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kcsgrandma Senior Member
since 2000-09-24
Posts 1522Presque Isle, ME 
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This moming they said I was "one of the guys." That's all right. Guys do make good friends, But why can't they see I am not just a pal? I'm a woman, with all that portends. For talking and joking and dreaming of dreams, They find my companionship fine, But when it comes time to go home at night, There's not one who wants to be mine. Of course, there are those who would "love" from afar, But a long-distance "romance", as such, Can never fulfill the desires of my heart. I hunger for real human touch. So I wish they'd consider that "one of the guys," Not being quite just what she seems, Is longing to share her passionate heart And just might be the girl of their dreams. |
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pegasus111 Member Elite
since 2000-07-27
Posts 2219ocala, fl, usa |
your expression of an ache for real companionship really hit a home run here..it is powerfully done..great read.. the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost |
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Wikket Member
since 2000-01-29
Posts 340Santa Clara, CA USA |
Hmmmm...looks like I have the wrong impression from your other poem. This one really hits home for me as well...too close. I hope they can remove the blinds from their eyes to find the real you! ~~Jamie   "...I mean, when I first met you, you were all like, 'Oh Phooey, I burned the darn muffins.' Now, you walk into a bar, and sailors come runnin' out!" |
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kcsgrandma Senior Member
since 2000-09-24
Posts 1522Presque Isle, ME |
Pegasus - Thanks! I guess it's a pretty basic human need, isn't it? I do like the home run.  Think I could help out the Red Sox?Wikket - No, not the wrong impression at all. This was written over a year ago, before I met the person in the other poem. That's why I'm so thankful for him now! To love another person is to see the face of God. - Les Miserables Marilyn |
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DawnG 
since 2000-06-23
Posts 1494United States |
kcsgrandma, I've had many many guy friends over the years, but it seems that a lot of them are afraid to take a chance on romantic love with me because I am physically disabled. Great read. Dawn |
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Moon Dust
since 1999-06-11
Posts 2177Skelmersdale, UK |
I have many guy friends and often thought the same things. But I've been out with some of those guys too and although its never worked out i'm still friends with them. So I kinda look on being one of the guys as a good thing Nice Work BTW.Life has got to chnage, Nothing stays the same, Soon it will be time, For me to move on. |
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kcsgrandma Senior Member
since 2000-09-24
Posts 1522Presque Isle, ME |
Dawn - That is very frustrating. Sometimes it seems as if there are as many excuses as there are guys. Thanks for commenting. Maria - That's a good point, and quite true. Thanks, BTW. To love another person is to see the face of God. - Les Miserables Marilyn |
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dreamer1 12 5 24 Member
since 2000-12-11
Posts 150crossing between |
Hi, I think that while being "one of the guys" isn't what you really want, it's beneficial because when you go on a date, you can make conversation. Us "guys" can talk to guys and not be nervous, not even care, whereas some of my friends can't even look at guys they like. ....peace as a primary objective is dangerous because it implies that we would sacrifice anything for the sake of it.... Robert Kaplan |
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kcsgrandma Senior Member
since 2000-09-24
Posts 1522Presque Isle, ME |
Dreamer - You make a good point. And a lot of the time it does feel good to be one of the guys. Just wish I didn't think that was the only way they saw me, know what I mean? To love another person is to see the face of God. - Les Miserables Marilyn |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
PLatonic friendship are great but nothing can match a real loving relationship. I could relate to one very well. enjoyed the read. < !signature--> It's in your eyes a fire that's wild and glorious Unhibited, unfinished in everything I do Let the morning rise like our hearts desire" whipping boy [This message has been edited by brian madden (edited 01-02-2001).] |
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kcsgrandma Senior Member
since 2000-09-24
Posts 1522Presque Isle, ME |
Brian - I hadn't thought about turning that around, that maybe men feel the same way. Kind of silly of me, I guess. Thanks for your comments.To love another person is to see the face of God. - Les Miserables Marilyn |
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dgvarner Member Elite
since 2000-05-13
Posts 3552High Springs, Florida |
well..while brians being 'one of the girls'....lol...i'm 'one of the guys' myself..most of my friends are male..they tell me things..and they tell me who they like..and what they like..and i know these things..but they dont see me as woman..we may share a bed..but not a pillow..we may hold hands--hearts even..but not the romantic element...i know this yearning for human touch...(remember i wrote 'i feel you'..LOL!) and it often hurts more than they can know.... glad youve finally found your dream and that this is from the attic (see! you DO have an attic!) hugs, g "people who need people are the luckiest people..." barbra s. |
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ellie LeJeune Member Elite
since 2000-01-10
Posts 4156King of Prussia, PA USA |
Marilyn; This is wonderfully written and I hear your quandry..I enjoy my friendship with the guys because it's nice to have the gender not so important as who I really am inside. Ellie Belief is a truth held in the mind; faith is a fire in the heart. Joseph Fort Newton |
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kcsgrandma Senior Member
since 2000-09-24
Posts 1522Presque Isle, ME |
Gale - at you and your attic. The only attic I have is on a computer disk, not at all like my grandmother's. Yes, it can hurt, and obviously a lot of people identify with the feeling. And as for the dream, it's great, but "I feel you" still reaches home, too. hugsEllie - Thanks, sweet lady. Yes, sometimes not having to worry about gender is a good thing. Just don't want it to be all the time, do we?To love another person is to see the face of God. - Les Miserables Marilyn |
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Suzanne Arlene Member
since 2000-10-09
Posts 377Ontario, Canada |
I was born one of the guys. It is real hard to transform that image to one of a girl.But i tell ya bein a girl is pretty darn good and i still talk to guys fairly easily.I am glad for at least that.good poem Glad you found a true love. Suzanne |
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kaile
since 2000-02-06
Posts 5146singapore |
being one of the girls, i foten wondered the same thing myself...but sometimes when you are so close to your girlfriends(in my case), it seems almost awkward to want to develop a loving relationship with them..perhaps thats what your guy friends are feeling now..that they know you so well that it feels weird to be attached to you, not because you arent girlfriend material |
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kaile
since 2000-02-06
Posts 5146singapore |
oops, a double post...to make amends, how about a quick rambling about being One of the Girls i do hang out with girls we share gossip over the phone we exchange fashion tips i ask them what makes girls click and they ask me if their prince charmings are finally noticing them it seems pointless to defend my boyhood when i am having as much fun with them as with my guy friends they are more sentimental sensitive creatures(bless them) and i rather confide in them than in you so i tolerate your taunts and jeers and just hope someday you'll see the light and quit calling me sissy that was what happened to me when i was in my teens..these days my guy friends admire me for having better(?) rapport with girls... [This message has been edited by kaile (edited 01-05-2001).] |
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kcsgrandma Senior Member
since 2000-09-24
Posts 1522Presque Isle, ME |
Suzanne - Thanks. I remember when I was a kid wishing sometimes that I could be a boy, because they got to do such interesting stuff. I do like being a girl very well now. And it does help to have somebody appreciate the woman in me. To love another person is to see the face of God. - Les Miserables Marilyn |
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kaile
since 2000-02-06
Posts 5146singapore |
a shameless bump cos i figure you havent read my comment? LOL |
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kcsgrandma Senior Member
since 2000-09-24
Posts 1522Presque Isle, ME |
You're absolutely right, Kaile, I missed your comment, so thanks fo the "shameless bump". That's an interesting theory you have there, but makes it difficult for those of us who are friends with the opposite sex. I do like your poem, and am certainly glad the other guys see the advantages to seeing girls as people, which is really what you have always done. Keep it up. You'll make some girl really happy some day.To love another person is to see the face of God. - Les Miserables Marilyn |
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Victoria
since 2000-08-12
Posts 5869 |
hi kcsgrandmom...i thought this was beautifully written..so glad i peeked into today..i agree nothing like a human touch..HUGS ~V~ A poem is never finished, only abandoned. - Paul Valery (1871-1945) |
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kcsgrandma Senior Member
since 2000-09-24
Posts 1522Presque Isle, ME |
Hi, Victoria! We've missed you in here. Thanks for the comments and the hugs. To love another person is to see the face of God. - Les Miserables Marilyn |
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