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RosePetal
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0 posted 2001-11-19 01:53 PM


You are supposedly my friend
Why would you allow someone
To criticize who I am?
I thought you were somebody
Upon who I could depend
Whether if it was deliberately or not
You've hurt me once again
You're a much truer person
When no one is around
I think you should have stood up for me
but you stayed neutral without sound
I consider my true friends a gift
This one sided friendship is starting to drift
I won't let you treat me this way
And I can't help but to look at you in dismay
You are the guilty party here
I may cry at night but I won't let you see my tears
I do and say what I feel
I'm not the one who bends from the pressure of peers
You say your "boys" got growing up to do
Well join them since maturity hasn't reached you
If you cared about me that much
You would know when to say enoughs enough
You think your capable of handling things
Yet I must call your bluff



© Copyright 2001 Joanna - All Rights Reserved
Carol Lina
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1 posted 2001-11-19 02:08 PM


No, Rosepetals, don't ever let anyone treat you poorly, stand up and smile and go on.
This makes me sad!

Carolina

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2 posted 2001-11-19 02:24 PM


Rose? sounds like someone treated you pretty badly. But it also sounds like you have the self respect to put it all behind you. Good for you! much applause!
Enchantress
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3 posted 2001-11-19 02:28 PM


You go girl!!  Don't let anyone treat you any less than what you deserve.  
You are a good person...don't back down!  
Emotional write this one is.
Hugs, Nancy.

~I've loved you forever, in lifetimes before.~

peaches73533
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4 posted 2001-11-19 02:58 PM


Rose,
Sounds Like you've been hurt.But it sounds like you are a courageous person who can stand up for what she believes in.You go girl.
Peaches

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5 posted 2001-11-19 03:08 PM


Doesn't sound like a friend
so easily to bend
away from thought
happiness sought
so hard this fence to mend

The strength is within you
do that which you must do
empty the thought
of friendship sought
and to yourself be true

Stand your ground!!

Domzi
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6 posted 2001-11-19 03:33 PM


Backstabbers are the worst people to be around. They are like a test.
RosePetal
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7 posted 2001-11-19 05:10 PM


Thank You All.
You guys are not only my friends but you are my family. xoxo

love,
RP

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8 posted 2001-11-19 08:01 PM


Stand up for yourself and don't ever let anyone treat you badly. Go girl. **hugs**

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

Lone Wolf
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9 posted 2001-11-19 08:05 PM


I hate it when this happens.  You think someone is truly your friend to find out that when you are not around they could care.  How awful!  You have my sympathy, RP.  I'd say you don't need friends like this!  Good write.

All writing comes
by the grace of God.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Larry C
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10 posted 2001-11-19 08:17 PM


RosePetal,
ctowen said it best. Hang in there!  

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11 posted 2001-11-20 10:11 PM


peace.....you find out who true friends are, and sometimes it hurts....heres to better days....


Lauren~

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12 posted 2001-11-20 11:07 PM


Ouch, sounds like this hurt. True friends stick up for you. Sounds like this was not a true friend

If she who dies with the most toys wins, then can I have some toy boys please?

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13 posted 2001-11-21 08:44 AM


wow.
whatever it was, this sounds like it really hurt.
as far as the poem - well written and clear, with your use of language it's easy to see how you feel about this.
as far as the events which inspired it - let me know if you need somebody to get tapped on the shoulder and reminded to play nice  
-Dave, not only condoning but accepting money for random acts of violence to total strangers since 1996

Abigaile
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14 posted 2001-11-21 12:01 PM


Very well written. It is hard when someone that we consider a friend betrays us, but I always say that compassion and forgiveness can overcome anything. If a friend is a true friend, the pain only lasts for a short while. Not everyone is perfect, we all have our flaws, and sometimes our friends make mistakes, too. Try to forgive them and they may forgive you as well. *BIG HUGS* I hope everything turns out favorably.

"I am nae poet, in a sense;
But just a rhymer like by chance..."
-Robert Burns

Gentle Spirit
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15 posted 2001-11-21 12:06 PM


I like friends that are there all of the time, not just when the sun is shining brightly......I have no need for fair weather friends.   You are strong enough to realize this, and to go on.....even though it does sometimes hurt when we find out those we thought the world of were just there for the ride.  Penned well Rose.  *s*

On the wings of words our spirits fly....and our souls are free.
~Me~

(I could have missed the pain, but I'd have had to miss the dance~Garth)

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16 posted 2001-11-23 11:46 PM




(sigh) That's right, you should always feel special and happy, for you are a very loving person and deserve all the respect and love you desire. (sigh) Wonderful honest poem, sweet friend, I love it! (kiss on cheek) I love it!!! You go girl!!! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Joanna, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton


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