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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California 
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Remedy The endeavors of this world, Well they don’t mean jack to me. Stoic chagrin unfurled Is all I will let you see. The destiny of one long dead, Sardonically implied; Excepting voices in my head, Affinity denied! The answers that you’re sure you know— Why do you waste your breath? There’s no treatment to aid this woe, Apart from that of death. You’re under the impression, Though you probably won’t admit, That somehow I chose depression. Truly, I was born to it. Mayhap you should ignore me If darkness brings you unease. Rather than try, if so vainly, To twist me as you please To something I could never be, Even if most long for... Trying to cure my misery, You only bring me more. I don’t spurn you your happiness, But don’t envy your joys. I’m too content with aloneness To reach for other’s toys. A curse I’ll bear unto the Styx, Your medicines inept... I’m not something that you can fix, Just wish you could accept. Michael Anderson 7/13/2013 |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
quote: I hear you loud and clear. I've always accepted you. Sometimes I become frustrated that you have accepted what most people want to find a way out. But if it makes you happy that is all that counts. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
It is hard for those who don't have it to get it. Those that do, do. I like this one. Lori  |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Once I learned to accept whom I am, and that I was something I couldn't fix, I ceased worrying about the view of others. They either accepted or not. And I've been much happier since (50+ years now). Good piece, my friend...as usual. jimmy |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Dear Michael, on official renderings Jesus never smiles, not even He Who has come to share love and bring peace. But I do love modern pictures showing a smiling Jesus ... Indeed many of us out here instinctively wish to bring a smile where there is none. It doesn't mean to want to fix or change the characteristics of a person. It is just one of loving kindness's aspects. The eternal search for harmony within this our world of duality. With this excellent poem you no doubt stir deep emotion. To accept each other the way we are is a premise to peaceful co-existence. Yet there is no such darkness that cannot be touched by the light. Total aloneness is impossible, even when we welcome it, for we cant deny that we all are connected and exercise an impact on each other in one way or the other. I thank you for having impacted me with your very intense poem and for allowing me to express my thoughts. Margherita |
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Michael
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Thanks, Jer... it doesn't really make me happy, but that's just it: nothing will. Not even being in the arms of someone I love, who loves me just as dearly... someone who wants nothing more than to bring me happiness, but who ends up sharing my misery that she couldn't. Been there, done that. How could I, if I've any conscience at all, want to travel that path again? Destroying someone I would only want to be happy in the process. Lori, ...and God bless them that they don't ever "get it." It's nice to know some do understand. Thank you.Jimmy, advice worth taking to heart there... and I know you're 100% right. Thank you, my friend. Margherita, I thank you for your loving, kind words, and for reminding me that it is most often times for my benefit people wish things were different in me. I was deeply touched by your reply, and I appreciate you taking the time to express yourself so thoroughly. Michael |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Fine writing...as usual...James |
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