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Letting Go |
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SEA 
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I find myself faced with letting go how exactly I'm supposed to do that I have no idea......... How do I tell my heart to stop loving you? ~*~ I've loved you for so long now, it's become a part of me a part of who I am like the color of my eyes ~*~ Letting go of loving you is like trying to figure out how not to breathe.....and still stay alive How to cut out a piece of myself and still remain whole and intact ~*~ But lately, loving you has started to hurt me I've tried to be understanding I mean, that's what friends do, right? You told me you loved me, yet you show no signs of that love ..........of friendship.......... ~*~ I find myself faced with letting go but this painful slap of reality ~ this knowing doesn't hold any answers ~ only questions How do I tell my heart to stop loving you? I have no idea ~SEA~ 11-16-00 |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
 Sea, sometimes you can't and it is then that we will hold you and understand Karilea If I whisper, will you listen?... I would rather be silent and write, than speak loudly and be bound. KRJ |
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SEA
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since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
Sunshine~ thank you for that.....I've a feeling this isn't going to be easy, I don't even know if I can let go...... |
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Interloper
since 2000-11-06
Posts 8369Deep in the heart |
Someone much wiser than me said: You must set them free and if they love you they will return. This requires the strength to let go and the strength to have patience. Not to mention endurance. You have whatever it takes to get the job done ... your writing says so. God bless and keep you in the palm of His hand. |
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BSC
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since 2000-02-04
Posts 2919New York, USA |
Aw SEA ~ Such a sad writing...Wish I had some answers, unfortunately, I don't... but like Karilea said, we'll all be here with a shoulder or two. Hugs to you... Bonnie |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
Enjoyed it!!!!!!!!  Letting go of someone you love deeply!!!!!!!!!liked it!!!!!!! |
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SEA
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since 2000-01-18
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Interloper~ I will let go, but not all the way....never be able to totally let go. I will just have to hope Bonnie~ thank you, believe me, I don't think anyone has the answers.......thank you for the hugs Vandana~ I'm glad you enjoyed this -SEA |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England |
Circe, love, anything I can do? Well you know where I am if you need a shoulder to wail on. I'm very good at support, and sympathy I can do that to. Wonderful write of yours, utterly wonderful. I can feel the confusion, and the pain too. Take care Mushy Sorry I'm so late in replying today, I crashed the computer, but this time, I wrecked it completely. Oh my told you I was accident prone didn't I! Look after yourself sweetie Take back the hope you gave,- I claim Only a memory of the same Robert Browning |
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SEA
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since 2000-01-18
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Mushy~ your heart felt replies always make me smile, thank you for caring......I'm afraid it would take years for me to try and explain this one, even then it would be confusing...Thank you for the offer of your shoulder. -SEA (I do it to my computer too)  |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
I've loved you for so long now, it's become a part of me a part of who I am like the color of my eyes ~*~ Letting go of loving you is like trying to figure out how not to breathe.....and still stay alive How to cut out a piece of myself and still remain whole and intact ~*~ But lately, loving you has started to hurt me I've tried to be understanding ================== oh girlie-girl ...this is one of my favs of yours now... you have captured the way this process hurts and effects us perfectly. I know how hard this ache is to let go of ... and when ya figure out how... please let me know...(yeah I know)... someday we'll get there... in the mean time..thank god for poetry. take care sweetie jm (ps I left you a "cowboy" message on your b-day post, hope ya got it)  "What the caterpillar calls the end ... The world calls a butterfly" Lao Tze Tao ~Butterflies are meant to be free~ |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England |
Circe, I'm here, you don't have to explain, just let the feelings flow. Which you can do I know I've always said your works are brilliant. Send me an E and I'll send you back my warm hugs and sisterly love. (And I won't tease you with apocryphal tales. I promise )Take care Mushy Take back the hope you gave,- I claim Only a memory of the same Robert Browning |
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SEA
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since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
Janet~ you brought the tears up again.....thank you, I know you know and if I ever figure out how to soothe this ache, I won't hessitate to pass it to you.... yes, I got the other message on the b-day one, I just felt stupid to bring it back up, if you talk to him, tell him I said thank you Mushy~ I'll E you in a bit, thanks -SEA |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
We never let go completely of love, guess our hearts just keep on talkin' to us, instead of our heads talking. Your pain and expression is felt and I hope you find peace. "When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass, and the sun drips honey."" Laurie Lee Kathleen |
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peppermint35 Senior Member
since 2000-05-28
Posts 1106Texas, USA |
SEA, one day I hope I have at least a tenth of the talent you do!!! Letting go; the hardest thing in the world to do when you have given your entire heart...perhaps one never does learn to stop loving; but we merely change the way we love.. Sending you strength and healing energy, because, well, just because I care!!! Pepper "A poem is the very image of life expressed in its eternal truth." Percy Bysshe Shelley |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
SEA- OUCH!! I can certainly relate to these painful feelings... letting go can be an extremely difficult and seemingly impossible thing, but sometimes it is the best thing for all concerned...and once in awhile, when you let go, the other person will miss the tightness of your grip and will hang on tighter than they ever did before. whichever way this works out for you, i wish you the best. big hugs to you, -vicky < !signature--> "...until you have read the verse on his heart, you have not truely met the poet." -vlraynes [This message has been edited by vlraynes (edited 11-16-2000).] |
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SEA
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since 2000-01-18
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Irish Rose~ I will never be able to stop loving this friend, but I am going to stop reaching out........then maybe he'll miss me for once......who knows? thanksP35~ how is it you make me feel so good?!  thank you, that is the nicest thing to say......and I'll take that healing energy any day.......it's powerful stuff, thank you for thinking to send it to me! thank you for caring -SEA |
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SEA
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Vicky~ sorry, you snuck in there on me, thank you, I'm hoping you are right.......that's what I'm going to try to do....stressing the try part...... -SEA |
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Nate Dogg Senior Member
since 1999-11-15
Posts 1658Georgia, Fulton |
Great emotions you've displayed in this piece Sea. Thanks for sharing this brilliant poem...peace! Nathan |
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SEA
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since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
Nate~ thank you for reading, -SEA |
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snowpants Member Elite
since 2000-09-16
Posts 2061KS |
'Letting go of loving you is like trying to figure out how not to breathe.....and still stay alive How to cut out a piece of myself and still remain whole and intact' When you find out, would you let me know? I'm sure there is a way, but we poets just don't know it, do we? (Or, at least, this sentimental sap poet doesn't!) Very touching piece, SEA, as it hits home lately. Love it! sp I won't go, I won't sleep, I can't breathe until you're resting here with me... |
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Butterflies_dont_cry Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733Michigan |
Sea* Your heart and a tear were woven into each line of this...When we reach the point that hanging on...or letting go are equally painful...there seems to be no right thing to do...all you can do now Sea...is be true to you. *Hugs* for healing and sunshine to kiss your life~ You cannot dance in the sun until you have cried in the rain~ |
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dgvarner Member Elite
since 2000-05-13
Posts 3552High Springs, Florida |
How to cut out a piece of myself and still remain whole and intact sea..its true what they say--about if you love something let it go..if it comes back to you, it is yours--if it doesnt, it never was.. i can relate to this..letting go is not one of my strong points..but i've learned much from each time i let go..learned much... its one of those things--you do it once, you see what can happen..you trust that what happens is what should happen...and you learn to smile again.. let go..and let the world keep spinning.. good luck.. hugs,dg "so lift your heart with mine...the depth to which it grieves is the height to which it can celebrate!" -Lisa Hussey |
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Charisma
since 2000-09-30
Posts 5906lost in blue pages |
(((warm huge hug))) I am sorry to see you this way, its hard to let go, or even not sure if you are doing right.....your love is a part of you, I truly hope that you can figure it out...wish you all the best my friend. ((hugs)) Charisma |
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Poeminister Senior Member
since 2000-02-26
Posts 1862Regina SK; Canada |
Dear SEA, Your poem touched me much. Very hard to let go, but if this person isn't esteeming your love in highest respect and expressing mutual feelings back anymore then you deserve better. It's like good poetry --it just doesn't deserve bad feedback! I can't know what kind of a relationship it is, its none of my business, but hopeing things will look up for you and that hearts always open enough to still hold onto friendship, even if it was once more than that at one point. Take care always -Poeminister< !signature--> "...no single sound too rude upon thy slumber shall intrude, Our thoughts, our souls- O God above! In every deed shall mingle, love." -Poe [This message has been edited by Poeminister (edited 11-17-2000).] |
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OLIAS Senior Member
since 2000-06-20
Posts 1090Pearl city Iowa |
I feel for what your going through, there are no answers, friends can advise and support but ultimatly its a solitary road. Excellent, honest writing. Thank you for sharing. Take care my friend. Olias. |
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rosepetals25
since 2000-05-31
Posts 3076PA |
SEA, This one hits home right now. I'm am in that process and it is a hard thing. Wonderful poem.. my feelings exactly. ~~Tara aka rp25 :o) |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Interesting that you should ask this question because when the pain exceeeded the desire it changed my thinking on this matter and I was finally able to began the process of letting go....in effect I was removing myself from the source of the pain...James |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
I don't know either...even after all these years |
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