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JLR
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0 posted 2001-07-29 02:05 AM


All I Am

I wish I were a person of character
with a noble, selfless cause set before me
but all I am
is in love with a woman
who’s decided not to be in love with me.
So I chose now not to call her
on all the inconsistencies
in her defense, her protest of innocence.
  She is young, much younger than I realized…
but then, all I’d seen before
was love.  
She loved me well.  
She loved me passionately.  
She loved me like she’d never let me go.
She loved me like a child
in love with a dream
that could never live up
to reality.
And for that, maybe I’m to blame.
I was the adult there
I was the one…who should’ve been
prepared when she showed me who she was…
ready when she backed away
but I believed her dream
as surely as she did
and I will never be the same



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Logan
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since 2001-05-28
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1 posted 2001-07-29 02:10 AM


JLR, nice write of a feeling that goes very deep, and hurts...good luck with it, I know the feeling..gentle smile
azblond
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2 posted 2001-07-29 02:10 AM


"She loved me well.  
She loved me passionately.  
She loved me like she’d never let me go"

A sad piece, but at least with this phrase...you know you were loved.

Let my words fall first upon deaf ears before a closed mind...

JLR
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3 posted 2001-07-29 02:19 PM


Logan, azblond---Thanks for your responses.  This was written several months ago, so time has dulled the pain...and yes, I was loved.
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Deep in the heart
4 posted 2001-07-30 07:09 PM


Well done.  Your pain shows yet you now understand what happened and that is the key.
cpalmer
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5 posted 2001-07-30 07:50 PM


Very much from the heart I gather...Although painful, beautifully written...hope all goes well
Cindi

God is our inspiration; Words of the heart can be music to our ears
Cpalmer

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6 posted 2001-07-31 08:17 AM


ah lessons such as this..are meant to be written about... nicely done


ParisGrl
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7 posted 2001-07-31 02:26 PM


R.J.

I am so sorry......you convey your feelings very well.  It gets easier a little.  just believe in yourself.

Take Care,
Laura

walker
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since 2001-02-11
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8 posted 2001-08-02 06:53 PM


JLR- opposites attract, in my case I'm the adult dealing witha teenager ,that's worse than a child
shadow974
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since 2001-06-21
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Michigan
9 posted 2001-08-02 07:10 PM


Beautifully expressed, Love is joy and pain sometimes at the same time.

Throw your heart out in front of you
And run out to catch it.

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