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This Old Fool
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This Old Fool |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England 
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Your letter came to me... I opened it up right away... Your letter was 2 pages long, so I figured you must have had something to say... But when I sat down, started reading your opening lines... You suggested that I keep on going, and then everything would be just fine... I took your suggestion..no way I could make myself quit... Halfway through your letter, I decided that I'd better sit... and when I was finished, the tears just rolled out of my eyes... No fool like an old fool, and this old fool started to cry......... Somehow, we'd connected as penpals at first, back and forth... and after a year we discovered we both needed more........ The distance between us was literally thousands of miles... But over that distance came pictures, sweet verses, and smiles... And we never talked about what we had going at home... We freely confessed to each other that we weren't alone... A harmless flirtation, consenting adults, making friends... It won't hurt a soul, and we'll just play a game of pretend... So, why did it come as a shock when you talked of your wife? I guess I'd forgotten we both had our seperate lives... And I have a husband I'll live with 'til death do us part... No fool like an old fool...... and one with a self-broken heart!!!!!!! Hold life with an open hand....leaving it room to grow.... |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
Sad. The brick we see coming hurts no less that the one that blind sides us. Jamie Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil. "Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely". |
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JP Senior Member
since 1999-05-25
Posts 1343Loomis, CA |
Wow. This one hits home. I am about to say something that I have raged against many times, but what how can I help myself - it feels as though you wrote this poem from my heart. So here are the lines I grudgingly say: I know exactly how you feel. I have been there and I feel for you. I know what you are going through...  Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn. JP "Everything is your own damn fault, if you are any good." E. Hemmingway |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Prometheus and JP.......... This one did hit me like a brick...... (I forgot to duck!!) It felt good to get it out, and it hurts a little less with your kind words.............. ~~~~Thanks to you both~~~~ Hold life with an open hand....leaving it room to grow.... |
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