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Skyfyre Senior Member
since 1999-08-15
Posts 1906Sitting in Michael's Lap 
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~ Don't ~ Don't tell me that you're sorry, For I have no regrets; Don't go out on a limb for me Then try to hedge your bets. Don't set your sights to win me, For I cannot be won. Don't try to pick my pieces up; I haven't come undone. Don't tell me how to finish Before I make a start; Don't say you love me totally Then try to change my heart. Don't try to solve my riddle; My secrets are my own. Don't tell me I should lean on you -- For I can stand alone. Don't try to reinvent my wheel: I am who I will be. But look to change the way you feel, Instead of changing me. ------------------ "Nunc lento sonitu dicunt, morierus" (Now as I hear this bell tolling softly for another, it says to me, "Thou must die.") |
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Systematic Decay Senior Member
since 1999-09-15
Posts 1301That place with padded walls and funny people in white......... |
Wow......great poem, Nocht.  sorry Im bored ------------------ "Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage." -Billy Corgan- |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
you go girl! ......really well stated....this is a keeper!! ------------------ May your days be filled with lots of sunshine and your nights lit up by golden moonbeams |
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Dragoness Senior Member
since 1999-08-07
Posts 513 |
BRAVO!!!!!!!! ------------------ Set you heart free and your mind will follow. |
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JennyLee Senior Member
since 1999-09-01
Posts 1461Northwestern, NJ. |
I love it!!!!! |
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Julie Senior Member
since 1999-08-20
Posts 739Houston, TX |
Amen! Loved that last line.. ------------------ Julie ------------------------- Thou who has given so much to me, give one thing more: a grateful heart. >George Herbert |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Way to go!! |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Absolutely wonderful! ------------------ Denise |
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caroline Senior Member
since 1999-08-16
Posts 1218http://members.xoom.com/belladona123/index.htm |
Nocht this rocks!!! Definitely one to print out ------------------ "Tread softly, for I have spread my dreams under your feet"~~William Butler Yeats |
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Tara Simms Senior Member
since 1999-08-12
Posts 1244Honea Path, SC USA |
You said it all! ------------------ It matters not how strait the gate; How charged with punishments the scroll; I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. --W.E. Henley Visit my poetry website: www.geocities.com/Paris/Musee/9954/ |
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Skyfyre Senior Member
since 1999-08-15
Posts 1906Sitting in Michael's Lap |
Thank you, ladies, for your expressions of appreciation ... Any men care to comment on this...? LOL ... it really wasn't intended to be gender-specific, honest! This really isn't a bra-burner ... Nocht ------------------ "Nunc lento sonitu dicunt, morierus" (Now as I hear this bell tolling softly for another, it says to me, "Thou must die.") |
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traveler Member
since 1999-08-17
Posts 119 |
LOL .... well, opposite gender comment number one ... very well said, my favorite part, "don't say you love me totally, then try to change my heart", course my bias is well known ... as far as the topic ... the gift of change is better received when freely given ... |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Well done!!! (sorry... another female vote *G* But I didn't read it as gender specific at all.) |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Simply Awesome!! ...and it definitely doesn't have to be gender-specific - "People" have a tendency to try to mold others to their liking. Wouldn't it be better to find someone that you DON'T want to change??? |
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