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How Can Anyone Ever
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How Can Anyone Ever |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA 
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How can you ever be less than a wonderful human being? How could anyone ever take you and treat you as less? What gives anyone the right to take away dignity. To replace happiness and hope with distrust and shame. The bruises on the skin will heal, will go away soon. Those within your soul, they just seem to stay around. They cause you to feel less than whole, with no worth. They are part of who you are, who you will become. Why do so many have so little because of their sex. Why is it others think sex is all you are alive for? Don’t they understand the dignity that is taken away. Can’t they feel the shame and guilt that move in. You are a person, you deserve respect and kindness. Your feelings deserve consideration and an ear. Your thoughts should be honored and take heed of. Your heart, as big as my own...deserves so much love. I will want you in my life for who you are to me. Your beauty within I will try to keep ever in mind. I won’t let you feel that IT is all I ever want. I will let you feel that I need you, even without IT. I will give you the kindness you deeply deserve. I will respect and care for you, I will keep you safe. I will love you as no other person has on this earth. And, above all else...I will let you be yourself, be free with your dignity. |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Barry, all I can think of right now is, MAGNIFICENT!!! I'm going back for another read. This is very very special! What a man! What a talent! Hugs, Nancy. ~I've loved you forever, in lifetimes before.~ |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Nancy...thanx...I know these feelings well. and I truly believe we all deserve the right to keep our dignity, self respect, love of self and so much more...freely...this understanding of dignity comes from another word...called empathy... |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
I would give both arms for a friend (man)like this....I'm totally speechless and someone is a person blessed. But I have too many problems for the average person  Just...Kathleen [This message has been edited by Irish Rose (edited 11-20-2001).] |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Someone who reads the book well, indeed... very good, Magnus... |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
yes... very nicely done..and nice thougths shared at a time I think we all need to look inside ourselves and see what it is we believe...and what we want our children to be... I enjoyed |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
That reply didn't come out exactly as I thought...I meant "most people" you are NOT average  Just...Kathleen |
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Startime Member Ascendant
since 2000-10-03
Posts 5918Canada |
*sigh* tender and very heartfelt. I felt every word deep in my soul. Stunning lessons are coming from your poems, my friend. Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams. |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Kay...thank you... I understand what yu are saying...really do. YEP...I try not to be just the average male. I was once...but I have learned a lot over the past several years about feelings, about other's and their feelings...and a lot about life, particularly my own...and who I need to be. thank you.. |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Karilea...reading the book took a long time. Was hard reading...required a lot of self evaluation and honesty about myself... But the ending was and is very enjoyable. thank you... |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Cpat...if we and our children can grow up respecting others as individuals and being empathetic toward them...we have come a long way toward being where we should... Glad you enjoyed this.. |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Karen, yes...lessons that we each deserve so much to benefit from...we all deserve nothing less than that...for if we give respect...we certainly should get respect in turn...Hope you have learned a little from this, for you deserve the respect of others as much as I would myself. |
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peaches73533 Senior Member
since 2001-11-04
Posts 981OK, USA |
Magnus,Wow!I cried as I read this.For your first four lines seem to make me realize that no one has the right to do these things to people.I thinkit's wonderful that you can be a loving,compaasionate,and heartfelt man.Great write. Peaches |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Peaches...I knew you would have feeling of this...For you too deserve the respect and kindness as much as anyone else...Thank you. |
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