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passing shadows
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0 posted 2006-08-03 11:07 AM



Good Enough For Me


Sometimes, I still feel like drinking,
I still feel like feeling you,
bad habits I left behind way back
in a place where light came through.

So when it gets dark, it's natural
to lean towards wanting to feel
the things that caused me pain;
at least I'd know something's real.

But "no", I say as I walk on by
the beer and grab a coke instead,
"no", as I walk by the scent of you
and simply shake my head.

Yes, it's hard, but not as hard
as I had expected it to be,
sometimes I still feel like feeling
and that's good enough for me.


© Copyright 2006 Dixie Lee Bullington - All Rights Reserved
poettothecars
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1 posted 2006-08-03 11:11 AM


This is one of the most honest poems I have ever read

a poet who cares

Earth Angel
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2 posted 2006-08-03 11:18 AM


Dixie ~

I have so much admiration for you! You illustrate that there is always a way out of any abyss that one can fall in to. You are not only a survivor, you are a thriver. I admire the woman that you have become.

God bless! ~ many times over!
Linda

the quell
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3 posted 2006-08-03 12:13 PM


I agree with all the comments so far. I am in awe of your strength.
divine chaos
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4 posted 2006-08-03 12:41 PM


Dixie Dixie .. you are amazingly strong
*smiles and hugs!*
Love this piece -- beautiful you

~*Sheli*~

By words the mind is winged
~Aristophanes~

HopeS
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5 posted 2006-08-03 01:34 PM


So proud of you friend

Hope

Billy_tha_Kidd
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6 posted 2006-08-03 06:25 PM


"So when it gets dark, it's natural
to lean towards wanting to feel"

"clapping"

elisalie16
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7 posted 2006-08-03 10:29 PM


oh wow. everything of yours i read i like even more.
JamesMichael
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8 posted 2006-08-05 04:20 AM


Nice writing...James
Klassy Lassy
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9 posted 2006-08-05 03:20 PM


Dixie, My thoughts are a bit erratic this morning, but you are simply amazing at putting your thoughts into verse!  I see such heart through the painful things you've written and gotten past.  Then, I look at that picture of you and your daughter together, and I have to smile too.  A definite tie that binds between you two.  It is the good in life that gets us past the hard knocks, and you shine!  

Hugs,
Klassy

Kristabell
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10 posted 2006-08-09 11:43 PM


Awww, I well understand this... Good piece.

Kristabell

"Use your imagination not to scare yourself to death but to inspire yourself to life."

Honeybunch
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11 posted 2006-08-10 12:38 PM


A good strong write, Dixie.  Enjoyed the read and I wish you only and always what's good enough for you.  
passing shadows
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12 posted 2006-08-10 04:52 PM


thanks to everyone

your comments mean so much

Snowflake From Hell
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13 posted 2006-08-10 06:21 PM


hard to walk away sometimes, sometimes its whats best unfortunately

Swinging the Dead in this Free Fall you call life, Swinging the Dead on a Deathride

David D Jerald
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14 posted 2006-08-10 09:20 PM


I like your poem it is very very truthful. Well done passing shadows. You showed great courage in writing this poem. But I myself would have grabbed a diet Pepsi. Coke is yuk! lol
Dave

aziza
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15 posted 2006-08-11 12:41 PM


I am glad you do still feel like feeling - because then you write something like this that just reaches out and touches me.

Thank you.
aziza

FNG
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16 posted 2006-08-12 01:45 AM


"no", as I walk by the scent of you
and simply shake my head.


Precisely what i did....
to get away from feeling 'you'


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