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dgvarner
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since 2000-05-13
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High Springs, Florida

0 posted 2000-08-09 10:37 PM


Is it truly the healing that happens--
Or is it the way one's mind forgets...
We are left with scars
our gentle reminders
But we choose not to see the marks

Upon our flesh, we find it clear
Upon our souls, relected fear

...Does it truly ever heal
Or do we choose simply to forget,
That we might enable ourselves to live again?

That is what i ask;
Do i take my foot out of the fire
that my hand may have a turn--

I wonder...

--dgvarner



"Half of what i say is meaningless; but i say it so that the other half may reach you."
-Kahlil Gibran


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Jamie
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since 2000-06-26
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Blue Heaven
1 posted 2000-08-09 10:50 PM


Hmmmm.. what would Giran say????,,,

The scarred heart has know the both pleasure and pain, the heart unscarred has never beaten.

dgvarner
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High Springs, Florida
2 posted 2000-08-09 10:55 PM


ah...gibran would have much to say..wouldnt he...  
may have to read up!

thanks for reading jamie  

"Half of what i say is meaningless; but i say it so that the other half may reach you."
-Kahlil Gibran


vlraynes
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since 2000-07-25
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Somewhere... out there...
3 posted 2000-11-09 02:29 PM



dg-
   wow...i honestly have no idea
   how this one got past me, but
   i'm glad i have found it now.
  
   this just hurts...and i felt
   the aching all the way through.

   things CAN and WILL get better.  
   you have my prayers...always.  

   love and hugs,
   -tricks




"...until you have read the verse on his
heart, you have not truely met the poet."
-vlraynes



Dennis L. White
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since 2000-02-17
Posts 1463
Michigan, U.S.A.
4 posted 2000-11-09 05:09 PM


DgV,
  Forgetfulness is a relief....temporarly, but forgivness is a true blessing. you see , once we forgive the problem is no longer ours. We can move on with the memory, but no longer with the hurt, I hope you can find this place.
Dennis :^)


Moonbeams radiate
When the veiling cloud has passed
Playful shadows dance

Dennis L. White :^)



kcsgrandma
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since 2000-09-24
Posts 1522
Presque Isle, ME
5 posted 2000-11-09 08:49 PM


dg, You do like to ask tough questions, don't you? My feeling is that we are usually slower to forget the emotional hurts than the physical ones, perhaps because the wounds are deeper.  If you choose to try again, it's not because you don't remember the pain but because the thing you want to pull out of the fire is worth the risk.  Just remember to use your resources to protect yourself next time.

To love another person is to see the face of God.
- Les Miserables

Marilyn

kaile
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6 posted 2000-11-12 10:05 PM


thought-provoking poem....i dont think one can ever forget but since time helps to smoothen the blows on our battered soul....perhaps we wont feel as emotionally disturbed when we recollect our awful times...hence the healing happens cos we dont feel as emotionally attached to those bad memories and are able to face life again....

Just my humble opinion though

btw, i did click on your profile and i dont think you have posted a second tanka here....Hmmm

dgvarner
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Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida
7 posted 2000-11-12 10:25 PM


tricks..thanks for the 'up'     yeah..things get better..but in the moment, ya just gotta wonder a little..     thanks for the prayers--can use all you can send up  

dennis..very wise words..youre no longer "haiku king"--now i shall have to address you as "oh wise one"        
...sometimes even in forgiving tho..it takes time for the hurt to fade..and to stop having questions..no?

mar..and more wise words..    its true what you say..i learned it from a song   : (tracy chapman) "next time i'll save a little love for myself..."  i'm hoping i do it right next time...  

kaile..yes!     the healing has to happen on the wings of time..that much i know..    much appreciate your humble opinion  
oh...youve already chkd up on me and my tanka writing aye...  LOL  i'll work on one just for you!

hugs and many thanks for all your wisdom(s)! dg


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"so lift your heart with mine...the depth to which it grieves is the height to which it can celebrate!" -Lisa Hussey

[This message has been edited by dgvarner (edited 11-12-2000).]

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