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Tennessee Angel
Senior Member

since 2000-06-03

Posts 661
Tennessee

0 posted 2001-03-23 08:40 PM

You ask me who I am
as if you haven't got a clue.
I'm the one who took my heart
and offered it to you.

I'm the one...
who smiles and fights the tears
as you speak of your dreams
and how they'll take you far from here.

I'm the one...
Who holds you close when the time is right,
but knowing your restless ways,
careful not to ever hold you tight.

Now you dare...
to ask me who I think I am.
I'm the one who took your frigid heart
and taught it to love again.

I'm the one...
that you cling to each night
and whisper in my ear
that I make everything alright.

I'm the one...
who woke this morning just to find
the bed cold, your bags packed
and leavin' on your mind.

I'm the one...
willing to put my pride away,
laying it all on the line
and begging you to stay.

I don't know how...
you can ask the things you do.
I'm the one
who is still in love with you.

[This message has been edited by Tennessee Angel (edited 03-23-2001).]

JLR
Senior Member

since 2001-02-04

Posts 1785

1 posted 2001-03-23 09:46 PM

What is pride in the company of love? I like this.

Rosebud1229
Senior Member

since 2000-04-05

Posts 1813
North Carolina

2 posted 2001-03-24 12:30 PM

so sad, yet I understand every word you write, once you love someone you just can't turn your feelings off.

Dee
Member Elite

since 2000-08-19

Posts 2330
Queensland, Australia

3 posted 2001-03-24 01:13 AM

Tennessee Angel, this really touched my heart. (((hugs)))

Dee

I wish you every happiness and may you always have the best of the good things in life. a brand

snowpants
Member Elite

since 2000-09-16

Posts 2061
KS

4 posted 2001-03-24 02:36 AM

'You ask me who I am
as if you haven't got a clue.
I'm the one who took my heart
and offered it to you.

I'm the one...
who smiles and fights the tears
as you speak of your dreams
and how they'll take you far from here.'

'Now you dare...
to ask me who I think I am.
I'm the one who took your frigid heart
and taught it to love again.

I'm the one...
that you cling to each night
and whisper in my ear
that I make everything alright.'

Wonderfully expressed emotion, TA...I was definitely moved by this piece...great write!

sp

to be with you...
I've tried to hide my passion,
but it's just no use...
piece by piece I lose it
when you walk into the room...

[This message has been edited by snowpants (edited 03-24-2001).]

Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

5 posted 2001-03-24 05:19 PM

I couldn't help but picture it all in my mind with a soundtrack Tennessee Angel. . . and a song. . .

excellent. . .

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

Just A Woman
Senior Member

since 2001-03-10

Posts 507

6 posted 2001-03-24 06:29 PM

Wonderful, Tennessee Angel. The 4th stanza is my favorite!

"Often the test of courage is not to die but to live"

~Vittorio Alferi~

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

7 posted 2001-03-24 08:05 PM

TA....what a woman!

Balladeer

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

8 posted 2001-03-24 10:11 PM

very VERY well said, TA

Tennessee Angel
Senior Member

since 2000-06-03

Posts 661
Tennessee

9 posted 2001-03-25 09:20 PM

JLR -- What pride, indeed! Thank you so much for reading.

Rosebud -- No, feelings don't shut off so easy..at times that's a blessing and a curse.

Dee -- That is truly the greatest compliment! Thanks a bunch for reading.

snowpants -- Ah, my poetic buddy! Thank you so much. Your replies mean a great deal to me.

Sven -- I must admit..I kinda sang this one into existence myself. Thank you dear friend.

Just a woman -- I kinda liked that one too. I call it the 'attitude stanza'.

Sunshine --

Thank you so much for taking the time to respond! Many times you have touched my heart with your work.

'Deer -- I always know I've written something half way decent if I see a reply from you.

Thanks a bunch for reading and responding.

PoeticKnight
Senior Member

since 2000-01-20

Posts 1144
New Orleans, LA

10 posted 2001-03-26 09:44 AM

Hey TA, I'm just getting started reading your poems, and I like what I see *S*

Cuddlez
Member

since 1999-11-27

Posts 422
Walla Walla, WA 99362

11 posted 2001-03-26 01:18 PM

I agree- wonderfully expressed emotions.
Love how you point out what you did ( and still do) to help this person and expect nothing from them in return but for them to love you back.
....Awesome write...

Time flies? Say it not so, time stays we go.

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

12 posted 2001-03-26 06:28 PM

Written as only a Tennessee Angel could write it; this read like a song.

Kathleen Blake

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

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