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OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

0 posted 2011-02-04 11:01 AM

NO MATTER WHO
4 February 2011

No matter who
you are,
the call
is there
whisper-waiting,
unrelenting,
echo-adamant.

Most don’t know it.
Many won’t admit it.
Some deny it,
deride it,
despise it.

The word
that names our greatest craving,
is not lust
nor love
nor even respect.

What we all hunger after
more than anything
since each of us began,
is
for
people
all people -
any people -
one person -
to
care.

Owl

JerryPat
Senior Member

since 2010-10-30

Posts 1991
Louisiana/America

1 posted 2011-02-04 11:14 AM

Love can turn into hate. Passion can swerve into coldness. Lust is fickle. Caring is forever.

~ What's The Difference Between Roast Beef And Pea Soup? / Anyone Can Roast Beef. ~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

2 posted 2011-02-04 11:48 AM

Jerry said it all

Lori

steavenr
Member Elite

since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

3 posted 2011-02-04 01:04 PM

really liked how you worked this one...the hyphenated words (sometimes only hyphenated words can work at all), the flow, how well the ending works with the rest of the write, and of course...the subject matter itself...really good work here

faithmairee
Senior Member

since 2011-01-05

Posts 1441
Poe Haven, USA

4 posted 2011-02-04 01:26 PM

just beautiful...love the message in there

There must be a poem in here somewhere.

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

5 posted 2011-02-04 02:41 PM

Wise and insightful as always, Diana.
Ida

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

6 posted 2011-02-04 02:53 PM

Very good.I have heard it said that what one really needs is, knowing someone will worry until you come home at night.
We all need some one who cares and something to do in life to be able to make it. best to you, latearrival

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

7 posted 2011-02-04 03:27 PM

Thank you, Jerry.  Yes, there is a far greater chance that caring can be forever.

Thank you, Lori.

Thank you, Steaven, for your kind words and your careful consideration.  Yes, I am a Gerald Manley Hopkins fan.

Thank you, Faith.  I am glad you do.

Thank you, Ida.  I am honoured by your words.

Thank you, latearrival.  I guess we all need to matter.

Owl

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