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Crying, I Do Alone
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Crying, I Do Alone |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia 
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I laugh out loud When in the crowd Crying …I do alone No public shroud For I'm too proud To show…my heart of stone I seem endowed But really cowed Weeping…for me, atone While laughing proud I see the dowd Mirrored…in me alone So take this crowd That laugh out loud While I'm allowed To weep …all lone Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. Patty Hansen. |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England |
Kethry dear heart, this is utterly truly wonderful. Yes I love it, as I always do, but when you write so well love what can I do but love it. And you will not cry alone, not while I'm here love. (Go and make some soup, and I'll make some bread) or you could write one of your specials love. Truly wonderful dear heart Thank you for this gem Take care love as always Slushy  Take back the hope you gave,- I claim Only a memory of the same Robert Browning |
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dgvarner Member Elite
since 2000-05-13
Posts 3552High Springs, Florida |
oh i do hate it when one chooses to weep alone.... :[ but very nicely written kethry  hugs, g "i know its kinda late i hope i didnt wake you but theres somethin i just gotta say-- i knew you'd understand..." jcroce |
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Charisma
since 2000-09-30
Posts 5906lost in blue pages |
oh yes, you hit me home with these awesome poem.....great expression. ((hugs)) Charisma |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Sorry, dear....but Sun holds your heart when you cry.... |
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Beverley Member
since 2000-07-09
Posts 97England |
Lynne dear heart, this is a Bev reply, because I'm having probs with the real me name. But you don't need to weep alone love, I'm always there Take care love as always Mushy And while thy willing soul transpires At every pore with instant fire Andrew Marvell 1621-1678 |
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kcsgrandma Senior Member
since 2000-09-24
Posts 1522Presque Isle, ME |
Kethry - This hit home for me. I've done exactly this in the past, smiling and laughing in public, while my heart was broken in private. The nice thing about Passions is so many people here have been in the same places. Thank you for sharing this. To love another person is to see the face of God. - Les Miserables Marilyn |
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CD Member
since 2001-01-27
Posts 101 |
That was a really good piece. It describes so many people who put up stone heart even when they don't want to. I understand totally. Really good work Cheers, CD |
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Agent696_DS Junior Member
since 2001-01-31
Posts 33NY, USA |
This is so true if only we did not have to cry alone. This is a nice piece. |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Kethry, True and I enjoyed. |
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inot2B Member Elite
since 2000-09-18
Posts 2205Arkansas |
I know the feeling. Sometimes, in fact most of the time I do cry alone, because I can't always explain why the tears are there. |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Thanks everyone, the truism I've discovered in these replies is that even when there are others there we cry alone and die alone. No one can walk these passages for us. Thanks again for responding. my friends, ascend Kethry Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. Patty Hansen. |
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CocoBaci Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 3043 |
Kethry sweetie. Thank you for this poem you shared... I appreciated the read... ~coco~ You get a lot more lesson mileage when you lose in some situations than always win... |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
Kethry, well-written...but if ever someone wishes to sit and cry with you...allow them for they are surely working a ministry for the Lord. |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Coco, thanks so much. Your words always make me feel better. Virginia Thanks, for me, it's easier to serve than to accept service. Kethry Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. Patty Hansen. |
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jonmcm Member
since 2000-10-11
Posts 222England |
I know what you mean Kethry, it's hard to show the sadness/hurt we truely feel in public because we often feel it's a week thing to do. But, whether in private or in public I've found tears do heal - so let that emotion flow. May the day draw near soon that your smiles dwell upon your countenance in those private moments too! Jon :D [This message has been edited by jonmcm (edited 02-04-2001).] |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
Many cry through their poetry as well. Nothing wrong with that. It just means we are real. "I walked beside the evening sea and dreamed a dream that could not be." George William Curtis |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
you may walk the path alone my friend. . . but we are always ready to help you if you fall. . . this is excellent. . . ------------------------------------------------------------ To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Excellent poem, Kethry. But heart of stone? YOU????? You must have been using poetic license by the truckload there, caring one. *S* |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
jon, thank you. Yes sometimes society moulds us in such a way crying in public is shameful, I come from a stoic background where crying was seen to be hysteria and yes I smile alone too. Kathleen, I am real when I feel, thank you for your observation. Sven, dearheart just knowing you are there to pick me up is enough to stop the tears flowing. Thank you suthern, thank you, if my heart is not stone it's because you've shown me how to love. be real and heal Kethry Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. Patty Hansen. |
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JLR Senior Member
since 2001-02-04
Posts 1785 |
I wish I had the courage to mail this to someone.......that prob wouldn't get it, anyway. haha You said it all!! |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
I KNEW you were endowed....you finally admit it! |
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