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Better To Have Known Lost Love.................Maybe
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Better To Have Known Lost Love.................Maybe |
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garysgirl  
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA 
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Better to have known love and lost than not to have known love at all This statement is made so often but is it really always true MAYBE For someone who isn't hurting from a lost love MAYBE When the heart ache doesn't make a heart bleed MAYBE When the lost Love's face doesn't cover their mind every time he or she closes their eyes to sleep MAYBE When the memories are just memories, not so real MAYBE When heart doesn't feel broken into millions of pieces MAYBE They will think so, then just M-A-Y-B-E [This message has been edited by garysgirl (01-12-2003 12:44 PM).] |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
its a hard toss, i know, ethel, i always risk it tho, give my heart, even at the expense of it being crushed, i cant help myself, im afraid if i put up a permanent gate, it will just grow too old and cold. like this very much |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Inkedgoddess, did you read it before I separated the words or after? I don't know why that does that sometimes. I'll think I've got the words spaced out just right, then look at it and they're all jumbled up together. I even have a hard time reading it, then. Anyway, I'm glad you liked it. Yeah, I know... I always jump right back in, too. I guess that's why my Dad gets so afraid that I'm going to get hurt.....again..... "Love makes the world go around" ~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~ [This message has been edited by garysgirl (01-12-2003 12:36 PM).] |
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regards2you Member Elite
since 2002-10-01
Posts 3940California |
Ethel, Yes, many ways to look at it, but I think time is a good healer. What happens for me is I have the memory of the quality of the person, no matter the lose by divorce, separation or death. In part, for me, is the memory of how it feels to be loved. And cherish that. I think the worse part, again, for me, is in the missing the person so badly....but...times helps. Thanks for this. Had a hard time reading it though, but maybe my screen is not all it could be. Hugs, Pat  ..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
I enjoyed this perspective, the twist of an old saying we hear, but maybe never listened to the bass line. |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
You know, that is how fathers can be...Even when they don't say it. Perhaps because they have felt this too, in their own time and place...now a memory...maybe!!?? Well done, I think your spacing is just fine. works very well as is. |
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scorpio Member Ascendant
since 2002-10-02
Posts 5178right...there |
This maxim has no comfort for those who have lost at love...your point is well felt.. believe in what your heart feels... [This message has been edited by scorpio (01-12-2003 12:44 PM).] |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Pat, yes, only time can heal. And, the good memories are to be treasured. (Is the font better, now? I could hardly read the other one either.) Thank you, friend...  "Love makes the world go around" |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Kacy, I know. Sometimes i say things to people, trying to help their feelings, before I stop to think how I would feel in their situatuion.  "Love makes the world go around" |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Barry, you know you just may be right about the reason Dad's think the way they do. Of course, he wouldn't want my Mom to know that. Even though they've been married to each other since she was 17 and he 18, they still get a little jealous sometimes. They're really cute. They're so close, that I'm afraid neither of them will live very long after the other passes away.... I don't even like to think about that..... BTW, you probably read the poem after I fixed the spacing. When I first posted it, all the words in each sentence were running together....I wonder why it does that sometimes? Do you know? "Love makes the world go around" |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
thank you for this |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Yes Scorpio, the words have a greater impact when they are feeling the pain..... Thanks for reading and replying... "Love makes the world go around" |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
You're very welcome, Dixie.  Remember, more people know how you feel than you may ever really know. You just have the ability to write your feelings better, maybe. Like I told you in my reply to one of your poems, I think it would help me to heal completely if I would write more about my past experiences. "Love makes the world go around" |
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angelfriend Member
since 2003-01-11
Posts 52Michigan USA |
Thanks Ethel for the nice poem. I can relate. I know the line is true, but when your heart is aching so much it never feels that way, until the ache slowly goes away. I too am like you in that I never want to be afraid of letting my heart open again. That wouldn't be true to myself, you know? "The only gift is a portion of thyself" - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Thank you, Marjorie, and yes, I know... "Love makes the world go around" |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
I did something along these lines once To Have Never Loved ‘Tis better to have loved and lost they say Than never to have known true love at all But I, who’ve watched love quickly slip away Would rather not have taken that cruel fall O'er many loves, those tears of loss I've cried But those be mild and darling oh so few Compared to when, my love, you up and died And took my broken heart along with you So now, I live here lost inside my pain Your memories are only in my mind I’ll never feel true love like ours again My heart is gone, this shell is left behind And to the grave my voice will surely call ‘Tis better to have never loved at all |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
liked it |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Oh Ruth, even though your poem is so sad, it is so beautifully written. Not only are the words so well-written, they are also very feart-felt. I could feel the emotion all through the poem. Thank you so much, Ruth, for sharing that poem. And, good luck to you, sweet Lady......... "Love makes the world go around" |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Vandana, I very glad that you liked it. Thank you for reading...... "Love makes the world go around" |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
ethel, i read it before, the separation, and just squinted my way through it, im glad tho that i did come back again to see the newer edition,thanks |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
inkedgoddess, I'm glad that you read it again. I had a hard time even reading it to separate the words. I wonder if Pat read it that way, too......Thank you for reading it, anyway..... "Love makes the world go around" |
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SmartChick Member Rara Avis
since 2001-09-23
Posts 7081On A Journey To The Unknown |
Ethel, maybe it is true and maybe not. I don't know. For my heart has been broken and I feel alot of pain. So, for me, I say it would have been better not to have loved at all. Thank you for posting this. |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Sue, I know. Like I said earlier, I've had some heartaches and I know that I wish I didn't have scars from them. Thank you for reading.... "Love makes the world go around" |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (tears fall down my cheeks) Oh Ethel, I too believe in that quote, though I will always cry thinking of how I could have loved Joanna and missing her always is inevitable! (big hugggssssssss) I want a girl so much who I can always love, this is so deeply touching, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Ethel, thank you for sharing!May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." |
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ShadowRider Senior Member
since 2001-07-14
Posts 1038USA |
i think the classic response to this would be: dot-dot-dot . . . Isn't it strange how loves that didn't last, or couldn't, in hindsight, seem like the just the right cards weren't drawn....but could've been.... MAYBE nicely accomplished writing, Ethel! JkF |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Oh Noah, I know it's such a sad time for you. I honestly hope you will feel better real soon....... Thank you for being you, Noah....... "Love makes the world go around" |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Thank you, Jeff. I really appreciate your comments....... "Love makes the world go around" |
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