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patchoulipumpkin
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since 2000-01-01
Posts 196
Bermuda

0 posted 2000-01-21 12:54 PM



Sticks and stones

I hear you
I do
You think I’m not listening
But I hear you

I’ve heard you forever
Talking
Dominating
Wanting my attention

What did I just say?
You ask
I heard you, I say
No you didn’t
You weren’t listening!!

I’ve been open forever
Listening
Wondering
Figuring things out
With me
Silently
In me

It bothers you
That I’m quiet
A lot
And don’t rise
To the volume

But you still frustrate me
You know you do
And I want to call you
All kinds of things
Names that will try to hurt
Try to pierce your stronghold
But we both know they won’t
They only make you stronger

Words will never hurt you
So you use them like candy
Liberally
Viciously
Throwing them
As Knives
Cutting
Bleeding
Wounds
That don’t heal so quick
Because they hurt me
The shy, weak
Brother who pretends
He is
When he really isn’t

He just doesn’t know how to argue
How to find his rage
And express it
Get it out
To poison you
Instead of letting it rot in himself

I want to hurt you
Really bad
Cause pain
But I’m too afraid
I will actually do it
So I don’t
I pretend
I act
I keep it to myself
Where the martyr lives
Happily
Reluctantly
In purgatory
Waiting for his deliverance
That will never come
Because he’s too afraid
To snarl


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Isis
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since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland
1 posted 2000-01-21 01:36 AM


I loved this PP and have felt this way myself.  I really used to snarl, then like you I've been quiet, I can proudly say I started or reacted to nothing for a year.  Now my opinion is once again wanted and recognised. (HUGS) for a job well done and my understanding  

 Let your heart guide you. It whispers, so listen closely.
~Isis~
(Sovereign of the Spirit)


Bojopy
Member
since 2000-01-03
Posts 391

2 posted 2000-01-22 01:33 AM


There is much vigor in this I liked it!

 

"Write down what you say if what you say is not written down" (Bojopy)


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