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Cruel Tuesday & Old Cliche' 2 poems ... ( think of it as poetic pms)LOL |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
~Cruel Tuesday~ On Friday there was promise ... and inspiration made a lovely sound. Anger scarred the long weekend ... and now cruel Tuesday has come round. One minute you were here ... but I hesitated and now your gone. You were never mine to have, and we both knew this all along. Your like a need ... a habit ... and old habits are hard to break. And when the withdrawals kick in, the reality is more than I can take. Denial is no longer an option ... anticipation fades with the fantasy. Reality is like a kick in the chest, and its knocked the wind out of me. There comes a point when there is no point, I'm tired of sleeping alone with a memory. Fate wont keep me warm at night ... and I'm tired of faking it with someone else's destiny. I'm tired of being lonely, emptiness makes for lousy conversation. There comes a point when you just stop talking ... when all you hear is your own desperation. Some things we have to do on our own ... some times we have to stand alone. And if your gonna dance with the devil, then know -- your gonna pay the price of atone. I know I've made mistakes, and if they are mine, I'll take the blame. But I'm tired of paying for other's sins ... and I'm sick of carrying their shame. On Friday there was promise ... then cruel Tuesday came back around. Reality is my new lover ... and lonely makes a lonesome sound. Janet Marie ************** ~Every Old Cliche'~ I am shadow, I am dark of night. I am anger ... rage in flight. Look away till I pass by ... just let me cross to the other side. You don't know this part of me, you cant see the pain I hide. I am jaded envy, I am that dirty rotten shame. I am unreasonable jealousy that lame excuse ... the one to blame I am the bees that sting at your picnic, the hard rain on your parade. I am deep resentment, I am your regret for having stayed. I am the dark cloud without silver lining, I am the curse beneath your skin. I am the skeletons in the closet, I am the demons ... we keep hidden deep within I wont ever suffer in silence ... but I'll make you wish I would. I'm like every broken promise ... the reason we cant get back to good I am that dirty secret ... the one that no one can ever keep. I am the thorn in your side, that preverbal black sheep. Watch my cry a river, then just for fun I'll bleed out my eyes. Don't try to defend your self ... I turn good reason into Lucifer's alibis Take every bad cliche' you've ever heard and roll them in to one. I am the end result ... the reason you should turn and run. Don't say I didn't try to warn you ... go before I break your heart of gold. I've said this so many times before ... now you'll see ... baby I'm so hard to hold. Janet Marie |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
JM...absolutely loved every word of these, and just think the last line on the page fits just perfectly and righteously...'baby, I'm so hard to hold" Applause... jwesley |
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inot2B Member Elite
since 2000-09-18
Posts 2205Arkansas |
Wow, did you get up on the wrong side of the bed? You said everything that I have thought at one time or another. Very descriptive!! |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Oh...my baby...maybe we can make "tracking the hormones" a Passions pastime? LOL to you...but ya got me with this, as ya knew ya would, especially: "I'm tired of being lonely, emptiness makes for lonely conversation. There comes a point when you just stop talking, when all you hear is your own desperation." Love you, and "everything's gonna be fine, fine, fine...'cause I got one hand in my pocket, and the other one is hailing a taxi cab..." smiles to you, and Alanis Morissette. |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
give you a shotgun - and you let loose both barrels! - wow and double wow! - I must say I truly love your expesssion - and one thing I know for sure - falling for you would assure one that life would NEVER be dull ~S~ |
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Chanson Senior Member
since 2000-08-19
Posts 1559Up Creek w/Out Paddle |
But don't you feel better having released your frustrations?  ~hugs~...for you and your heart rendering poetry. ...chanson~ Music, tonal clear & pure, Caresses the harshest of curves. -me, Song of Gesture |
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Aimster Member Elite
since 2000-02-19
Posts 4297Charlotte, NC |
~Jan so lovely to see a post from you once again i sit in awe of you...for the depth of your soul in which you write. just keep writing hon...it is our salvation! take care.love ya, amy p.s. even though this was quite sad, it was also very beautiful, hauntingly so if thats possible  "The head learns knew things, but the heart forever more practices old experiences" |
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Butterflies_dont_cry Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733Michigan |
OHHHHHHH Sweetie!!! **getting out my pillow** (my knees aren't as strong as yours are) Time to worship..One Poem at a time.... Cruel Tuesday~ On Friday there was promise ... and inspiration made a lovely sound. Anger scarred the long weekend ... and now cruel Tuesday has come round. One minute you were here ... but I hesitated and now your gone. You were never mine to have, and we both knew this all along. Denial is no longer an option ... anticipation fades with the fantasy. Reality is like a kick in the chest, and its knocked the wind out of me. There comes a point when there is no point, I'm tired of sleeping alone with a memory. Fate wont keep me warm at night ... and I'm tired of faking it with someone else's destiny. I know I've made mistakes, and if they are mine, I'll take the blame. But I'm tired of paying for other's sins ... and I'm sick of carrying their shame. WOW ....you screamed and yelled and sung to the dark spot in my heart then you put it all at the feet of those that deserve it...what you have tried to tell me all along....my hard head is getting softer...or you are getting louder ~Every Old Cliche~ Look away till I pass by ... just let me cross to the other side. You don't know this part of me, you cant see the pain I hide I wont ever suffer in silence ... but I'll make you wish I would. I'm like every broken promise ... the reason we cant get back to good Don't say I didn't try to warn you ... go before I break your heart of gold. I've said this so many times before ... now you'll see ... baby I'm so hard to hold Good thing there are stubborn ones that don't listen and keep tryin baby...hard to hold...but worth the fight me thinks The fact that you can go this deep to write and come back up for air amazes me...the first poem that I ever read of yours took my breath away and I've never gotten it back...I'm in AWE baby!!!!!!!!! Hugs me SS...ya know I love ya!! later-hard-to-hold-gator [This message has been edited by Butterflies_dont_cry (edited 10-04-2000).] |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Janet--You do cry blood...I can feel it, taste it, in fact I have it all over me...deep, emotive writing, my friend...keep spilling it! |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
Bleed away my friend.....ya know cowboy carries his first aid kit with him. These are both powerful pieces in their own rights but when you throw them up together then you just don't give us a chance to heal before the next one. That is a good thing though....teaches us to NOT be afraid to reach out and find what it is we are looking for in life or else we will forever be haunted. Ya know I love em...dont you...yeah....thought so. |
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Kit McCallum
Administrator
Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
A "Two for One" treat ... my favorite kind from you JM! One at a time responses here ... "Your like a need ... a habit ... and old habits are hard to break. And when the withdrawals kick in, the reality is more than I can take." WOW! You've caught me off-guard with some of the reality and truths within these lines. Loved the part above JM ... powerful writing here, with yet a positive feel beneath the words. Loved it! "Don't say I didn't try to warn you ... go before I break your heart of gold. I've said this so many times before ... now you'll see ... baby I'm so hard to hold." You've taken all these cliches to a new level Janet Marie ... combined with such force, they fly out from the screen and hit with a punch! Well done! It's wonderful to read you JM ... love ya, Best wishes, /Kit |
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TerryW Senior Member
since 2000-03-23
Posts 779Louisville, Mississippi, USA |
JanetMarie~ Hello, dear friend! I am so glad that I found this post. Seems like you are writing what's going on in my heart right now. I especially love the second one, about cliche's. Thank you for brightening my day with your words!!! Love Ya~ ~you reached inside, you touched my heart, and I am all the better for it~ Terry A. Woodson, Jr. |
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AVANTI Senior Member
since 2000-02-02
Posts 664INDIA/MAHARASHTRA/PUNE |
I'm lucky to not miss this one like the others...simply great work Janet Personal Pondering after I read this one If I should fall again, then they will laugh but what if just this one I rise? Avanti Rao |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Awesome work, JM! It takes guts to change our lives, and even then we still make mistakes. Corinne |
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OLIAS Senior Member
since 2000-06-20
Posts 1090Pearl city Iowa |
J.M I have been away but I'm back for a one night stand and I've searched you out, because your my favourite, and your pain is my pleasure, and I love cliches, because they are transparent and we get the message between the eyes, I've missed your work alot and you have made my visit, another pleasure. Your Friend Olias |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
JanetMarie~ Whoa .... drag that one by for one more swat ! 'I'm tired of faking it with someone else's destiny.' What a killer line ! Good write. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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