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Julie
Senior Member
since 1999-08-20
Posts 739
Houston, TX

0 posted 1999-09-09 05:34 PM


Stuck in my gut like a blade.
The language you use
only makes me fade.
Tis' my heart heavy as steel.

My mind pleading,
with the damage of your appeal.
Inside I am forever bleeding,
one knife just wasn't enough.

You fire your guns all around,
fighting for your place on top.
You act as if I'm a piece of the ground,
no one is safe from the verbiage you make.

A monster with fire exploding from the lips,
the mercy of the world at your feet.
All I can think is your vocabulary of rips,
hammering upon the innocence of me.

Your ego is as large as can be;
does it make you feel better
to put me to my knees?
A thousand scrapes never to heal.

Your a robber indeed of the essence that be.
You just wait for one day...
You'll be begging to be free,
from that villian who raped a million.

The images of your face
glued in my mind and pierced my soul;
as you claim your mighty place.
Let this castle be mine to keep.

Do you believe in karma?
Enlightenment and compassion?
The writings of the Dali Lama?
What we give we ultimately receive?

I beg of you to be sorry for what you say,
watch your speech and let all else lay.

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Julie
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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
Marianne Williamson

© Copyright 1999 Julie - All Rights Reserved
Denise
Moderator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648

1 posted 1999-09-09 06:51 PM


Very well done Julie. This is excellent.
'Tis true, we do reap what we sow, no escaping that for anybody!

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Denise

Isis
Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland
2 posted 1999-09-09 06:53 PM


Bravo! Well written! And I hope the man learns he is an equal not the Pharoh himself.

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Words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.
~Isis~



hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA
3 posted 1999-09-09 09:11 PM


Julie...words can cut like knives, only much deeper. I find emotional scars laid on by verbal abuse take far longer to heal than any physical scars. We should all think before we speak rather than the opposite.

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"Nobody has measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold" ~Zelda Fitzgerald

Julie
Senior Member
since 1999-08-20
Posts 739
Houston, TX
4 posted 1999-09-09 10:34 PM


Thank you, Ladies. I think we can all
agree...No one wants to be at the wrong
end of that stick.


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Julie
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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
Marianne Williamson

moonmoon
Member
since 1999-08-13
Posts 277
TX , USA
5 posted 1999-09-09 11:31 PM



Amen to all the comments..Well said...May this be a wake-up call to all those who brutally scar others with their words..!!

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