By Ali
Date: 2001 Nov 24
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Different But Not Different

There is a flame burning in the darkness
And even if I wanted to I simply could not look away
I cannot close my eyes, I cannot turn aside
And, no, this feeling won't just fade, quietly
No, no, no...
It isn't like the light of a shooting star
Brillantly bright, but only for a moment
It isn't like a sunset or a sunrise
Bursting with life,a mirad of lush colors, only to fade away
And it isn't like a dream, remembered in bits and peices
And yet...
The intensity of this feeling is not unlike the brightness
The glowing, sparkling brightness of a shooting star
And the warmth that I feel is not unlike the colors
The full fledged colors of life's pallete
Still, it is in peices, but not in the way that you think
For the peices fit together to form a whole...
Different but not different
The same and yet not the same
Precious as it is rare
And only as real as one believe's it to be...