Lucie's Pity Party ~Please RSVP

How to Join	Member's Area	Private Library	Search	Sanctuary		Login
Main Forums	Discussion	Tech Talk	Mature Content	Archives	A home without a wall, Our haven without ends, A circle we all call Our Family of Friends!

Lucie
Senior Member

since 1999-06-20

Posts 1077
Houston

0 posted 1999-09-16 11:16 AM

I’m so tired, do you hear me?
I’m calling out to you.
The bills are coming faster
I don’t know what to do.

There’s no one here to help me
no one to calm my fears.
No one to hear my desperate cries
no one to dry my tears.

No family to turn to
a husband gone to long.
I search my soul for answers
and the strength to carry on.

Each ulcers growing bigger
the Dr. says I’m worse.
If I don’t stop the worry
I’ll be riding in a hearse.

Ha! Who is he to tell me
he’s not helping me.
I have two kids to raise alone
I’m alone here, can’t you see.

God give to me the answers
help me find my way.
Or at least give me the strength
to go on another day.

Tell Peter that I’m sorry
I robbed him to pay Paul.
While your at it tell the car people
I can’t pay them at all.

God help me please I’m begging
send someone to ease the weight.
And if you can’t do this for me
at least meet me at the gate!

[This message has been edited by Lucie (edited 09-16-99).]

DBeth
Member

since 1999-09-09

Posts 110
providence,ky.42450

1 posted 1999-09-16 11:26 AM

Lucie are you o.k.? The poem is nicely written,but you got me a little worried.

Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief.

Hugs-Hugs-Hugs DBeth

------------------

Iloveit
Senior Member

since 1999-09-02

Posts 1121
NM

2 posted 1999-09-16 11:26 AM

wow Lucie, that is great, how many of us have been or are there, you painted the picture perfectly!
hugs

Andrew Scott
Member Elite

since 1999-06-24

Posts 2558
Redlands,CA,USA

3 posted 1999-09-16 11:44 AM

Well Said! I think most of use, if not all, can associate with this piece. Although I'm not in the same boat, I'm not all that far away... paycheck to paycheck don't cha know. I only hope your own personal situation isn't this bleak. My best to you and yours.

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

4 posted 1999-09-16 11:47 AM

Great poem, Lucie!!!

MissQ
Junior Member

since 1999-09-16

Posts 12
Clarksdale, MS 38614

5 posted 1999-09-16 11:48 AM

I see myself in your words....always remember my sister that the strong will survive and you will make the journey...you will see the light....~hugs~

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

6 posted 1999-09-16 02:02 PM

Ah Lucie, what my daughter has to look forward to, and little does she know...

Pepper
Member Elite

since 1999-08-19

Posts 3079
Southern Florida

7 posted 1999-09-16 02:14 PM

iloveit echos my sentiments perfectly...very well written....

------------------

May your days be filled with lots of sunshine and your nights lit up by golden moonbeams

LngJhnAg
Member Elite

since 1999-07-23

Posts 3508
Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion

8 posted 1999-09-16 02:20 PM

Lucie

I don't know what to say - hang in there seems so trite. You lift us up, and we stand by silently.

Elizabeth

Moderator

Member Ascendant

since 1999-06-07

Posts 6871
Minnesota

9 posted 1999-09-16 02:21 PM

HUGS! Good luck, Lucie.

------------------
*Elizabeth*

"Dwelt a maid belov'd and cherish'd by high and low,
But with autumn leaf she perish'd, long time ago..."

Lucie
Senior Member

since 1999-06-20

Posts 1077
Houston

10 posted 1999-09-16 03:00 PM

Is it bleak? You have no idea.
I'm feeling so alone.
I had to pawn my wedding rings
to pay the telephone.

Just in case the parole board
decided to call and see.
If everything he said was true
and I want him here with me.

Don't mean to put a damper
on the moods of my new friends.
But isn't that what y'all are for
to turn to in the end?

Its Ok no need to worry
I'll just pull up by my straps.
Stole back from Paul to pay Peter
and let the life insurance lapse. (hehe)

Elizabeth

Moderator

Member Ascendant

since 1999-06-07

Posts 6871
Minnesota

11 posted 1999-09-16 03:05 PM

Glad it's all right Lucie, and we're here anytime...don't worry.

------------------
*Elizabeth*

"Dwelt a maid belov'd and cherish'd by high and low,
But with autumn leaf she perish'd, long time ago..."

Michael

Moderator

Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

12 posted 1999-09-16 03:09 PM

well, I laugh at this but I truly hope things aren't that bad. A very well written piece. Hope you're still smiling.

Michael

Nan

Administrator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

13 posted 1999-09-16 03:22 PM

Been there - Done that
....and this too shall pass - I promise..

Andrew Scott
Member Elite

since 1999-06-24

Posts 2558
Redlands,CA,USA

14 posted 1999-09-16 04:16 PM

Yep! That's what friends are for. Anytime! Just in case you haven't noticed, I jumped off the fence and I think I've got Toe on the run. My first shots a couple of pages back if you care to look. Again, we're here for ya anytime. Chin up!

Emmy
Member

since 1999-06-29

Posts 194
KY

15 posted 1999-09-16 06:48 PM

*HUGS* for Lucie!!!!! Things will get better. As Helen Keller once said... "Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadow." Look on the bright side!

We're always here!

Tara Simms
Senior Member

since 1999-08-12

Posts 1244
Honea Path, SC USA

16 posted 1999-09-16 06:53 PM

Lucie, I've been there! (still go there from time to time). And I sold my wedding rings so I could make a down payment on my car! LOL. Hang in there!

------------------
Work like you don't need the money, love like it's never going to hurt, dance like nobody's watching.

Julie
Senior Member

since 1999-08-20

Posts 739
Houston, TX

17 posted 1999-09-16 07:12 PM

Lucie;
Turn to God. TRUST with all your heart
that He will not let you down. Think
that up to now you've made it. Who
do you think was responsible? He
has been there all along as He is now.

This is what kept me going when times
were tough.

------------------
Julie
-------------------------
Today a man discovered gold and fame,
Another flew the stormy seas;
Another set an unarmed world aflame,
One found the germ of a disease.
But what high fates my path attend;
For I-today-I found a friend.
>Helen Barker Parker

Beki
Senior Member

since 1999-09-15

Posts 1569
Newport Beach, CA, USA

18 posted 1999-09-16 07:16 PM

Hey Lucie..I am there now....only I know the money is coming. I work in a school and only get paid 10 months.....this was the first year I didn't find summer employment and the savings didn't last, fending off creditor calls myself! But I know once I start getting paid things will get better...I hope you have some relief in view down the road. Hang in there...and by the way, your poem said it perfectly, nice writing!

------------------
"We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion.....the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?"
--John Keating, Dead Poets Society

Isis
Member Ascendant

since 1999-09-06

Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland

19 posted 1999-09-16 09:41 PM

Hey Lucie I've been there too, I know the feeling very well. Being in Australia, there's not much I can physically do, but I send you (HUGS) and I know that things can only improve. Smile...please?

------------------
Words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.
~Isis~

Poet deVine

Administrator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

20 posted 1999-09-17 01:26 AM

count your blessings...your health, your talent, your beautiful kids, your husband who loves you....you will find a way.... Pawn whatever you have to....have a yard sale... just survive until that time when things get better......and they will...... I promise

	⇧ top of page ⇧
All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format.