"It's Not Easy Being Green"

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nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

0 posted 2006-02-22 06:44 AM

"It's Not Easy Being Green"

I can't condemn how you feel,
for I feel the reverse
and wish no condemnation from you
or anyone else.

I practice what I preach
and even what I don't.
and live in a world that asks more,
raining tragedies
to my left and right
as I try to dodge those
that want to flatten me,
to weigh me down with empty thoughts.

I pretend you are there in the distance,
open armed, my name on your lips,
my taste on your mind.
waiting for that corner I must turn,
wishing it sooner than later.

But "it's not easy being green"
needing to step out of this box,
released from chains
yet to be bound by another.

I long for those days
when you didn't have to think
but would just do and be
and everything would fall into place,
and unknown waters would not scare me.

Some days you are beyond me
and I search within to find that place
where compromise resides.

M

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

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

1 posted 2006-02-22 12:26 PM

It is NOT easy being green.

Just ask a fisherman--the most successful bait in murkey waters is the chartreusse lure...

and hugs you.

Your frustration is evident as you aptly describe emotional limbo.

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

2 posted 2006-02-22 04:12 PM

I practice what I preach
and even what I don't.
and live in a world that asks more,
raining tragedies
to my left and right
as I try to dodge those
that want to flatten me,
to weigh me down with empty thoughts.

Maureen, this verse just jumped out there.
Wow, you are some writer, Lady!!
Hugs,
Ethel

The Lady
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

3 posted 2006-02-22 05:34 PM

"I pretend you are there in the distance,
open armed, my name on your lips,
my taste on your mind."

my taste on your mind.

You certainly have a way with words.

Exceptional work!

Huan Yi
Member Ascendant

since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

4 posted 2006-02-23 12:29 PM

Maureen,

You must know I admire your talent,
and, if the picture is recent, you’re one damn fine looking woman,
but I can not fathom the dominant self-justification, if not advertisement,
that characterizes your poetry. I always stop in and read, only so many
times to then drift sadly away. I know, I will burn in Hell for this,
but when you get away from these urges, you write so incredibly well . . .

John

poettothecars
Senior Member

since 2006-02-10

Posts 1093
New Zealand

5 posted 2006-02-23 12:48 PM

Beauty breathes beauty

a poet who cares

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