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kaile
since 2000-02-06
Posts 5146singapore 
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In a nation where it takes an hour to commute from one end to the other and all your cliques from various stages of your life know one another vaguely, one grows up as a frog in the well, without realising so Unveiling my ignorance, I witnessed mere children with offical tags soliciting for customers on the streets, experienced needy orphans being thrilled after my piggybacks, apologised to shrivelled elderly that I really couldn't give them money, endured with a man with a half-foot smoking in my face and gasped (inwardly) at the sight of a big-headed boy with small sticks for legs Yet I return and engage in conversation about topics we secretly dread but nonetheless discuss at length because our lives are so darned mundane I am the only animal in the circus who has successfully escaped from his chains, only to be shrouded by loneliness |
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Bodger Senior Member
since 2005-06-12
Posts 1260Tolerance for a short time |
Words that needed saying Meaning that needed to be heard Bodger |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
hugging you across the seas what a beautiful soul you are your eyes are always wide open, figuratively as well as literally and the portraits you paint with your words are superb I love reading you, m'friend |
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Juju Member Elite
since 2003-12-29
Posts 3429In your dreams |
Wow that is good. Juju - 1.) a magic charm or fetish 2.)Magic 3.)A taboo connected woth the use of magic |
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MyEnchanted_Melody Senior Member
since 2001-05-30
Posts 1106across the land of dreams. In your heart, I'd always be. |
This certainly touch deeply Thank you for sharing |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
 wow...this achesgood write |
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kaile
since 2000-02-06
Posts 5146singapore |
thanks everyone for reading and for your precious comments. Kacy, thanks for the hug and for your embarrassment-inducing praise  just trying to do my best, as we all do |
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Triskaidekaphobia Member
since 2003-02-05
Posts 251In a state of disrepair... |
"one grows up as a frog in the well, without realising so" Well this has to be the best way I have ever heard this expressed.  Thank you for sharing this with us all... Its been a good day yet another gem for my library "And the sun went down, and the stars came out far over the summer sea, |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
kaile, I am sending you warm hugs of love and admiration across the seas of blue ~ literally and figuratively. You have soul. You have heart. You have beauty. You have talent. ~ and you are REAL. Hugs with much love, Linda |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
smiling, because this is such a good read and to let you know I put this into my treasure chest...the library |
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kaile
since 2000-02-06
Posts 5146singapore |
[revised] personal growth unmatched [title] In a nation where distance is gobbled by hours and distant acquaintances routinely get splashed on the newspapers, one grows up as a frog in the well, without realizing so Trespassing overseas, I came to unveil my ignorance I ached for dirty children peddling goods on murky streets, their official tags coldly mocking I gasped at a big-headed boy, with matchsticks for legs, haunted by the after-effects of war I marvelled at how people who own so little can laugh so hard, so loud, so readily; putting me, this material creature, to shame Yet I return and engage in conversation about topics we secretly dread but discuss at length because we are too darned tired to mend our glaring gap of intimacy I am the only animal in the circus who has successfully escaped from his chains; Only to be shrouded by loneliness [This message has been edited by kaile (07-23-2005 10:55 PM).] |
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