<?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-3333952266847946914</id><updated>2011-07-07T22:52:45.735-07:00</updated><category term='poem'/><title type='text'>Old Soul Poems</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3333952266847946914/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Charlie C</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12560380308174013961</uri><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><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333952266847946914.post-2644152954093790620</id><published>2010-07-04T14:50:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-04T14:50:44.933-07:00</updated><title type='text'>end of the story</title><content type='html'>the hardest part to write&lt;br /&gt;is the end of the story&lt;br /&gt;the beginning and the end&lt;br /&gt;they have no glory&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;everybody wants to know&lt;br /&gt;the end of the story&lt;br /&gt;without ever knowing&lt;br /&gt;what came before it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the hardest place to get&lt;br /&gt;is the end of the story&lt;br /&gt;no one has the patience&lt;br /&gt;the middle they find to boring&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;its all the things&lt;br /&gt;from beginning to end&lt;br /&gt;if i knew now&lt;br /&gt;what i knew then&lt;br /&gt;its all the things&lt;br /&gt;from beginning to end&lt;br /&gt;that i want from you&lt;br /&gt;like i did then&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the hardest part to write&lt;br /&gt;is the end of the story&lt;br /&gt;but i never want it to end&lt;br /&gt;because i adore thy&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3333952266847946914-2644152954093790620?l=oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/2644152954093790620/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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type='text'>collapsing</title><content type='html'>I'm still&lt;br /&gt;Collapsing&lt;br /&gt;Under&lt;br /&gt;This weight&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Never&lt;br /&gt;Relaxing&lt;br /&gt;That's&lt;br /&gt;The state&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Constantly&lt;br /&gt;Troubled&lt;br /&gt;Yet dreaming &lt;br /&gt;Of great&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wish&lt;br /&gt;I'd awaken&lt;br /&gt;From this &lt;br /&gt;Broken state&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Constantly&lt;br /&gt;Awoken&lt;br /&gt;Heart&lt;br /&gt;Still broken&lt;br /&gt;Hope in&lt;br /&gt;It turns &lt;br /&gt;Out great&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3333952266847946914-7706687597034507810?l=oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/7706687597034507810/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/2010/07/collapsing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3333952266847946914/posts/default/7706687597034507810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3333952266847946914/posts/default/7706687597034507810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/2010/07/collapsing.html' title='collapsing'/><author><name>Charlie C</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12560380308174013961</uri><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-3333952266847946914.post-3328083033619424360</id><published>2010-07-03T09:05:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T09:05:44.373-07:00</updated><title type='text'>mistaken</title><content type='html'>Mistaken&lt;br /&gt;Shaking&lt;br /&gt;My heart&lt;br /&gt;Breaking&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My cuts&lt;br /&gt;Bleeding&lt;br /&gt;Never&lt;br /&gt;Believing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mind&lt;br /&gt;Exploding&lt;br /&gt;from&lt;br /&gt;never knowing&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3333952266847946914-3328083033619424360?l=oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/3328083033619424360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/2010/07/mistaken.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3333952266847946914/posts/default/3328083033619424360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3333952266847946914/posts/default/3328083033619424360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/2010/07/mistaken.html' title='mistaken'/><author><name>Charlie C</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12560380308174013961</uri><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-3333952266847946914.post-1624454648841401771</id><published>2010-07-03T09:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T09:05:17.093-07:00</updated><title type='text'>i am a feather</title><content type='html'>i'm a feather&lt;br /&gt;still shaken&lt;br /&gt;still desperately&lt;br /&gt;awaken&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i'm a feather&lt;br /&gt;still floating&lt;br /&gt;painful heart&lt;br /&gt;never knowing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i'm a feather&lt;br /&gt;once loose&lt;br /&gt;still dying&lt;br /&gt;from the truth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i'm a feather&lt;br /&gt;just falling&lt;br /&gt;crying heart&lt;br /&gt;needing your calling&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3333952266847946914-1624454648841401771?l=oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/1624454648841401771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/2010/07/i-am-feather.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3333952266847946914/posts/default/1624454648841401771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3333952266847946914/posts/default/1624454648841401771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/2010/07/i-am-feather.html' title='i am a feather'/><author><name>Charlie C</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12560380308174013961</uri><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-3333952266847946914.post-6053942559744109352</id><published>2010-07-01T11:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-01T11:25:07.827-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Time</title><content type='html'>Sometimes you want more&lt;br /&gt;right now maybe i want less&lt;br /&gt;sometimes you open a door&lt;br /&gt;sometimes you can't deal with the mess&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;time maybe on your side&lt;br /&gt;but then again it might be your enemy&lt;br /&gt;time only stands still when you die&lt;br /&gt;and now time is the death of me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;time keeps my moments&lt;br /&gt;dying constantly inside&lt;br /&gt;time heals all wounds?&lt;br /&gt;maybe that is just a lie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;when seconds feel like hours&lt;br /&gt;and pain is impossible to deny&lt;br /&gt;time wilts my soul like flowers&lt;br /&gt;and waves to me good&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3333952266847946914-6053942559744109352?l=oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/6053942559744109352/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/2010/07/time.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3333952266847946914/posts/default/6053942559744109352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3333952266847946914/posts/default/6053942559744109352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/2010/07/time.html' title='Time'/><author><name>Charlie C</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12560380308174013961</uri><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-3333952266847946914.post-3400667915531441164</id><published>2010-07-01T10:37:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-01T10:37:26.950-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poem'/><title type='text'>oh, for tragedy</title><content type='html'>tragedy comes in many ways&lt;br /&gt;a forgotten heart&lt;br /&gt;a dismissed gaze&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;tragedy comes to many sizes&lt;br /&gt;a simple mind&lt;br /&gt;unopened prizes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;its a tragedy when&lt;br /&gt;we learn our lessons&lt;br /&gt;only after &lt;br /&gt;torn transgressions&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;its tragedy when&lt;br /&gt;our hearts are broken&lt;br /&gt;and only then&lt;br /&gt;are words spoken&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;tragedy comes in many waves&lt;br /&gt;shattered hearts&lt;br /&gt;lasting a million days&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3333952266847946914-3400667915531441164?l=oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/3400667915531441164/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/2010/07/oh-for-tragedy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3333952266847946914/posts/default/3400667915531441164'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3333952266847946914/posts/default/3400667915531441164'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/2010/07/oh-for-tragedy.html' title='oh, for tragedy'/><author><name>Charlie C</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12560380308174013961</uri><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-3333952266847946914.post-2320651982373755468</id><published>2010-07-01T10:11:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-01T10:11:50.947-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Muse</title><content type='html'>something close seems so far away&lt;br /&gt;sometimes most of us drift far away&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and just when you look them in the face&lt;br /&gt;it seems as if you are out of place&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sometimes pain makes you feel alive&lt;br /&gt;and sometimes happiness makes you cry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And just when hope falls in disgrace&lt;br /&gt;thats when love has to take its place&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3333952266847946914-2320651982373755468?l=oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/2320651982373755468/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/2010/07/muse.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3333952266847946914/posts/default/2320651982373755468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3333952266847946914/posts/default/2320651982373755468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/2010/07/muse.html' title='Muse'/><author><name>Charlie C</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12560380308174013961</uri><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-3333952266847946914.post-8908928817502754569</id><published>2010-07-01T10:10:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-01T10:11:20.159-07:00</updated><title type='text'>InDeath</title><content type='html'>when the band begins to play&lt;br /&gt;what will all the people say?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;when the grass grows thick and deep&lt;br /&gt;under which I soundly sleep&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When the funeral bells disappear&lt;br /&gt;when will the people once again cheer?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;will anyone miss me when i'm gone?&lt;br /&gt;will the world just continue on?&lt;br /&gt;i'm hoping that i'm wrong&lt;br /&gt;and that the world will miss me when i'm gone&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;home wrecked and destroyed&lt;br /&gt;bits of bricks left to be deployed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;straw and clay to make it all new&lt;br /&gt;even though everything fell through&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And as they try to build it again&lt;br /&gt;the walls collapse from inner pain&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;will anyone miss me when i'm gone?&lt;br /&gt;will the world just continue on?&lt;br /&gt;i'm hoping that i'm wrong&lt;br /&gt;and that the world will miss me when i'm gone&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3333952266847946914-8908928817502754569?l=oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/8908928817502754569/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/2010/07/indeath.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3333952266847946914/posts/default/8908928817502754569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3333952266847946914/posts/default/8908928817502754569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/2010/07/indeath.html' title='InDeath'/><author><name>Charlie C</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12560380308174013961</uri><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-3333952266847946914.post-1260775151481778068</id><published>2010-07-01T10:10:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-01T10:10:31.291-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Broken</title><content type='html'>its all innocent until its broken&lt;br /&gt;its all relative until its stolen&lt;br /&gt;its always pumping without knowing&lt;br /&gt;its always forgotten until it stops growing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;its always worn on your sleeve&lt;br /&gt;its always there when you breath&lt;br /&gt;it always stops when you don't believe&lt;br /&gt;and when its over is it pain or relief?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;broken hearts are hard to mend&lt;br /&gt;broken before they ever bend&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3333952266847946914-1260775151481778068?l=oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/1260775151481778068/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/2010/07/broken.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3333952266847946914/posts/default/1260775151481778068'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3333952266847946914/posts/default/1260775151481778068'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/2010/07/broken.html' title='Broken'/><author><name>Charlie C</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12560380308174013961</uri><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-3333952266847946914.post-4655792093394608977</id><published>2010-07-01T10:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-01T10:10:01.489-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poem'/><title type='text'>Random Destruction</title><content type='html'>Although they were sad&lt;br /&gt;they smiled as if none&lt;br /&gt;smiled as if the pain had not begun&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and though the tears were sad&lt;br /&gt;they never let on&lt;br /&gt;pretended to be strong&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;all the world's weight upon &lt;br /&gt;their shoulders&lt;br /&gt;trying to keep them down&lt;br /&gt;with their boulders&lt;br /&gt;and all the world's weight&lt;br /&gt;just kept them down&lt;br /&gt;but they never showed their pain&lt;br /&gt;suffered without a sound&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;they cried because they were sad&lt;br /&gt;and smiled cause it was done&lt;br /&gt;the minutes now begun&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;they know they'd always be sad&lt;br /&gt;from it they had to run&lt;br /&gt;tears dried up by the sun&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3333952266847946914-4655792093394608977?l=oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/4655792093394608977/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldsoulpoems.blogspot.com/2010/07/random-destruction.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3333952266847946914/posts/default/4655792093394608977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3333952266847946914/posts/default/4655792093394608977'/><link rel='alternate' 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