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peppermint35
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0 posted 2003-07-04 03:17 AM



I thought I was lonely before we met
Rattling around in that big house
Now that the kids are all grown
I thought I was adding a new dimension
A bright light into a dull day
Nevermore to be alone
I got a rude awakening
You can be more alone and lonely
If companied by a love gone bad

Pepper
"A poem is the very image of life expressed in its eternal truth."
   Percy Bysshe Shelley

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passing shadows
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1 posted 2003-07-04 03:18 AM


an awakening that I came to long ago

thanks for sharing

Margherita
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Eternity
2 posted 2003-07-04 05:13 AM


Meglio soli che male accompagnati .... better alone than in unloving company ...

yes this is so true.
Heartfelt and efficiently said!
Love, Margherita

catalinamoon
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The Shores of Alone
3 posted 2003-07-04 09:11 AM


I hope this isn't how your life is right now. I do so well know this feeling.
Hugs
Sandra

Bill Charles
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4 posted 2003-07-04 11:30 AM


peppermint35 - I never did figure out how one can feel so alone living with someone, but now I know, it's just what you wrote...

BC

Earth Angel
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5 posted 2003-07-04 11:33 AM


Your poetic hammer hit the nail squarely on the head! So sad, and so often true...

Warm hugs,
Earth Angel

Janette
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6 posted 2003-07-05 11:03 AM


"A bright light into a dull day"

Remove the lightbulb ... you are better off using candles and in the softness of that light find strength to go onward.

peppermint35
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7 posted 2003-07-06 09:32 AM


Simply thanks to all of your comments; I am writing sparingly right now as most of my time at present seems to be taken up on looking around for the pieces of a shattered heart and wondering if it will ever mend..

now there's a line for another poem.. lol

Seriously, thanks to you all..I am glad you enjoyed.

Pepper
"A poem is the very image of life expressed in its eternal truth."
   Percy Bysshe Shelley

Local Rebel
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8 posted 2003-07-06 12:06 PM


bukowski once wrote that love begins when two strangers meet... I'm not sure what it's called when you discover somebody you thought you loved is a stranger -- but lonely is a pretty good descriptor -- but a pretty bad feeling -- too often the inspiration for good poetry
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