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1slick_lady Member Ascendant
since 2000-12-22
Posts 6088standing on a shadow's lace 
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Weary I came in weary from a rat race run turned on music to soothe a savage beast started bubbling water hot to loosen aches on muscles I before had never known I had a tear fell from my eyes in anger or in hurt of knowing too much or not quite enough and wondered if I could finally loosen my lips from the force of politically correctness existence or would someone hear my cries and call it bias here, here I find damp calm under the umbrella bathroom where the day of blood, guns and constant lies fade and I can rain in silence filling the tub in tears I find it all too much on some days the things we do so carelessly to others in our paper headline lives maybe it is that I feel too much and hide too much I should have been born another time or place simple on the porch like my grandmother sewing rocking to the lullaby of wind in brogans brown while I race in combat blacks trying not to judge deep in my heart I do know I made the right decision to be this woman with a star being weak and strong being hated and misunderstood by those I try to help and tomorrow I will have another day to go on being the best I can weary "no darkness has ever been deep enough to extinguish my personal knowledge of love" Anne Rice |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Oh, I love this and your consciousness of doing the right thing. Despite the obstacles. Wonderful write. love Margherita  |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
"maybe it is that I feel too much and hide too much I should have been born another time or place" I say that all the time, Helen. And it does seem that civility has lost its place in society.  M |
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Dark Stranger Member Patricius
since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631West Coast |
ms slick...I can relate to this...got room for another under your umbrella? |
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TomMark Member Elite
since 2007-07-27
Posts 2133LA,CA |
sigh. Wonderful poem as always. |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
Deeply felt write. The way of the warrior is demanding and often very lonely. Your society would be less without you and the choices you make and the actions you take. Thank you for sharing your feelings here. |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
You are needed because you do think and care and hurt. You are needed because you cry and write poetry to share Helen, you are needed for the job you do and for the woman that you are. Thank you for venting here, A |
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