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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738
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One fine day I will wake up and I will not think to think what others are thinking. I will not worry if this font makes me look fat. The words I choose will not be designed for applause and I'll no longer need an opinion poll regarding my sanity nor will I count my friends and I will not discount my friendships- assuming that any remain... One fine day I will wake up free to be myself. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
quote: Most if not all of them have been pretty much unique...and I feel like I know where this is coming from, and I won't tell you where it's coming from, or going towards, because, my darlin' friend...it's still a trip! Hugging you HARD! but only because I'm selfish and need that hug myself!!   |
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Mysteria 
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Who have you been? |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I think you already have accomplished all of that. ~ Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock ~ |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I have been whomever I thought I needed to be in order to be loved... and that is the saddest revelation I've had in a long time. |
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EmmaRose Senior Member
since 2011-03-02
Posts 1376Midwest |
understanding this too much too. Thanks for hitting the nail on the head and driving it all home, makes sense to me, too much I'm sad to say. Hugs EmmaRose |
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Juju Member Elite
since 2003-12-29
Posts 3429In your dreams |
I liked this one -Juju |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
"I have been whomever I thought I needed to be in order to be loved... and that is the saddest revelation I've had in a long time." I have to agree with you, Karen. ~ Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock ~ |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Welcome into the arms of freedom, dear Karen! Your profound reflections remind me of my own journey ... whenever I was the subject of an attempt to mold me into something I was not at my core, I rebelled against it. But to be always oneself has its consequences, as you well know. Rejection is possible. I have experienced this. But my freedom is worth that. This does not mean that we are totally free from needing to compromise in certain situations, for the love of peace  It is possible to do this while remaining who we really are. I am of innately kind character, but if I don't agree on basic things, I transform into a passionate defender of my point of view.Well! Thank you for giving me the opportunity for this morning pondering! I have always seen in you the seed of this kind of freedom. Love, Margherita "Love is the One who masters all things; |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Karen, as you know, I have never met you in the non-cyber world and probably never will, but, I have always thought that you are the epitome - no, THE EPITOME - of honesty and being eXACtly who you are - and that is very high on the list of reasons that I admire you. When I think of the concepts of honesty and having the courage to be who one is, you are always the first example I think of. As it is far easier to be dishonest in the cyber world, I can't imagine you not being both in the real world. I also think that you judge yourself probably more harshly than anyone else I know, but I accept your word for it that you have compromised on who you are - but it is my humble belief that the compromise is far less than you imagine and that this is an example of how harshly you are judging yourself. Thinking about it carefully, I would imagine that everyone in the world has compromised on who they are, in order to be loved. I know, that I most certainly have. You are the first person I know who has had the courage firstly to recognise that of yourself, and secondly acknowledge it publicly - again a perfect and paradoxical example of honesty, courage and somebody who IS exactly who she is. Bravo! And as for loving you, I am certain that everyone in Pip who has ever met you (or so it seems to me from reading replies to your poetry) loves you - and I am sure that everyone - or nearly everyone - who has met you in the non-cyber world loves you too - how could they not? I certainly do. However, I know that you are meaning mostly by a man and your family, but everyone else - as described in your poem - is an extension of that. Also compromising on who you are to be loved, is an endearing quality - imagine if the tables were turned and a man was doing the same for you, although this would probably not be what you would want, wouldn't it give you a heart-warming feeling because he would only do that if HE loved YOU? Therefore the fact that you have done that is because you loved him/them - and it is an endearing quality in the eyes of the world that somebody loves somebody else. I hope you like my logic! In whatever way you see the above, the result keeps coming back to what a great person you are! Owl |
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faithmairee Senior Member
since 2011-01-05
Posts 1441Poe Haven, USA |
a pretty powerful poem you've got here with all of the right words to get your meaning across quite clearly...i like the honesty in your poem and to tell the truth i can remember so many times in years gone by thinking "i just want to be loved" but never really feeling that i was...everybody needs love and you are loved more than you know''' Love, Faith There must be a poem in here somewhere. |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Well it sure worked as I love ya!  I will always love whomever you decide you are too. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Thank you all for being so kind. (If this is my mid life crisis I'm gonna live to be a hundred)   I really do love you all yanno.I do. |
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easy1 Senior Member
since 2010-05-22
Posts 1209Southeastern USA |
Pleasing unappreciative others all the time is a tough row to hoe. It is expected and supported by the somewhat wise that one takes intervals from that, even in forced (coerced) circumstances. Hey, thanks for a lovely poem, and crystal clear in the expression, as a good poem otter be! |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Absolutely...James |
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