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It's Sad (PIP) |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced 
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What has happened over years, where has everyone gone? We're a pile of ashes on the floor and we just aren't the same no more. How is it going on? I am laden with grief for here. Here. Just to understand. Am I to turn around and come back again? It's heavy. It's sad. It's hard. It's bad. How is a person like me with years invested to not be unrested? What has happened here? Here, where my grief rumbles, where my heart no longer beats where my stomach grumbles for a passion there was 10 years ago where did it all go maybe I'll never know. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
A sad refrain, and one that is repeated many times because life just didn't turn out the way we imagined that it would. I know the feeling. ~*~ How does Moses make his tea? Hebrews it. ~*~ [This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (04-27-2013 08:51 AM).] |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Yeah, me too, my friend . . . j. |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
and ... so it goes ... all is what it is ... transience, flux, change, uncertainty and the ultimate devolution of all 'order' into 'chaos' are the only universal 'certainties' |
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Goldenrose Member Elite
since 2003-05-30
Posts 3665 |
There are still those of us with heart, passion and love that can make here(pip) as it was, yes i agree it isnt as it was but perhaps the old guard should come out and post something to make these blue forums shine a sunsteam that others may follow and in doing so try to lift the doom and gloom that blankets human condition and pervades our world through nothing more than those who would see us be put down, we know who i am refering to. Human spirit is stronger than any monetary value, lets shine that spirit out. music was my refuge.i could crawl into the spaces between the notes and curl my back to loneliness - Maya Angelou |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
I can definitely feel the sentiment to this one, Dixie. PiP was something special to all who were part of it back then… especially for those who were around from the beginning, watching it bloom from one man’s dream into a home for thousands. It was not just another poetry site… it was a need in all of us manifest into being. Of all the things to miss, for me, first and foremost would be the love and caring experienced back then. That was something I readily admit I took for granted in those days… all the people who reached out to me with genuine concern, and open arms. The saddest part of that is the fact I never properly thanked half of them, and now will probably never have the chance. I think most of us who were here back then would love to see a resurrection of those days, but realize it is probably something that could never be. For many of us, in those days, forsook our real life obligations for time spent on these very forums. That’s not to say what we experienced here wasn’t real, (you know I met my wife of ten years here), but it was as if PiP and our jobs, and or families became engrossed in a giant tug of war… and we were the rope. I know many who, very reluctantly, gave up their time on PiP to refocus their personal efforts on their home lives. I guess “too much of a good thing” is more than just an old adage. I don’t know that these halls will ever be so full as they once were, but I look back with a greater sense of fulfillment than I do sadness… for what we were part of is something very, very special. Yeah, I miss it, too. How could I not? Still, I know I will never post on another poetry site… PiP took me in and allowed me a place to post poetry of a darker nature and that alone was reason enough to make it my permanent home, though I probably only post one in ten things I write these days just because of the dark nature of my work. I miss the brighter aura that used to surround the Open forum. I’d tell you not to give up hope, but coming from me that would probably take oxymoronic to a whole new level.  I know I was happy to see you posting today… Keep you name up there, and who know who’ll stop by and have something to say. That’s what I’ll be doing.Michael |
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Kit McCallum
Administrator
Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
I very much enjoyed your thoughts here Dixie, as well as the opportunity to reminisce and ponder the past. You are very much appreciated.  I echo some of the beautiful and positive thoughts from both your piece and the comments as well. Passions will always be my poetic home, no matter how far life seems to take us away. It is always the place I return to. I’m afraid my writing has been few and far between the last few years, but like Michael, it is the only forum I could or would want to post to. The memories are here. The love is here. The warmth is here, dappled throughout so many wonderful archives and forums as I smile and read my way through the familiar faces and names. Long before Facebook and other types of social media, this was home. Some of my best friendships were forged here, and even though it is hard to keep up with everyone either on these pages or off, they are still some of the truest and most genuine friendships I will ever know. So many people, yourself included Dixie, got me through times that only my poetry could dare to cover for … difficult times hidden away through words and thoughts masquerading at times with different meanings and yet, many could see through the disguises. I will be forever grateful and thankful for the busy days at Passions, but also for the current days when I can still come here and see familiar names drifting by to say hello, and for the days I can pop on and read through the archives and smile at so many wonderful memories of heartfelt sharing. Thank you Dixie … I enjoyed this and appreciate being able to say hello and to say thank you. Best wishes, /Kit |
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Lighthousebob Member Elite
since 2000-06-14
Posts 4725California |
Yep, been missing some beautiful people too. Enjoyed! |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
All things change. I hope you are well my friend. |
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Angel4aKing Senior Member
since 2006-09-27
Posts 1372USA |
good questions i ask myself the same all the time maybe its the age.... ~~~kingsangel~~~ |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
So many of the wonderful poets who used to post here are gone now and that makes me very sad indeed. Ida |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
It is sad, Shadowy One... but maybe this will serve as a wakeup call - it did to me. Yes, life gets in the way... but I do manage to find time to lurk fairly regularly, so there should be a bit of participation time buried somewhere in my schedule. LOL |
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