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Bare Honesty
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Just A Woman Senior Member
since 2001-03-10
Posts 507 |
I watch the emotions playing across your face Your eyes Your hands your body say everything We need not speak And so I don't Just a gentle sad smile I've loved you as you do me for years now It's as given and as constant as my breath and always will be And so, sweet man, I can only ask you to accept my thorns that you contemplate in pain and see beyond them to the rich velvety petals of my soul that only you know I am not one or the other I am both The sun and the storm The laughter and the tears The tender sweet kiss brushing your lips and the harsh slap ~God forgive me~ my inability to be an angel I am Just A Woman After years of searching, I have found I am nothing more, nothing less...I am in truth Just A Woman after all. |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
and I would say that that is all you ever need be. . . excellent. . . ------------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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OLIAS Senior Member
since 2000-06-20
Posts 1090Pearl city Iowa |
I believe it is a great gift to know ourselves, be comfortable with our weaknesses, rejoice in our strengths and for others to except both. I enjoyed this very much, simple, honest and very direct. Thank you for posting. Regards Olias. |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
amen, and amen Kathleen Blake "When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass, and the sun drips honey." Laurie Lee |
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bslicker
since 2000-12-04
Posts 2321state of mind |
Hoping that he has a collection of thorns, to that your sole can be seen and touched.  Bernie Bernie Slicker |
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Jellybean King Member
since 2001-03-07
Posts 153Jelly, Bean |
Being just a woman is more than enough! Loved your original metaphor comparing a beautiful (yet thorny) rose to a woman...(sigh)...as with anything which is precious and worth having, one must accept the thorns along with the petals. Jellybean King |
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jellybeans Member Elite
since 2000-10-13
Posts 2298 |
very nice.....and yep agree with the king...the metaphor is wonderfully written |
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Just A Woman Senior Member
since 2001-03-10
Posts 507 |
Thank you so much, everyone, for your kind replies. After years of searching, I have found I am nothing more, nothing less...I am in truth Just A Woman after all. |
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Allan Riverwood
since 2001-01-04
Posts 3502Winnipeg |
I did like the part "and the harsh slap." Kind of made me smile a bit. Nicely done. And isn't "Just a Woman" an oxymoron or something?  ~Allan If I had your eyes, I'd be blind. For I can only see out of my own. ~~Carly Van Dort |
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ATelamon Member
since 2001-02-06
Posts 328Purgatory, Last Staircase, Up |
Most strange did one say in the direction of self lie all others your hands to touch along the pathway we call life is learning to be oneself is the center the very core of every further understanding the I is the knowing Well said I used to tell someone a lot "I am just a guy", I think I can relate to this. AT " I can lie to my mirror only so long as it chooses to listen to me, and look me in the eye." |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
I suppose we all need a slap now and then to realize that women are not angels...and men need women not angels...James |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Just A Women, Just an excellent write. Just wonderful words, Just a beautiful Poem. Sy |
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Just A Woman Senior Member
since 2001-03-10
Posts 507 |
Allen - *smiling* Thank you! Atelamon - I couldn't agree more. You said that very well. James - I'm keeping that quote from you! Is excellent. Wish more men felt that way. Thank you. Seymour - *smiling* Thank you. I've enjoyed your writing lately. After years of searching, I have found I am nothing more, nothing less...I am in truth Just A Woman after all. |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
again. . . that is all that you ever need be. . . but, you're also a wonderful poet. . . ---------------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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