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Please Remember |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA 
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Please Remember You dare me to leave the safety of my shores To swim in the pools of your eyes Please remember... I’ve taken that dive before And nearly drowned in the very same waters that gave me life You reach out your hand to me Ask me to take it in faith Please remember... I’ve stepped off the ledge before And I know how bad it can hurt to fall You speak to me in words of truth Hoping that I will trust you Please remember... I offered up my trust before And watched my dreams shatter as my trust was betrayed You open up your heart to me Beg me to open mine to you Please remember... I’ve opened it up before And felt the pain that comes when it is broken You offer up your love to me Praying only for love in return Please remember... I have loved before And know the emptiness that comes when love is no more You tell me you are different That you won’t hurt me I understand But please remember... And understand too "I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me , this has always been enough." ~Nicholas Sparks from The Notebook |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
These words could have been spilled from my head, Ruth! Excellent!  |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
Heartfelt and Beautiful Ruth... Hugs A soul that writes from the heart and shares it, truly gives a gift extraordinaire! Shannon |
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RainbowGirl Member Elite
since 1999-07-31
Posts 3023United Kingdom |
Hoot: I'm sitting here nodding to myself..  HUGS Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream... |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I think you speak for many of us... and do so eloquently!!! This is beautiful, Hoot! |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
PDV, Pepper, RG and suthern....thank you all so much |
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mc Member
since 1999-11-16
Posts 67México |
Ruth, but isn't loving worth everything? I LIKE IT VERY MUCH !! mcestrada |
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samsonheart Member
since 1999-12-20
Posts 72Missouri rez. |
excellent and truthful, loved it! samsonheart |
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Nate Dogg Senior Member
since 1999-11-15
Posts 1658Georgia, Fulton |
Excellent poem! You really bared your soul on this one! Nathan |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Beautiful, eloquent, Ruth, I love it! Liz |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
mc...perhaps so, but it is hard to get over that inital fear and take that leap again Elizabeth, Nate Dogg and samsonite...thank you all |
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Balladeer
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
This is an excellent representation of life. If we don't learn from our mistakes, then what good is experience? Great poem, Ruth. |
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Eloise Senior Member
since 1999-11-27
Posts 1096Wyoming |
Beautiful poem Hoot. |
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Tara Simms Senior Member
since 1999-08-12
Posts 1244Honea Path, SC USA |
This is why you're one of my favorite poets, Ruth! I love the vulnerability you put into this one. 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 |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Balladeer, Elosie and Tara, thank you all three for your kind replies |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Ruth, this is understandable why you feel this way. You've expressed yourself very well. It will take time for trust to build and so on. Hang in there girlfriend! |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Ruth - many hugs. Much empathy. K. - Oh, and wonderful poem!! |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Wonderful poem, Ruth! Trust can't be regained quickly...it takes time. Denise |
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First__Knight Senior Member
since 1999-11-08
Posts 678 |
Forgive the late reply Ruth as my computer is crashed and I write from a friends computer at work. This is truly lovely as aways from you.....and know I understand..... I will never ask what you can not give, A share in your day makes my heart live. A smile or two chasing the clouds away, Or just a thought to end my lonely day. I will never push you beyond what you are, Come to me close or you can venture far. I give you needed space and all your time, May I always give you that peace of mind. Bare with me as I write from the top of my head, For my computer from where I write is quite dead. Share what you are for you are what you share |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Denise and Severn, thank you both so much. David, your words brought tears to my eyes. Thank you...and I will give you all I can as I can. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
what a treasure here...I can really relate to this |
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Artic Wind Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080Realm of Supernatural |
Enjoyed ARCTIC WIND |
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