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Living In Lies
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Living In Lies |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Living In Lies I was thinking if I was in a relationship with a woman that meant all the world to me but she was only playing around and not sincere like me wouldn't it be better if she'd just go away even though in my heart I wanted her to stay. Otherwise, her and I would just be living in lies. "If you are willing to live in a lie in what part of your heart will truth find a place to reside." JamesLee 22July 2007 |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Your willingness to seek and face truth impresses me greatly... too often, we want so badly and love so fiercely we're willing to settle for that lie... just to have something... regardless of the real worth of that something. *sigh* Excellent write!! |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Thank you suthern for the nice response... I have come to this place only after the woman I cared for walked away from me...and so I have no other choice but to accept the truth that I was living in a lie... In the beginning I didn't want to live in a lie, or know that I was living in a lie. She told me how much she loved me and cared for me...later I was so attached to her that I didn't want to lose her...alas when you are living in a lie the loss already occured...yet you still hold on hoping that the lie has some truth...James |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
James this is so sad and so honest and well done |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Thank you The Lady for your kind remark...James |
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marcel Senior Member
since 2003-03-02
Posts 660az, usa |
the lie being told to the recipient is to them the truth...Love has the tendency to bend the truth to its benefit and pleasure...As hard as it is to do, taking control of the heart is what we have to learn...I still have not found that strength, and sadly, not sure if I want to... |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
I just got out of a relationship like this myself and I am the guilty one...the one who wasn't serious |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Thank you marcel and passing shadows for the wonderful responses... marcel in my situation I so much wanted to be with this person that I was willing to take the risk to love her...hoping she was sincere...but her mouth spoke words that her heart couldn't support... passing shadows you are not guilty...you determined that you weren't interested...and could not be sincere...and then you honestly followed your heart...which took you away from the relationship...that's how its supposed to work...James |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
good read  |
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MoonShadow Senior Member
since 2001-08-02
Posts 943Dark side of the Moon. |
Dreams... filled with hope and faith... are sometimes preferred over mundane reality. It is in the dawn that sheds light on truth that wakens us and makes us long for sleep... perchance to dream. MoonShadow . |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Thank you vandana and Moon Shadow for the wonderful responses... An interesting note on this subject...I had emailed my sweetheart in Chicago, an earlier poem I had written with her in mind, called "Nothing But Myself", that I had written on 19 June and in Open 40, and she responded about a week ago with a text message and later a phone conversation that cleared lots of things up for us...James |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I'm glad I came back to read this again... both for the great poem and the update!! I hope things work out for you, James!!! |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
That makes two of us suthern...James |
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MGROVES
since 2004-02-01
Posts 3802california |
lies suck, after 4 years i decided to try another relationship, i cared, he acted, i ended it. a relationship can have no lies. enjoyed your writing james My spirit will rise |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Thanks for the nice response MGROVES... I think with wisdom we learn the right time to end a relationship...for in the beginning no one knows how far their heart will go...but when the time comes and the heart is becoming attached...it time for truth and sincerity...if one just wants to play games and the other doesn't, they need the truth not lies to help them determine when to move on...James |
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