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Exile
Junior Member

since 2000-01-23

Posts 42

0 posted 2000-03-21 10:20 PM

Today, you got another chance.
Make of it what you will.
The door inside is open wide,
Because I paid the bill.

I want you to be happy;
I want you to succeed.
To help you know just where to go,
And give you what you need.

You think your pain is hidden?
Something only YOU can feel?
NO! You can't hide what's there inside;
To me, as well, it's real.

That icy wall of silence
That goes up when I speak
Defeats each word, they go unheard;
It may as well be Greek.

So how am I to help you?
To tell you how to win?
When everything I try to bring
Is not allowed within?

It must come from inside you,
The willingness to start,
To push, to do, to see it through,
It takes a lot of heart.

So now what? When, tomorrow,
You start another day,
Then will you choose once more to LOSE?
Or find a better way?

I'm always here to help you.
But today, I don't know how.
You must begin to try to win,
No better time than now!

Come talk to me this evening
And get it off your chest.
We'll form a plan; then be a MAN
For you CAN be: THE BEST.

William P Bussey
Member

since 2000-02-26

Posts 188

1 posted 2000-03-21 11:29 PM

This is a father talking to a son, if not, it sure could be, I see a troubled boy and a worried father in this poem, it is a very good piece of work. Bill

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

2 posted 2000-03-21 11:41 PM

...and a father who is willing to talk it out heart to heart and man to man....it doesn't get any better than that!

Denise

Sasikat
Member

since 2000-02-02

Posts 290
St. Petersburg, FL

3 posted 2000-03-22 06:55 AM

I'm sure this person knows you are there for him and when he's ready he will open up and talk to you. I hope it doesn't take too long. This is a great expression of caring.

Sheila

...the earth and myself are of one mind. The measure of the land and the measure of our bodies are the same........... Joseph, Nez Perce Chief

Munda
Member Elite

since 1999-10-08

Posts 3544
The Hague, The Netherlands

4 posted 2000-03-22 07:11 AM

I hope he hears you Exile. I truly do.
This poem shows what a loving father you are.

Gene
Senior Member

since 2000-01-23

Posts 935
Colorado, USA

5 posted 2000-03-22 05:57 PM

Great poem Exile. This should pull him out of his cave.

~Gene

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