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Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

0 posted 2015-08-30 03:01 PM

I hate this place
I sometimes find myself in.
I’m not sure of its name,
I think its chagrin.
I’m most definitely not pleased
And my mental state is quite uneased.
It angers as much as embarrasses
and hurts as much as it distresses
me to understand you feel how you do.
That I would intentionally undermine you,
sabotaging your best efforts,
trying to get you to derail
so that I might make you fail.
It is a very uncomfortable place I’m in,
here in chagrin.
And once I get stuck here,
I don’t know how to get back out again.
LGR©8/30/15

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2015-08-30 03:22 PM

Oooh! Lori. Yes, I "get" you here. Can offer nothing in the way of combating this Chagrin, except to say, you are cool, and cool can rule . . .

~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

2 posted 2015-08-30 03:30 PM

Yeah, I'm old school cool though...
I'm cool enough to know that this to shall pass and it only sucks for the time being. I have to be careful tho- right now I'm at high risk for drowning my sorrows in a box of doughnuts. LOL! ~L

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

3 posted 2015-08-30 03:34 PM

Hah! Watch out for those darn doughnuts

~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

J.J.thomas
Member
Posts 84

4 posted 2015-08-31 10:10 AM

I "get" you to lori. Great write. The sun will shine soon once more for you. And I like "old school cool" lol

jjote
Senior Member

since 2002-12-25

Posts 1088
Ontario, Canada

5 posted 2015-08-31 10:18 AM

Sometimes we do find ourselves stuck in this mental state, where we have the urge to be the one on top of a senseless argument...but just stay cool.

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

6 posted 2015-08-31 12:34 PM

If it'll help you any, my friend, I'll eat the donuts!!!

J.

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

7 posted 2015-08-31 07:44 PM

Bless your hearts my friends! Your kind words are sweet as doughnuts! Thanks for the support. ~L

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

8 posted 2015-08-31 10:07 PM

fine writing...james

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

9 posted 2015-09-01 06:57 AM

Thanks James! ~L

Ticklefingers
Senior Member
Posts 710
Louisiana

10 posted 2015-09-25 03:06 AM

quote:
"I'm cool enough to know that this too shall pass and it only sucks for the time being".

When I read your poetry Miss Lori a Stevie Nix tune resonated. Dixie Chicks did well with it too. 'Landslide' is the tune and a line of it mentions how she's "afraid of changin'" because she built her life around this person.

I would hope you haven't found yourself in a position that repeats itself in series of upsets. You seem to know it will "pass" as though experience has taught you so.

If it's fictional, you have amazing insights.

I apologize for sounding analytical, but your writing forced it out of me.

Be well.

She told me "play one for your supper Danny and maybe you'll get breakfast".

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

11 posted 2015-09-25 11:06 AM

Hello lori, this is very fine reading, chagrin is the french word for sadness, the poem is quite upsetting,

yann

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

12 posted 2015-09-27 07:16 AM

Dear Lori, this is an in-depth self-analysis and so well expressed. To acknowledge our weaknesses is of highest value and I admire who succeeds in doing this, like you.

Now is the time of forgiving yourself and start anew leaving the chagrin behind you. Just plunge a little deeper inside you, beyond the chagrin, there you will find only love ... for yourself and to share in abundance and you perfectly know how to do that!

Hugs to you!
Margherita

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

13 posted 2015-09-27 07:38 AM

Ticklefingers,
Thank you so much for taking the time to read me and comment. Guess I'm talking from experience here in this piece. I truly appreciate your analysis. I learn more from that sort of thing than a compliment. I guess every so often I feel a need to dissect my sorrowed soul here, but I can and do write of the joyous and sublime silliness as well. Feel free to analyze to your heart's content ~L

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

14 posted 2015-09-27 07:46 AM

Thanks Yann, I didn't know that. My bad, one should know more about the words they are using. But truth be told, knowing that now, it is a more honest poem knowing that under all the clutter of frustration and irritation on the surface lay the heart of the matter, my sadness. Thanks again for the reveal. ~L

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

15 posted 2015-09-27 08:07 AM

Margherita,
Oh sweet woman! How you always bless my heart! How I wish I could forgive myself as easily as I do others. I am really struggling these days with the ramifications of the years of emotional abuse I accepted and how that impacted and still influences relationships today. My children especially.
The older I get, the more I realize just how stupid I was and the self-flagellation begins. ~L

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