You catch your breath
And put on the brake
And put on the brake again
But the car keeps rolling
This is not a dream
You must put on the brake again
The dream keeps on rolling
The stage is still set
The play keeps unfolding
The brake you're still holding
So why not awake
And put on the brake
And put on the brake again
You know I'm still peaking
I'm damn close to freaking
The car looks like crashing
It's time to awake
And put on the brake
And put on the brake again.
Author notes
This was the first poem I wrote back in 1994. This does relate to your contest in a round about sort of way.
I really wanted to publish this poem with this great little piece of art I bought at a UNI Graduation show.
"FJ" by Jason Rogers
The FJ Holden is Australias most loved antique (cult) car
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Written January 22nd, 2006
A contest entry
- Afraid of Loving Again by Liilac Dreams.
300 points, ended January 24, 2006, 9 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Thanks for the encouragement. It would be fun to write song lyrics, though I'm pretty fussy when it comes to music.
I would definitely stand in awe at the sight of a unicorn but imagine I might need some tutoring in the riding of magical beasts. Do you know any remakable wizards.....?...Now, where were those brakes again...
LUV Tara
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That damned brake just won't stay braked, will it
This is a delight Tara ... I was rolling right with it 
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Oh, the rhythm in this one is magnetic, Tara! Actually, one could even use your lines as lyrics… combined with the right music, you would go Platinum for sure! This was your first poem? Obviously, you had the gift from the beginning, dear Poet!
“The dream keeps on rolling
The stage is still set
The play keeps unfolding”
Well, nothing has changed much in 12 years, hmmm? We are all still watching the dream rolling by and the play unfolding. Great advice, this! Slow down… “It's time to awake and put on the brake…” Not that our Jane will take that advice, however… She’s going to plunge down a mountainside on the back of her unicorn, full speed ahead! (And she’ll get away with it, too – while we all watch from the sidelines with envy.) Great write! Love will be surrounding you on the 24th!
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thank you for entering and good luck in the contest
Scarlet
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An artist's presentation to be sure! You know how to capture our eyes with your images and our hearts with your words. Yes, it is well to hit the bakes at times... I love the twriling feel to this work. So good to bring older works to the light of day! They are fresh as a daisy on this Sunday morn... though it is probably evening in AU.
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Brava!
Dear Tara? Braking.... Stopping.... Holding back.... No, I don't think that will happen at all. But I don't think of a car for this poem... I think of a ride on a unicorn! Jane -
Wonderful little piece here! Sounds like intimacy problems to me!
Great picture and background. Show us more of your "old" work! Keep themcoming!
Laura
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