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BluesSerenade
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By the Seaside

0 posted 2003-02-28 02:12 PM




How is it that we come away without words
left in the silence underlying the quiet hush
of half truths and white lies in fine print
written with a smooth pen
marked with a period at the end of the line
because you say that's where it goes.

Since you don't have time to make it flow
you erase and white out
delete me please so I can start over
while you soothe your conscious mind
pretending you had no part
conveniently forgetting your lines
on cue, take two.

It's a fools play with copy write rules
that reads with lose ends
but you knew that already.
I always wanted to write a true story
mine, not yours
since you never let on much.

So I'll tighten my version while honing my skills
and try to concentrate on the matters at hand,
portraying facts rather than fantasy
suiting myself before selling out next time.

Yes, I know what you meant
by all the things left unsaid
that now seem so small and insignificant.
Practice doesn't always make perfect
you can only sell the same lines for so long
before they become boring and repetitious.
Save it doll, your breath and mine,
I can't hold it that long
and still breathe.

~*~

[This message has been edited by BluesSerenade (02-28-2003 02:13 PM).]

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inkedgoddess
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1 posted 2003-02-28 02:18 PM


always, always, be yourself,
no matter what the fallout,
your pretty terrific,anyhow,
to thine own self be true

Enchantress
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2 posted 2003-02-28 02:31 PM



Loved this Lori!!
Be well....Hugs to you!

~ Trace my body with your words..
And in doing so, you touch my heart. ~

Marge Tindal
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3 posted 2003-02-28 03:55 PM


BluesSerenade~
Gal .... this is so 'right-on' ...

'Practice doesn't always make perfect
you can only sell the same lines for so long
before they become boring and repetitious.
Save it doll, your breath and mine,
I can't hold it that long
and still breathe.'


Just awesomely emoted~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Mistletoe Angel
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4 posted 2003-02-28 04:26 PM




(big hugggsssssss) Well, that's show business for you, like John Wayne said, I'd rather be a failure at something I like than a success at something I hate!" and it would be humiliating to be forced out of creativity! (sigh) This is powerful, sweet friend, God Bless You, act from your heart, it's a wrap, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Lori, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

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5 posted 2003-02-28 04:29 PM


got to say..this has some bite to it...
and is very well done...

enjoyed

Toerag
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6 posted 2003-02-28 04:32 PM


Whew!...you out for somebody?.....LOL...nice write gal....I'm living proof that practice makes perfect though....I've been practicing to be an idiot all my life....and I've accomplished everything I've set out to do!
nakdthoughts
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Between the Lines
7 posted 2003-02-28 05:51 PM


I always enjoy the wrath of the blues...
you express it so well
M

hey, I will try to catch up with you this weekend...I should have shoveled snow, but  decided to sit here and read etc. instead.

Martie
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8 posted 2003-02-28 06:08 PM


Lori....ouch!  
Sunkissed
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9 posted 2003-02-28 06:10 PM


Powerful!

Loved it!

Sunkissed.

"I have to hurry past the moon...to Jupiter..."

BluesSerenade
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By the Seaside
10 posted 2003-02-28 07:41 PM


Thanks for that Michele~

Love that icon Nancy~
Thank you sweet one.

Hi Marge~ It's just that it shouldn't be that hard....to breathe.  Thanks you~

That's a good quote Noah, it's a wrap all right!  Hugs~  

Yep, sometimes we just have to bite it!
Swallowing it is another story all together.  lol~  thanks.

Mr Toerag~  You are a fine example, I want to be just like you when I grow up.  But that could be a long practice session!  *wink*

Maureen~ The wrath of blues....hmmmm, that might make for a good title.  Thanks for putting a spin on my words.  Love and hugs girl friend!

It helps to heal old wounds by typing it out.
Thanks for reading Martie~

Thank you so much Sunkissed~

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