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kaile

Member Ascendant

since 2000-02-06

Posts 5146
singapore

0 posted 2001-01-01 11:34 AM

life is like running a marathon
only the resilient and determined
will win the race

but alas,
i have asthma
and though i long to jog to catch up,
you guys leave me far behind,
ignoring my gasping
as if i am forging it
to make you stay

Wikket
Member

since 2000-01-29

Posts 340
Santa Clara, CA USA

1 posted 2001-01-01 11:39 AM

So deep kaile...and such bitter truth. If only we people stopped from running the rat race once in a while to see the beauty and talent we were leaving behind.

Well, for one, I appreciate your work kaile, and I think that you've already won your race with your touching works.

Hit them where the heart is...!

~~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!"

kcsgrandma
Senior Member

since 2000-09-24

Posts 1522
Presque Isle, ME

2 posted 2001-01-01 01:36 PM

Very nice analogy, Kaile! I don't think you're behind at all!

To love another person is to see the face of God.
- Les Miserables

Marilyn

wordancer
Senior Member

since 2000-07-30

Posts 809
VA

3 posted 2001-01-01 01:46 PM

kaile, pehaps they are running in the wrong direction?

...and there are other way ways to win a race besides the obvious.

Good words!

"Come...dance with me, into my world of words."

kaile

Member Ascendant

since 2000-02-06

Posts 5146
singapore

4 posted 2001-01-02 07:26 AM

thank you, wikket and kcs for your kind words...i am deeply touched by what you have said...and thanx wordancer...you have made me see my rambling from a totally new angle....wow!

bestgirl911
Senior Member

since 2000-10-04

Posts 551
Clio, MI , United We Stand

5 posted 2001-01-02 10:24 AM

Kaile...

For anyone to touch as many hearts as you and be left behind....it's an impossibility...we'll be watching your tail lights.

Best

Quiet One
Junior Member

since 2001-01-01

Posts 46
Shhhhh

6 posted 2001-01-02 10:58 AM

I've always been content to be just a spectator in the crowd. I lend a hand or cheer the athletes when they need it.
This way I participate in a slower paced race where my only prize is self esteme

[This message has been edited by Quiet One (edited 01-02-2001).]

dgvarner
Member Elite

since 2000-05-13

Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida

7 posted 2001-01-03 12:44 PM

i tend to think life is made up of many different races..and we find ourselves in them at all different paces..some times we are in the stands because someone else needs to be cheered on..sometimes we are in the background because someone else needs a quiet watchful eye..sometimes we crawl, sometimes we walk..sometimes we run...how we win depends on the race we are in...

good write kaile..(hope you didnt write this between notes during a lecture.. lol)

hugs, g

"people who need people are the luckiest people..." barbra s.

Dopey Dope

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Member Patricius

since 2000-08-30

Posts 11132
San Juan, Puerto Rico

8 posted 2001-01-04 02:22 PM

Wow.......the deepness of this one is great. I say that life is like that at times. I'm going to have to fully agree with you on this one. Great job!

I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust.

I'm in love with my shadow
I admire it daily

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

9 posted 2001-01-04 07:47 PM

I dropped out of the rat race a long time ago....hehehe.....very good, Kaile!

Denise

Dennis L. White
Senior Member

since 2000-02-17

Posts 1463
Michigan, U.S.A.

10 posted 2001-01-05 11:54 AM

Kaile,
Curious poems of rejection you write here!
You will find your place in in the sun and you will SHINE!
Dennis :^)

Moonbeams radiate
When the veiling cloud has passed
Playful shadows dance

Dennis L. White :^)

DawnG

Senior Member

since 2000-06-23

Posts 1494
United States

11 posted 2001-01-05 01:06 PM

Kaile,

With every poem I read here, I realize more and more how much I'm not the only one who gets lonely or feels left out. We all have different reasons for feeling out of the crowd, but what we must remember is that we all deserve to be part of any crowd we wish. And we are part of the Passions crowd. Nothing can take that away from us.

Dawn

brian madden
Member Elite

since 2000-05-06

Posts 4374
ireland

12 posted 2001-01-05 05:55 PM

Kaile, jog at your own pace my friend, remeember the story of the turtle and the hare. well written, and oh yes I can relate. < !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 01-05-2001).]

Mon Cherie

Senior Member

since 2001-10-31

Posts 922
Land of Never-ending Summers

13 posted 2001-12-05 10:28 AM

Hmm... how cruel of those who run ahead, but cest la vie. It's the survival of the fittest here, that's why the weak has to make use of other means to stay ahead.

_,,,^.^,,,_
Florence

Yu Lan
Senior Member

since 2000-04-13

Posts 1462
New Zealand

14 posted 2002-12-06 05:42 PM

I understand that feeling..

Hey this is awesome, this really is the perfect description.. I missed this one the first time around, but I'm glad I found it.

thanks for sharing

-Lynne

It's nice to share - kiss someone when you have a cold.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

15 posted 2004-08-18 12:51 PM

sigh

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