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Songbird
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since 1999-12-15

Posts 2184
Missouri

0 posted 2001-03-31 11:19 PM

Pain was penned in metaphor
Reduced to mere ink
As
A poet's broken heart
Bled upon the page

The villain
Would never read
Nor would  ever see
The trauma they had caused
To bring forth
Those poetic lines

Perhaps if they had been a poet
More sensitive
They  might have been
And more carefully
They would have listened
To the other side

They  might have took a look
At the things deep within
That caused them to
Do the things that were
Hurting both of them

Poets, by no means are perfect
Nor do they always
Write the things you want to hear
But what they write is important
Because it's important things they share

Yes, they really care

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

1 posted 2001-03-31 11:26 PM

You are so right, Songbird. Poets are more sensitive as has been proven and over in this corner. Thanks for posting. Joyce

coyote
Senior Member

since 2001-03-17

Posts 1077

2 posted 2001-04-01 12:13 PM

I second Joyce's words, Songbird.
Sensitivity results from reactive learning.
"Close encounters" of the heart.

"The only thing new in the world, is the history we don't know."
Harry S. Truman

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

3 posted 2001-04-01 01:21 AM

Very good and also very true!

Betty Lou Hebert

2dalimit
Member Elite

since 2000-02-08

Posts 2228
Mississippi coast

4 posted 2001-04-01 07:46 AM

True.
If you don't follow their meaning, then, Let It Be. If you do, then let them know.
Melton

kcsgrandma
Senior Member

since 2000-09-24

Posts 1522
Presque Isle, ME

5 posted 2001-04-01 09:28 AM

You have written well, and with sensitivity.

Many of us have written of hurt and betrayal, and I'm sure most of the people we write about have not read and would not understand if they did. Wise thoughts, Songbird.

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

Marilyn

ellie LeJeune
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since 2000-01-10

Posts 4156
King of Prussia, PA USA

6 posted 2001-04-01 09:31 AM

Dear one; how perfectly this beautiful poem says all that I am enduring at present...such is life, but this to will pass. Love, Ellie

A friend hears the song in my heart, and sings it to me when my memory fails.

Red_Feather
Member

since 2001-01-19

Posts 131
The Vagabond Sea

7 posted 2001-04-03 12:11 PM

I surely have felt this as well. Unrequited love is one thing, but once love has been and for whatever reason gone, unrequited pain is a stunning blow. Well written and heartfelt.

One's not half two it's two are halves of one EE Cummings

Yu Lan
Senior Member

since 2000-04-13

Posts 1462
New Zealand

8 posted 2001-04-03 04:11 AM

what can I say.. this poem has moved me so much.. how can you write so much like I think?!

I guess it's a poet's thing, hehe.. yes.. it needs to be written, but really, the people who most need to read it, most likely won't ever read it.
This is truely brilliant, in so many senses.. Enjoyed muchly, will not be forgotten.. thanx for this, songbird

Love,
Lynne

Songbird
Member Elite

since 1999-12-15

Posts 2184
Missouri

9 posted 2001-04-03 05:42 PM

Yu Lan I had no idea I was writing like you think, maybe it is a poet thing.. this poem was written in response to so many friends and family members I see being hurt by the ones they truly love..If only we could wave a magic wand and open up their eyes.. but that is only in God's power.

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