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Fish Out Of Water
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Fish Out Of Water |
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Tammy Blessing Member
since 2002-08-26
Posts 366PA 
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Do you know what it feels like to be a fish out of water? Do you know how it feels to need people around you like you need air to breathe? Trapped within four walls day in and day out Only finding short reprieves like small cups of water Only lasting a few hours Heaveing and sputtering gasping for air Jumping from one small bowl to another wishing you could fill your lungs It's not an easy way to live being a fish out of water I fear for the fish I fear for myself How long can a fish survive out of water? How long can I sit behind four walls waiting to breathe again? |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
actually I get people more than I need them, and when I get them, it's suffocating. |
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Tammy Blessing Member
since 2002-08-26
Posts 366PA |
Sorry to hear that. Me I'm just the opposite. This has been the longest year of my life!! Not working, stuck out in the boonies with no money and few good friends.. Sorry..I'm whineing. Send a few of those suffocating people my way will ya? I could use the company. |
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Bridget Shenachie Senior Member
since 2002-01-23
Posts 1056Kansas USA |
Hi Tammy! I enjoy my solitude. And sometimes I just doing breathing exercises when I'm alone that I wouldn't do in front of others. Strange that your poem startled this out of me. The truth is that I have known times that I thought that I would die of loneliness. Now I find solitude preferable to company that I don't enjoy. There are all kinds of ways to look at a subject. I do not want to discount your feelings or minimize your pain. I just put these thoughts out there... Excellent imagery...  Shenachie |
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Titia Geertman Member Ascendant
since 2001-05-07
Posts 5182Netherlands |
Must've been a rough year Tammy, but please try to turn your thoughts to positive thinking. Look not at the things you don't have or have lost, but concentrate on the things you still have. The Sun is rising for free every day, put a plant in a pot and watch it grow, there's always something positive. Hope things get better for you soon Titia Like scattered leaves...my words will flow |
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Tammy Blessing Member
since 2002-08-26
Posts 366PA |
Thanks to you all for your kind comments. I was having a self-pity party last night when I wrote this. Don't worry about me, though, I always bounce back. I'm already thinking of ways to get out. My husband has agreed to let me work part time at night if I can just find the right job that will work with me on the hours. It'll a work out in the end, it always does. But..in the meantime, I just wanted to say thank you to all you lovely people out there that take the time to "listen" to me and share your words of hope and encouragement. I really means a lot to me. Hugs to all!! Tammy |
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