt;br /&gt;will someone ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;where will i lead myself ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;when my heart is lead to an untimely end&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a thousand questions does my &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;heart &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;ask&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;a thousand pin drops does my &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;head hear&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;everyday is another sear&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;another nail in this coffin called life&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"&gt;.sin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-6400986797632796688?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/6400986797632796688/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=6400986797632796688' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6400986797632796688'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6400986797632796688'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/06/questions-wafting-illusions-lead-me.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-3928919743981177155</id><published>2007-06-12T22:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-12T23:05:27.462-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;life&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;it takes a life to make us realise the value of ours ,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;to feel the foreboding sense of time to seep into out minds &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;i bow my head in respect for those who didn't get the opportunity to cherish what is close to them&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;pray for who are close be strong and remember the moments that they shared in happiness&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i give thanks for the opportunity today and what comes tomorrow&lt;br /&gt;for tomorrow is not known to anyone today&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i pay my respects&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;.sin&lt;br /&gt;_____________________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Arial;" &gt;Psalm 23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-3928919743981177155?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/3928919743981177155/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=3928919743981177155' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/3928919743981177155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/3928919743981177155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/06/life-it-takes-life-to-make-us-realise.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-923145953264716192</id><published>2007-06-11T05:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-11T06:17:45.450-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;rage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;bridled rage seething through&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;suppressed emotions burning to ashes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;at war with the world silently&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;more at war with me &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;screaming , wanting to break out &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;wishing to tear open my life &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;mirror mirror on the wall ... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;oh, woe me &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i foresee my &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;fall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;.sin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-923145953264716192?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/923145953264716192/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=923145953264716192' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/923145953264716192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/923145953264716192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/06/rage-bridled-rage-suppressed-emotions.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-8238890212802605496</id><published>2007-06-11T04:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-11T04:39:33.159-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"&gt;let me sleep&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;awoken into an endless nightmare &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;let me sleep into a dreamless night&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;not i wish to battle the world&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;just drift along into the dark void&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;gasp to breathe the muddled lie &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;reach to hold my seething rage &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;free my soul my heart says&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;cage it forever my mind does&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"&gt;.sin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-8238890212802605496?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-8855349227114381428</id><published>2007-06-10T23:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-10T23:53:21.322-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"&gt;untitled&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;dark nights &amp; never ending days &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;every day's folly is a mighty haze&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;tomorrows vision is an unborn child &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;today it blinds me for an unknown kind&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;drifting interim is a wont desire &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;but i waft in preeminence of wanton ire&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"&gt;.sin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-8855349227114381428?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/8855349227114381428/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=8855349227114381428' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/8855349227114381428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/8855349227114381428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/06/untitled-dark-nights-never-ending-days.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-1469472629985080652</id><published>2007-06-10T23:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-10T23:45:01.930-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"&gt;untitled&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;left out of my mind, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;heartfelt sorrow makes me empty and hollow &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;conflicted at every turn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;dejected efforts make me scald and burn &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"&gt;.sin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-1469472629985080652?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/1469472629985080652/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=1469472629985080652' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/1469472629985080652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/1469472629985080652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/06/untitled-left-out-of-my-mind-heartfelt.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-6250581859514034863</id><published>2007-06-07T05:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-07T05:21:00.677-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"&gt;untitled&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;broken skies &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;wet earth &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;hazy sight &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;cold feelings &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;desperate wishes &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;harsh truths&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;.sin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-6250581859514034863?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/6250581859514034863/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=6250581859514034863' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6250581859514034863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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style="font-family: arial;"&gt;impossible choices &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;evolving thoughts &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;tomorrows disaster &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;today's&lt;/span&gt; repression&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;.sin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-33988440908930846?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/33988440908930846/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=33988440908930846' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/33988440908930846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/33988440908930846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/06/untitled-conflicting-emotions-alternate.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-6480684545034770710</id><published>2007-06-06T00:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-06T00:25:49.813-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"&gt;untitled&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;an expression of desire &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;an acceptance of love &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;the rejection of reason &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;the breaking of a wall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;a moment in despair &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;a realization of pain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"&gt;.sin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-6480684545034770710?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/6480684545034770710/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=6480684545034770710' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6480684545034770710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6480684545034770710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/06/untitled-expression-of-desire.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-6201260465632761368</id><published>2007-06-05T23:39:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-05T23:54:45.823-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;rage &amp;amp; sadness&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;I have a heart full of sadness &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;a head full of rage &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I stumble into the world &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;breaking apart from my senses &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I fight my own demons&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;and i'm plagued by yours &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;my head is psychedelic &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;and my heart is black &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;.sin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-6201260465632761368?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/6201260465632761368/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=6201260465632761368' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6201260465632761368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6201260465632761368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/06/rage-sadness.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-7520125624704564105</id><published>2007-06-05T02:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-05T02:33:03.807-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;untitled&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;my head rings to the prose of dead poets &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;my life recants to the voice of forgotten souls &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;living on the edge of reality &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;wishing to dissuade into an illusion &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;struggling to fight over this obsession &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;overcome by the vagrancies of life&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;where do I go &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;what do I do &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;will someone take my hand &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;will someone thrust me into their love &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;will someone overpower this sense of foreboding &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;will someone ?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;.sin&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-7520125624704564105?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/7520125624704564105/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=7520125624704564105' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/7520125624704564105'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/7520125624704564105'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/06/untitled-my-head-rings-to-prose-of-dead.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-4579435844795813480</id><published>2007-06-04T23:16:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-04T23:17:45.329-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;" &gt;untitled&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the loved spurned &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the heart broken &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;a fallen head &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a heart broken &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;the wronged act&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;heart &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;broken &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;a moment of despair &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a heart broken &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;the love lost &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the heart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt; broken &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;.sin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-4579435844795813480?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/4579435844795813480/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=4579435844795813480' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/4579435844795813480'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/4579435844795813480'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/06/untitled-loved-spurned-heart-broken.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-6339741332396277457</id><published>2007-06-02T05:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-02T06:10:35.978-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;the war&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i wake up to a new day &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;, a new beginning &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;at least thats what i'm led to believe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;dragging my self into a state of defeated consciousness &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;against my very will &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;everything seems in a haze&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;through my induced eyes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;it's like an illusion &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;i fall &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;i fall rapidly &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;deeply &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;into a maze of uncertainty &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;a refusal of reality &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;i'm at war against my very senses &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;struggling to arise &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;i fall to my knees &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;i desist &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;am i wrong &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;or am i wronged ............&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;.sin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-6339741332396277457?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/6339741332396277457/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=6339741332396277457' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6339741332396277457'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6339741332396277457'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/06/alternate-state.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-6488988730347824451</id><published>2007-06-02T05:31:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-02T05:32:43.066-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;b&gt;Me, I'm Not&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well it's happening&lt;br /&gt;Never planned on this&lt;br /&gt;You've got something I need&lt;br /&gt;Kind of dangerous&lt;br /&gt;And I'm losing control&lt;br /&gt;I'm not used to this&lt;br /&gt;What you want from me&lt;br /&gt;I'm not used to this&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can't shut it off&lt;br /&gt;This thing I've begun&lt;br /&gt;And it's hard to tell&lt;br /&gt;Just where it's coming from&lt;br /&gt;And it's hard to see&lt;br /&gt;What I'm capable of&lt;br /&gt;And it's hard to believe&lt;br /&gt;Just, what I've become&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey, can we stop&lt;br /&gt;Me, I'm not&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can swallow it down&lt;br /&gt;Keep it all inside&lt;br /&gt;I define myself&lt;br /&gt;By how well I hide&lt;br /&gt;I feel it coming apart&lt;br /&gt;Well, at least I tried&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-6488988730347824451?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/6488988730347824451/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=6488988730347824451' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6488988730347824451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6488988730347824451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/06/me-im-not-well-its-happening-never_02.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-1878057495949970817</id><published>2007-05-31T00:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-31T00:55:18.255-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;a name="6"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#dddddd;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Every Day Is Exactly The Same&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i believe i can see the future&lt;br /&gt;because i repeat the same routine&lt;br /&gt;i think i used to have a purpose&lt;br /&gt;then again that might have been a dream&lt;br /&gt;i think i used to have a voice&lt;br /&gt;now i never make a sound&lt;br /&gt;and i just do what i have been told&lt;br /&gt;i really don't want them to come around&lt;br /&gt;oh no...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;every day is exactly the same&lt;br /&gt;there is no love here and there is no pain&lt;br /&gt;every day is exactly the same&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i can feel their eyes are watching&lt;br /&gt;in case i lose myself again&lt;br /&gt;sometimes i think i'm happy here&lt;br /&gt;sometimes...&lt;br /&gt;sometimes...  yeah, i still pretend&lt;br /&gt;i cannot remember how this got started&lt;br /&gt;oh...  but i can tell you exactly how it will end&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;every day is exactly the same&lt;br /&gt;there is no love here and there is no pain&lt;br /&gt;every day is exactly the same&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i'm writing on a little piece of paper&lt;br /&gt;i'm hoping someday you might find&lt;br /&gt;well i'll hide it behind something they won't look behind&lt;br /&gt;i am still inside...&lt;br /&gt;a little bit comes breathing through&lt;br /&gt;i wish this could've been any other way&lt;br /&gt;but i just don't know...  i don't know what else i can do&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;every day is exactly the same&lt;br /&gt;there is no love here and there is no pain&lt;br /&gt;every day is exactly the same&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-1878057495949970817?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/1878057495949970817/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=1878057495949970817' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/1878057495949970817'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/1878057495949970817'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/05/every-day-is-exactly-same-i-believe-i.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-9049100364273061042</id><published>2007-05-24T00:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-24T00:51:11.209-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;In your light I learn how to love.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;In your beauty, how to make poems.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;You dance inside my chest,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;where no one sees you,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;but sometimes I do,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;and that sight becomes this art.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;-- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Jelaluddin Rumi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-9049100364273061042?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/9049100364273061042/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=9049100364273061042' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/9049100364273061042'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/9049100364273061042'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/05/in-your-light-i-learn-how-to-love.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-7270467390432352166</id><published>2007-05-23T03:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T03:41:14.293-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;I Crave Your Mouth, Your Voice, Your Hair&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't go far off, not even for a day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Don't go far off, not even for a day, because --&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;because -- I don't know how to say it: a day is long&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;and I will be waiting for you, as in an empty station&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;when the trains are parked off somewhere else, asleep.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't leave me, even for an hour, because&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;then the little drops of anguish will all run together,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;the smoke that roams looking for a home will drift&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;into me, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;choking my lost heart.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh, may your silhouette never dissolve on the beach;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;may your eyelids never flutter into the empty distance.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Don't leave me for a second, my dearest,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;because in that moment you'll have gone so far&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;I'll wander mazily over all the earth, asking,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Will you come back? Will you leave me here ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Pablo Neruda&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-7270467390432352166?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/7270467390432352166/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=7270467390432352166' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/7270467390432352166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/7270467390432352166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/05/i-crave-your-mouth-your-voice-your-hair.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-6472595995738641283</id><published>2007-05-17T11:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T03:36:35.844-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128);"&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;      Unclaimed &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;      To make love to a stranger is the best.&lt;br /&gt;   There is no riddle and there is no test -&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;      To lie and love, not aching to make sense&lt;br /&gt;   Of this night in the mesh of reference.&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;      To touch, unclaimed by fear of imminent day,&lt;br /&gt;   And understand, as only strangers may.&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;      To feel the beat of foreign heart to heart&lt;br /&gt;   Preferring neither to prolong nor part.&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;      To rest within the unknown arms and know&lt;br /&gt;   That this is all there is; that this is so. &lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"&gt;      --Vikram Seth&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-6472595995738641283?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/6472595995738641283/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=6472595995738641283' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6472595995738641283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6472595995738641283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/05/unclaimed-to-make-love-to-stranger-is.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-6387549544037713495</id><published>2007-05-15T01:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-15T01:10:34.911-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 1ex;"&gt;      &lt;div&gt;    &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Allen  Ginsberg (1926-1997)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Howl&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;"&gt;(The original prose in italics and my comments in plain text)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a set="yes" href="http://www.charm.net/%7Ebrooklyn/Poems/page.jsp?what=AllenGinsberg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;"&gt;Allen Ginsberg's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;"&gt;  monumental poem was first heard in a series of famous readings that  signaled the arrival of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.charm.net/%7Ebrooklyn/Poems/page.jsp?what=BeatGen" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;"&gt;Beat Generation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;"&gt;  of writers. The first of these readings took place in October 1955 at  the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.charm.net/%7Ebrooklyn/Poems/page.jsp?what=SixGallery" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;"&gt;Six Gallery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;"&gt;  in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.charm.net/%7Ebrooklyn/Poems/page.jsp?what=SanFrancisco" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;"&gt;San Francisco&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;"&gt;.  It was Allen Ginsberg's first public performance, and it made him instantly  famous at the age of twenty-nine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;"&gt;The lines in the  famous first part of the poem tumble over each other in long unbroken  breaths, all adding to a single endless sentence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;I  saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical  naked,dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking  for an angry fix, &lt;br /&gt;angel headed hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to  the starry dynamo in the machinery of night ... &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;"&gt;Ginsberg is describing  his fellow travelers, the crazy, lonely members of his community of  misunderstood poet artists, unpublished novelists, psychotics, radicals,  pranksters, sexual deviants and junkies. At the time that he wrote this  he'd seen several of his promising young friends broken or killed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;"&gt;Each of these  describe real-life events by people Ginsberg knew, but the poem is especially  dedicated to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.charm.net/%7Ebrooklyn/Poems/page.jsp?what=CarlSolomon" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;"&gt;Carl Solomon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;"&gt;,  Ginsberg's crazy-insane hyper-intellectual friend who he'd met in a  mental hospital years before: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;I  saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical  naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking  for an angry fix,  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;"&gt;Ginsberg refers  to the current &lt;b&gt;“ Beat Generation  “&lt;/b&gt; which was a mix of redundant lives with lost identities, driven  to poverty due to lofty ideals and not much work or recognition of their  talent causing them to drown their anger in drugs which were then as  now sold at the hands of the then still politically in correct ‘niggers’.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;angel  headed hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry  dynamo in the machinery of night, who poverty and tatters and hollow-eyed  and high sat up smoking in the supernatural darkness of cold-water flats  floating across the tops of cities contemplating jazz,&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;"&gt;Here he refers  to the inherent innocence of the generation and more specifically of  his friends corrupted by dope in the expectation of utopia in a world  that seemed to drag on endlessly without any purpose like a machine!  He refers to the living conditions of their, which often translated  into leaky cold flats usually without any power or heating at the edge  of cities. Discussing &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;"&gt;Here the spirit  of the generation is vividly expressed, as even though they did not  have anything they had the spirit to dream of something that was bigger  then them all but not knowing what it was.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;who  bared their brains to Heaven under the El and saw Mohammedan angels  staggering on tenement roofs illuminated, who passed through universities  with radiant eyes hallucinating Arkansas and Blake-light tragedy among  the scholars of war, who were expelled from the academies for crazy  &amp; publishing obscene odes on the windows of the skull, who cowered  in unshaven rooms in underwear, burning their money in wastebaskets  and listening to the Terror through the wall, who got busted in their  pubic beards returning through Laredo with a belt of marijuana for New  York.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;"&gt;He we can clearly  see the anger in Ginsberg’s writing where he writes about his friends  and probably himself wasting their intelligence gaping at prostitutes  at the tenement’s, scorning the religion they professed to.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;"&gt;At the failure  of education system through which they passed, which made them dream&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;"&gt; (Hallucinating)  in the light of their new knowledge of Blake and other scholars, for  making them dream loftily but not preparing them fro the world.(The  beat generation considered the classics as fantastical and unreal !  ).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;"&gt;Once they ventured  out in the world armed with their newly acquired knowledge into the  arms of an era that saw a generation of broken kids from war trying  to cope with the horrors that they witnessed, banished from society  for revealing that which reveled the contemporary ideals of the American  life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;"&gt;Living in cheap  motels listening to young girls being raped for money while sitting  at the edge of a fire burning in a waste basket getting wasted on dope,  completely broke and reduced to peddling drugs smuggled in their anal  rectums or vagina’s to New York. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-6387549544037713495?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/6387549544037713495/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=6387549544037713495' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6387549544037713495'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/6387549544037713495'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/05/allen-ginsberg-1926-1997-howl-original.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-607722635089248747</id><published>2007-05-15T00:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-15T01:08:52.986-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;span id="st" name="st" class=""&gt;ramblings&lt;/span&gt; of a disillusioned soul ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;"&gt;Mumbai,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; Arguably the worlds most populous and probably the greatest conurbation , a city where we all live and exist.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; Exist more than live, but a place that makes us live, not for anything else but our dreams&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; Myriad dreams that are born out of despair,rejection , denial and insult rather than the shiny laminate above the dust that excludes a luminescence glow... attracting us close to it .. closer till we are singed by it .. but we keep coming back for more ... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; A city that shoves us in the face of reality, a place where you will be missed but will also be replaced.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; Life will go on even without you , no matter how much you want to believe otherwise !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; Where every day you fall through a haze of uncertainty, of fear of fear ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; Places blow up, people die , we pass by them , we stop to pay respect , we shrug , we move on ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; For in this urban bohemia time is a figment of our imagination, it doesn't exist , what is today will not be tomorrow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; Degenerate lives co-exist with spiritual reverence, a psychological state of consciousness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; Do we really stop and give ourselves a minute to reflect about what we believe in other than glorified dreams sold to us by flex posters and shiny packaging ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; STOP ! Think .... But can we afford to ??&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; I know i cannot, so i go on , knowing full and well the consequences it will have on my moral self with cold-blooded indifference ..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script&gt;&lt;!-- D(["mb","\u003cspan class\u003dsg\&gt;\n \u003cbr\&gt;\n \u003cbr\&gt;\n \u003cbr\&gt;\ndennis raul\u003cbr\&gt;\n\u003c/span\&gt;",0] ); D(["mi",8,2,"1045f87f24a28565",0,"0","Atipriya Sarawat","Atipriya","atipriya@gri.co.in",[[] ,[["me","dennis.raul@gmail.com","1045f87f24a28565"] ] ,[] ] ,"6/9/05",["Dennis Raul \u003cdennis.raul@gmail.com\&gt;"] ,[] ,[] ,[] ,"Jun 9, 2005 10:42 AM","Re: Mumbai","",[] ,1,,,"Thu Jun 9 2005_10:42 AM","On 6/9/05, Atipriya Sarawat \u003catipriya@gri.co.in\&gt; wrote:","On 6/9/05, \u003cb class\u003dgmail_sendername\&gt;Atipriya Sarawat\u003c/b\&gt; &lt;atipriya@gri.co.in&gt; wrote:",,,,"","",0,,"\u003c002201c56cb1$cd718fb0$1b01a8c0@atipryapc\&gt;",0,,0,"In reply to \"Mumbai\"",0] );  //--&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;" class="sg"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dennis raul&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-607722635089248747?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/607722635089248747/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=607722635089248747' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/607722635089248747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/607722635089248747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2007/05/ramblings-of-disillusioned-soul.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-8579229381013413023</id><published>2006-12-27T00:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-27T00:55:14.668-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Wednesday 27th December  2006&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two days since Christmas and a few days to to the new year ... And i'm hopelessly bored.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-8579229381013413023?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/8579229381013413023/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=8579229381013413023' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/8579229381013413023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/8579229381013413023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2006/12/wednesday-27th-december-2006-two-days.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-116357524646361245</id><published>2006-11-14T22:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-27T00:48:42.224-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-116357524646361245?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/116357524646361245/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=116357524646361245' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/116357524646361245'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/116357524646361245'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2006/11/under-construction-public-relations-in.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219894.post-110077409468016184</id><published>2004-11-18T02:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-14T23:18:08.138-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9219894-110077409468016184?l=dennisraul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/feeds/110077409468016184/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9219894&amp;postID=110077409468016184' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/110077409468016184'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9219894/posts/default/110077409468016184'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dennisraul.blogspot.com/2004/11/way-life-is.html' title=''/><author><name>.sin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry></feed>
