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a toast to used to be and dr's bills and bandages
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a toast to used to be and dr's bills and bandages |
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jellybeans Member Elite
since 2000-10-13
Posts 2298
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these 2 were written one after the other, one day apart, and as i look back, you sorta have to read both to get the full effect of the last one, so i am posting together A toast to Used To Be Perplexing, this ‘used to be’. Deciphering attempts have left me thoughtless. How exactly did it happen that we used to be friends, doesn’t that defy the meaning? I haven’t changed well not that I realize and that’s part of the problem, I suppose, anyway, I still miss you just as much but my fingers weren’t long enough to reach as you drifted out of touch. A little at a time you slipped further and further out into the vast Cyber Sea. Sadness stuck me in the sand; I watched you leave. You never heard me whisper the softest of goodbyes you never heard me shout out loud. I wish my smiles could have turned your rudder but I couldn’t find them overboard they had slipped into my ocean. As Your Fulfilling sails don’t look back, don’t look into my salty waters just think of me, once in a while and maybe, maybe it won’t be such a bad thing this used-to-be... perchance if you were to call one last time it would be nicer than the memory of your back we could meet at the top of the sun sitting on the water’s edge raise our glasses smile one last smile and toast to what used to be. * * * * dr.s bills and bandages after you left, i, somewhat unwhole, tried to step back into my own but incompletely executed the deed, i found out why as i spied my shadow slipping secretively after you coaxing memories, penning the past with sappy ink dribbling "...toast's to used to be" and "i will meet you on the sun..." and what i really should do is kick my shadow straight in the butt- (i mean really, unless you plan to self combust, who sits on the sun except in a corny poem anyway?) gurney the painfully burned thing to the hospital and when the bandages finally come off, with dr.'s bill in hand my shadow and i, reality will face, because dr. bills and bandages are real and you aren't coming back [This message has been edited by jellybeans (edited 02-02-2001).] |
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Miss Abagail Mannering Member
since 1999-09-01
Posts 136byron, il |
I really love these poems....i used to write similar ones myself... *hugs to you* perhaps in the end it all works well, tho at present time it feels like hell. chin up my dear... there is life after love...be it romantic or friendship "Ya have to kiss a lot of frogs before you meet your prince... just watch out for all the pond scum!!!" |
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Wesley the Blue Member
since 1999-09-02
Posts 426Forest Lake, MN, USA |
There is nothing wrong with thinking "used to be's." Our past is part of who we are. I liked the poems, keep up the good work. Keith every day is a new day with which we can change the world |
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jellybeans Member Elite
since 2000-10-13
Posts 2298 |
Miss A, thank you, and yes I know it gets easier all the time, these were actually written a few months ago, and as so not so painful to post now  Jeremy thank you, and yes, the past is best to keep track of so you won't make the same mistakes over |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Regardless of when they were written, they could be my words. *S* Except of course, I usually ramble on endlessly... I may occasionally burp out a rhyme ... but I'm rarely succinct. *S* While you write with a surgeon's skills, exposing the heart with expertise. *S* Both of these are painful... but the second provides some much needed grins. *S* And don't forget... if you get tired of kicking your own fanny, just let me know. (evil grin contemplating the "help" I could give!) LOL |
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RainbowGirl Member Elite
since 1999-07-31
Posts 3023United Kingdom |
"And don't forget... if you get tired of kicking your own fanny, " Suthern!!!! Gosh, it's just too much for this English lady...ROFL..I'll have to cover my eyes...*g* Excellent poems ILI, JB and aliases..*g* keep talking sweetheart, keep writing, someday soon your ink will find parchment.. HUGS |
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jellybeans Member Elite
since 2000-10-13
Posts 2298 |
suthern and rainbow....gosh, must be old timers day *g* sure is good to see you both together on one of my poems |
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jellybeans Member Elite
since 2000-10-13
Posts 2298 |
suthern and rainbow....gosh, must be old timers day *g* sure is good to see you both together on one of my poems and lololol suthern? I will surely let you know if i need help, until then you keep both feet firmly on the floor *stern look> |
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