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Pray For Me |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA 
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Pray For Me Pray for me mother at 18, raped by the hands of a 23 year old wanting to die, wanting to run running into the wrong arms leaving home Pray for me father at 25, seven years into an abusive marriage dying inside, too frightened to run no arms to hold me leaving myself Pray for me sister at 33, beaten and bruised by my own son praying for death, no where to run arms that once held him, empty heart left empty too Pray for me friend at 36, free, an entire life before me learning to live, learning to stay holding my own leaving the past behind Pray for me friends And I will pray for you  ------------------ Alis volat propriis (She flies with her own wings) |
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Denise
Moderator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
This is touching. Deeply moving. Very well done, Ruth. ------------------ Denise |
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Marilyn Member Elite
since 1999-09-26
Posts 2621Ontario, Canada |
Bravo, Bravo!! You spead those wing my friend. Enjoy your life, live it to the fullest! Love you girl! |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
This hurts my heart to read it is so real and stark and full of raw emotion. |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Denise....thank you Martie....it soothed my heart to write it Marilyn...thank you my dear freind. I love you too  ------------------ Alis volat propriis (She flies with her own wings) |
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Systematic Decay Senior Member
since 1999-09-15
Posts 1301That place with padded walls and funny people in white......... |
**sigh** A life fraught with turmoil....aren't they all? There aren't enough prayers in the world.....I will send my hopes (of which there aren't many) to you. You've been through a lot, this poem says, and have the strength to come back every time. Keep faith. ------------------ Thinking is just what a great many people think they are doing when they are merely rearranging their predjudices. |
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Isis Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296Sunny Queensland |
So sad for you Ruth  But you're doing the right thing, stretch your wings today and every day for the rest of your life. ((HUGS) and love for you my friend ------------------ Through poetry my heart and soul truly sing... ~Isis~ (Daughter of Mystery) |
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Julie Senior Member
since 1999-08-20
Posts 739Houston, TX |
Hoot...my prayers for you my friend. I think your prayers are being to being answered...remember in adversity there will always be an angel for you nearby... |
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Ohme Senior Member
since 1999-07-17
Posts 816Texas |
Hoot, put me on your list too. ------------------ I look forward to tomorrow, while looking back on the past. But today is the day I am living. And I expect it to be a great day! |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Systematic....thank you, sometimes hope and faith are all that we have in this world Isis...thank you, I love you too my friend Julie...I find God answers our prayers in the unexpected ways sometimes Ohme...thank you ------------------ Alis volat propriis (She flies with her own wings) |
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Tweety Junior Member
since 1999-11-10
Posts 26stute, of insanity, Passions to be more |
For U my Tweet Wady!  [This message has been edited by Tweety (edited 11-14-1999).] |
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Toerag Member Ascendant
since 1999-07-29
Posts 5622Ala bam a |
Yes, I would be happy to pray for you dear one....And would be honored to put some of your "history's problems" in their grave, and have someone pray over them.....!! |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
Ruth,I will pray for you Dear Friend ((((HUGS)))) ------------------ What comes from the heart goes to the heart. Samuel Coleridge |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Ruth you know you got me! I will pray for you too! |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
You have my prayers, Hoot... along with my immense appreciation for having forged the woman you are from those fires... |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Thank you everyone. This was meant more as a cleansing poem than anything. I haven't lived an easy life and I wouldn't wish my life on anyone, but, I do not regret it for it has made me the person I am today and I really do like that person friends |
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Tara Simms Senior Member
since 1999-08-12
Posts 1244Honea Path, SC USA |
Oh Ruth, the end of your poem shows the strength you have attained throughout your trials. Bless you! |
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JOY 14 Senior Member
since 1999-09-22
Posts 1419Wisconsin USA |
One more prayer can't hurt. So I too, pray for you. It takes real, true, courage to get through difficult times in our lives, but it takes even more strength to go on and make life extrodinary! |
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Munda Member Elite
since 1999-10-08
Posts 3544The Hague, The Netherlands |
Ruth....this made me cry. I'll not only pray for you, I'll pray with you. : ) |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Tara, Joy and Munda...thank you all three very much. There's nothing one can't overcome with the power of prayer ------------------ Alis volat propriis (She flies with her own wings) |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Ruth ... you have overcome the demons of the past. In reaching in ... you have reached out. I grasp your hand in friendship and compassion. ------------------ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Andrew Scott Member Elite
since 1999-06-24
Posts 2558Redlands,CA,USA |
Lady Hoot: I can't even come close to relating to the hardhships you've suffered, but you have my admiration and respect at surviving through it all... to be able to say that you like the person you are today... good for you... sending good karma your way. |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Dear Ruth I hope you have found true joy now - you certainly deserve it dear. Wonderful poem - though words can sometimes be inadequate, even for us writers. Hugs. K |
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Iloveit Senior Member
since 1999-09-02
Posts 1121NM |
hoot this is beautiful, sigh .... and yes you have my prayers |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
Praying for you too Hoot...... ------------------ A soul that writes from the heart and shares it, truly gives a gift extraordinaire! |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Thank you everyone |
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DreamEvil Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 2396 |
My prayers oftimes go unheard, but you have my admiration Ruth. ------------------ Now and forever, my heart hears ~one voice~. DreamEvil© |
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Richard 33 Member
since 1999-09-09
Posts 187glen easton, wv usa |
Ruth I have passed by this poem several times. I was not trying to avoid reading it. I wish there was somthing I could say, but sometimes words just can't express our emotions I will say prayers for you. (BIG HUG) [This message has been edited by Richard 33 (edited 11-17-1999).] |
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Echo Rhayne Senior Member
since 1999-09-17
Posts 1495Canyon Country, CA |
Finding happiness is the common pursuit. Like the ancient Diogenes who took his lamp in search of truth. the roads today in our modern world are jammed with people trying to find happiness. To many people, happiness is just an end to itself, rather than a means to the end. Our "rights" as Americans only guarentee the pursuit of, not the achievement of, happiness. This distinction is a key to happiness. What is happiness to you? How would you describe it? Does your definition include expressions like feeling good, a sense of well-being, accomplishing goals, being at peace with one's self, and living without trouble, pain and sorrow? Happiness can be defined as the absence of conflict, the resolution of disagreement and as a dissolving of disharmony. Failure to meet what was hoped for is the absence of happiness. "Happy is the person whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night." Psalm 1:2 So I pray to the Lord above for you..for your happiness, for your hope and faith. And I leave with a final God bless and my prayers are definitely with you! ------------------ ~*~ Time erases and rewrites all the lines. What remains is the poetry! ~*~ |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Richard...thanks for the hug my friend Echo...thank you for your kind words Dream...I appreciate that |
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RSEvans Senior Member
since 1999-10-23
Posts 1147Tulsa, OK, USA |
Those who taste the pain of life can appreciate its sweetness so much more. For that which you have been through, may your future return a thousand-fold more sweetnesses. You have friends here, Ruth. Do not forget that. ------------------ Once I was brilliant, now I no longer shine, but the twinkle in my eye speaks of another time. |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
RSEvans...my sincere thanks for your kind words Ruth ------------------ Alis volat propriis (She flies with her own wings) |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Hoot, Can't believe I missed this one, but certainly have my empathy and sympathy and all the hugs you need. Great poem. |
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miriam Member
since 1999-08-26
Posts 323glendale,ca. |
i truly believe i prayer...so don't you worry..everything will turn out okay. |
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