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VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2001-04-13 01:21 AM

Let Us Dance
Virginia Salter

I have a friend
whom some may call an enemy
yet my protection
is my friend’s zeal
she helps me feel
and be real
though I may reel
in agony
of wretched things
that mar my soul
deter my goal
take their toll

my friend
stands tall
sometimes yells
sometimes screams
sometimes messes with my dreams
yet she’s a friend
yes, through and through
she gives a sign
I’m not aligned
and I might need
to turn from you
for just a while

so I’ll take heed
she knows my need
and I shall feed
on messages she sends
to set me free

her name is anger,
when I’m in danger
somewhere deep within,
she’s ready for a fight
so I’ll survive
remain alive
somehow come out all right

she’ll reveal,
if I let her feel,
what wounds need dressing
what part of my heart
caressing
so help me dance with her
let me take a chance with her
let us embrace the unity of our lives

©April 12, 01

Panne447
Member

since 2001-04-03

Posts 196
S.A. TX

1 posted 2001-04-13 01:24 AM

VAS, Very nice. I understand your friend Anger - she is a help mate of mine also.
Panne

doreen peri
Member Elite

since 1999-05-25

Posts 3812
Virginia

2 posted 2001-04-13 01:28 AM

"so I’ll take heed
she knows my need
and I shall feed
on messages she sends
to set me free"

love those lines

really cool piece here.... she helps me out sometimes, too.... good friend to have on occasion when you really need her.... but.... she pisses me off!!!!!!!!!

(gotta keep that friend under control, y'know? don't dance with her too often... she tries to lead)

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

3 posted 2001-04-13 01:32 AM

This poem was inspired by a counselor's talk at a Hospice Hope for Healing meeting on Grief. She pointed out that anger really is our friend and it's letting us know that there is something inside of us that needs attention. That it's like a pot on the stove about to boil over, we must lift the lid to see what's causing the boiling.

Nate Dogg
Senior Member

since 1999-11-15

Posts 1658
Georgia, Fulton

4 posted 2001-04-13 01:40 AM

Nice expressions....a wonderful write!!

Nathan

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

5 posted 2001-04-13 09:27 AM

Given the response after the poem, you've shed new light on an emotion that I try to live without....

I must now look upon anger in a new, and different light....

thank you for shedding light into a corner of my life....

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

6 posted 2001-04-13 09:44 AM

Your welcome, Sunshine and thanks. Did you see the note I made to doreen?

Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

7 posted 2001-04-14 05:27 PM

indeed a new viewpoint on something that we need to understand is a part of us. . . but that we must keep in line. . .

excellent. . . you've made me think. . .

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EagleOne
Member Elite

since 2000-03-07

Posts 2829
Between a laugh and a tear...

8 posted 2001-04-14 05:36 PM

Excellent! I think we need to accept and embrace all our emotions before we can truly live.

"Friends are quiet angels who lift us to our
feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly." ~unknown

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