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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa 
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A complicated and indistinct map is placed in the hands of the now inept but they don’t think to use other means to find out which way to go. Those other means aren’t real, you see to those with no eyes to see, with no heart to feel, and no faith to believe. I’m such a one today in the mire of refusing to believe but I do have two eyes and a heart that nudge the senses day in and day out. It’s them against me in this stand-off phase and for now I’m the great pretender turning away from the nudges like the dead who refuse to breathe. So now when I want to know whether potholes or not in the road I sit strapped in to “what the hell – I won’t see or feel or believe”. And a car like you and me, them, they, when stuck in a mire can’t move until pretence a thing of the past and all other means are embraced! Helen / 22 November 2009 |
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Osprey Member
since 2009-04-12
Posts 249 |
Pretence will never be a thing of the past, it is guaranteed a future.I have two eyes and a heart and I'll only ever believe what I think, not what I'm told. Sometimes this world is a lonely place, Helen. A beautifully intelligent write. |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Thanks Osprey! And so it happens that people who don't think even more or less like we do just naturally fall away from our lives and then there follows a period of loneliness which, of course, is only so if we make it so, I do believe. I also believe what I "think" and that's my problem these days because I'm refusing to believe what I "know". To all intents and purposes that's not real, you see, but I've seen it and felt it and have turned away from believing it - just until I turn back again. I know I must but, as you say, pretence is guaranteed a future and who am I to deny it in myself. I doubt that it will have a long future because I'm planning (creating) its demise. Some plans (creations) are swift to come to fruition and others slower or not at all. We are the pawns of our souls and if we relax and follow its lead life would be less complicated and troublesome. Believe in "me" (our true selves) but finding that one is the difficult part and then once found it's a misfit in society and pretence again rears its ugly head. Round and round the mulberry bush! Helen |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
enjoyed your words, Helen and your responses: "Believe in "me" (our true selves) but finding that one is the difficult part and then once found it's a misfit in society and pretence again rears its ugly head." I agree~~ M |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Honeybunch - you write of your thoughts well, especially in this writing... BC |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Well written, nicely done! |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
So now when I want to know whether potholes or not in the road I sit strapped in to “what the hell – I won’t see or feel or believe”. It does sound a bit complicated dear Helen but only you can work it out. Always look on the bright side and dismiss all negative thoughts from your memory book. be more positive in your outlook and try and change your thinking mode. Good luck my dear, love and best wishes. Lindsay |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Thanks M, Bill, Magnus and Lindsay. I'm not sure that not believing is actually negative but perhaps rather a positive in that ALL decisions made are naturally positive. Fortunately we have the right to change our minds and then that change in turn becomes positive as well. So - we live from positive to positive and the negative merely a gap ... hmmm? Yes - to let in the breeze of belief.  Helen |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Your poetry just gets better with each read, Helen. Ida |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Thanks so much, Ida. I'm just writing what I'm told to write but don't ask me who is doing the telling. Helen |
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