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cacian
07-29-2014, 04:37 PM
god
help me rise to the top
and when i do keep me heir
coming down is not where
if you are not able to fair.
I guess time can only
tare if you are not there.
wish me stair.

YesNo
07-30-2014, 10:16 AM
I don't completely understand, but I liked the sound of this and how the final line links with the first two: stairs will help one rise more easily. I wonder what "tare" meant, since that is what time can only do if god is not there. I replace it with "tear" in my mind.

Anyway, I enjoyed reading it.

cacian
07-31-2014, 01:00 PM
YesNo thank you.
Tare from torn here is a link that highlights the different meanings.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tare

YesNo
07-31-2014, 02:24 PM
But in those definitions, "tare" is a weed of some sort or a weighing process.

cacian
07-31-2014, 02:48 PM
But in those definitions, "tare" is a weed of some sort or a weighing process.

yes but in this here:
[Middle English, from Old French, ultimately from Arabic ar, rejection, subtraction, from araa, to throw

notice the word
to throw
usually when something is thrown it is perhaps torn like a piece of paper. that is how I read it .

YesNo
07-31-2014, 07:59 PM
Yes, tearing makes sense to me.