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MommaLeighsa
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since 2010-09-17
Posts 3
Oregon, USA

0 posted 2011-01-02 05:18 AM



I've come to a cross road with no directions of where to go, I feel lost and full of self pity.
I stand there patiently waiting
waiting for a sign
waiting for someone to come find me
but no one knows I'm lost.
No one knows I'm screaming for help
I wait for something to happen
something to change
nothing
when I'm about to give up
I hear a soft whisper
Am I hearing things?
I hear it again
this time much louder
I hear "STOP"
I stop to listen for more
"LOOK"
Down the road to my left
I see a whole town
people looking at me then looking away
like I'm not even there, like they don't even care
I change the direction I am looking at
I find myself being overwhelmed
by the site of people with their arms wide open
screaming my name.
Something I notice about these people.
Something Unfamiliar
I know everyone of these people and not one of them
is someone I expected. Long lost friends
graduated school mates
people I met when I was a kid.
So I ask myself, where are the people who are much closer to me?
I find myself looking in the other direction once more to see only but the faces that are so familiar to me, who I see everyday, Who pretend to be there but never really are.


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JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991
Louisiana/America
1 posted 2011-01-02 09:03 AM


Quit waiting for something to happen. Take a step in any direction and follow it through.

When early morning quietness seeps into my being
it's like I'm being hugged by everything good in the world.—August 16, 2010

BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549
By the Seaside
2 posted 2011-01-02 11:32 AM


I hope that YOU can find your way and be content.  

I spent too much time waiting for someone to fix it, and it never happened.  HELLO!

Dig deep,  there are hidden treasures there.

welcome to the blue sea~

ethome
Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada
3 posted 2011-01-02 02:42 PM


Get up, get out & get out of bed
Live love laugh and be happy.

Life is too short so let's get on down the road and make just one something happen.

Well presented melancholy writing.

Eric

ain't doin nothin at all just answerin the call
and kinda driftin away from it all

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236
Eternity
4 posted 2011-01-02 04:34 PM


You ought to reach out and you will find so many people appreciating your caring attitude.

Well written like a nightmare.

Love and Happy New Year!

Margherita

latearrival
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since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499
Florida
5 posted 2011-01-02 08:52 PM


I was going to say just what Margherita said. There are so many right around you who are sharing  the same feelings you are. You have to learn how to step up and say "I am her for you", believe me it works. See a need and try to fill it if only with a smile. latearrival



Rex Allen McCoy
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since 2000-01-30
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Sippin a Timmy's in London
6 posted 2011-01-02 10:34 PM


interesting thoughts and lots of good advice

enjoyed this one

Dark Stranger
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since 2001-03-19
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West Coast
7 posted 2011-01-04 03:19 PM


well momma, you like to sing and you love animals..sounds like you are on the right track, listen the windows when they speak...enjoyed your words and welcome to the bluezoo
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8 posted 2011-01-09 03:02 PM


Interesting poem ~ as I read it I remembered how I used to snub people before they snubbed me.  It was easier to ignore them than to be ignored.  Kind of silly now that I think about it.  I greet people with a smile - and if they are mean to me?  Well, I cut them off at the knees.  Life is so much more fun now.

A

incwrite
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since 2010-12-31
Posts 55
new york
9 posted 2011-01-09 05:29 PM


life is about making choices, coming to crossroads of life, difficult choices..I hope you make the choice that makes you smile
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