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Adonis Cross
Junior Member

since 2003-04-07

Posts 46
Miami, FL, USA

0 posted 2004-02-27 11:38 AM

Today I met a man who said
I'd serve the world much better dead--
He told me of the qualities I lacked;
He made a list of every flaw
And imperfection that he saw--
He stated each opinion as a fact.
He quickly made my blood run hot
By counting all the things I'm not--
He obviously never heard of tact.
I had to put him in his place;
I put my fist into his face,
So now, of course, my bathroom mirror's cracked.

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2004-02-27 12:03 PM

We are our harshest judge. Very good write.

RSWells
Member Elite

since 2001-06-17

Posts 2533

2 posted 2004-02-27 01:11 PM

Now you get to see him multiplied. Perhaps in the myriad slivers there'll be a few visions you can live with. One piece at a time. Do we ever get our deposits back? Enjoyed.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2004-02-27 02:14 PM

we are our toughest critics

DavePage
Member Elite

since 2003-12-21

Posts 2917

4 posted 2004-02-27 02:27 PM

everyone seems to be ignoring the qualities of this

perhaps they have read of a man who wasn't there.

No-on has appreciated the honesty, the imagination, the abiltity to think differently

Adonis

I am impressed but one voice and a lot of hard work for you, I think

I met a man upon the stairs
I looked again he wasn't there

Dave

Youngatheart
Member

since 2003-12-30

Posts 333

5 posted 2004-02-27 03:04 PM

This is an outstanding piece of writing...well thought out and beautifully stated. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us, Adonis. Thank you for trying to delete one of those posts. teehee...I guess I get double the exposure!!

Youngatheart

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

6 posted 2004-02-27 03:07 PM

tremendous, awesome, read and right!

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

7 posted 2004-02-27 04:49 PM

I know the feminine version of that critic quite well... *S* Excellent write!

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

8 posted 2004-02-27 05:03 PM

I think that that mirror was cracked already! Look into another one and I am sure you'll see yourself in a much better light!

As painful as this was to read, I couldn't help but chuckle at the surprise twist at the end! I suppose I have a bit of a macabre sense of "humah" as Arnold S. would say!

Love & Light,
EA

Grover
Senior Member

since 2004-01-27

Posts 1967
London, ON, Canada

9 posted 2004-02-27 05:47 PM

Thanks for the little laugh! Yes, all too often we get down on ourselves unjustly! Grover.

muted

Member Elite

since 2004-01-15

Posts 2949
Elapsing, Eclipsing, Evolving

10 posted 2004-02-27 08:10 PM

this gave me a giggle, but, everyone said it already..."we are our own harshest critic"
great reading this!

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