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nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29
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Between the Lines

0 posted 2004-05-23 07:45 PM


Powerless

I know you can't hear my thoughts,
something I am grateful for
as I watch the body sag in pain and
see the soul rising in your words
of tomorrow, that are keeping you for now.

I am powerless, walking in your shadow
addicted to the invisible of you,
that which others don't see and I find
that I am missing in you already.

I listen to your suffering, standing still
beside you, allowing you the dignity needed,
closing off my need to reach out, later
to set forth in words when alone.

How does one get use
to feeling numb on the outside
while inside there are flashbacks, blending
the burden of feelings yet to come?

I am tied and bound to you...
waiting for you to be set free.


M

"Love is not blind - It sees more and not less, but because it sees more, it is willing to see less."
(Will Moss)

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Susan
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since 2004-03-27
Posts 5104
walking the surreal
1 posted 2004-05-23 08:12 PM


  This makes me think of my Mother and how it felt as I watched her leaving me.  Such sorrow.

Susan

The whole of the Universe resides within each individual heart.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577
displaced
2 posted 2004-05-23 08:19 PM


I know this well
iliana
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since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434
USA
3 posted 2004-05-23 09:43 PM


Oh, Maureen, this is so painful, I understand.  My heart goes out to you.   ....jo
Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14
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Canada eh.
4 posted 2004-05-23 10:27 PM


This just aches Maureen...
Heart hugs.

Aimster
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since 2000-02-19
Posts 4297
Charlotte, NC
5 posted 2004-05-24 09:26 AM


Maureen,

It doesn't get much more painful than this...
I felt your sadness straight to my heart.

"How does one get use
to feeling numb on the outside
while inside there are flashbacks, blending
the burden of feelings yet to come?"

This is a hell of a question, one which
doesn't come with an easy answer I'm
afraid, that answer being you don't.  but it's so good to see you
writing this out!
Please take care.
Amy  




"When life gives you sorrow, may you experience the spirit of laughter"

Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
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Listening to every heart
6 posted 2004-05-24 10:35 AM





I know, honey, I know.

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