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1slick_lady
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0 posted 2009-11-22 10:04 AM



Betrayal


your words make you a liar
and they don’t match the life you live
others suffer from your own lacking
did it creep in when you were a child
teaching you the process of torture
chasing things you could never touch
unfair of the left out and all alone
you spread sadness thickly with the knife
cutting pieces trivializing the hurt
pointing the other way on purpose
you define the definition of perfection
leaving out the forgiveness or  tolerance
one day my tears will dry
and you will be just a chapter over

"I'm so hard to handle
I'm selfish and I'm sad."
— Joni Mitchell



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Margherita
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1 posted 2009-11-22 02:09 PM


This is drenched with pain.

And it comes across so powerfully.

You write so well!

Love,
Margherita

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2 posted 2009-11-22 03:44 PM


I lost the #

Know what Helen?  What goes around comes around, and trust me it does!  You will be all the stronger, and wiser, and never take this kind of betrayal again. Listen to the words, Joni was in the same place, exactly the same.  She was all the better for having gone through that time in her life.

Both Sides Now

        
                Mysteria

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3 posted 2009-11-24 01:46 AM


This is one powerful write.  I have been there, that's for sure and am kind of going through that now with a sister.  It's hell.

A

BluesSerenade
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4 posted 2009-11-29 03:51 PM


Yea just another chapter, not worth reading over.

I love your choice of words and how you tie them all together to express yourself.

Good good!!!

serenity blaze
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5 posted 2009-11-29 06:32 PM




Hey you. Your pain made me come out of "retirement."

I love you.

serenity blaze
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6 posted 2009-11-29 06:44 PM


And Sharon is one up on me--as always. I didn't have a number to lose, but I did lose your e mail addy and it's not available to me now either. *frown*


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7 posted 2009-12-03 02:41 PM


one day my tears will dry
and you will be just a chapter over

May that day come soon, dear lady!!

The Lady
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8 posted 2009-12-07 10:17 PM


"one day my tears will dry
and you will be just a chapter over"

seems to be everyone's favorite line... very powerful Helen.

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