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nakdthoughts
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0 posted 2007-08-02 07:11 PM



Two Steps Behind


This
is the (un)anniversary
(once again)
now the 37th,
unremembered
by the one
who lives behind.  

Time
out of his control.
And I,
just a supplier
of his basic needs,
as we are co-dependent
still...

His path
two steps
~~behind my future.

M


"Love is not blind - It sees more and not less, but because it sees more, it is willing to see less."
(Will Moss)

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Midnitesun
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1 posted 2007-08-02 07:24 PM


It's sad, when the steps never quite mesh.
But it produced an emotive write, M.

nakdthoughts
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2 posted 2007-08-02 07:33 PM


Well it's a strange feeling to still be married but not to be celebrating anything...he just stopped in for some food from me and didn't even remember it was our anniversary...and I didn't remind him

M

Sunshine
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3 posted 2007-08-02 08:53 PM


And I,
just a supplier
of his basic needs,
as we are co-dependent

~*~

so few words,
so much meaning...

and too far well understood
by most.


secondhanddreampoet
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4 posted 2007-08-02 10:34 PM


this was a finely 'real' and emotive 'write'!

I believe (including via my own experiences) that most
relationships ultimately end quite 'tragically' these days...
I blame the 'externalities' [the bizarre expectations and
pressures of the struggle to survive the "Runaway American
Dream"] more than anything else!...all of it pools and stagnates
to 'ruin' individuals let alone relationships!

Applause for this 'write'!

Larry C
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5 posted 2007-08-05 11:52 AM


On the very day I was curious of an update I find a poetic note! Well, you amaze me. But this, this is fabulous. Your insight is as perfect as your hindsight!

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane,
I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

SmartChick
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6 posted 2007-08-05 11:57 AM


This is so sad, Maureen. I do remember how that feels. Even when I was living in the same house as mine, he didn't remember.
nakdthoughts
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7 posted 2007-08-05 05:13 PM


Thanks Larry, he still lives behind me in the barn apartment loft which was for his Dad until he died almost 2 years ago...I am still working on getting that full time teaching position (waiting for grades to come back and then re-certification from the state )before I can  be sure I can survive on my own without being in debt or losing what I have gained  all these years...and we are cordial and even friendly which makes life smoother. We just don't live together and although we see each other often out of necessity, we "do our own things, go our own way" sighing~~  thanks for the "check-up"


M

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