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Nicole
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0 posted 2000-03-26 11:39 AM


I woke up on this sunny morn
And went about my normal way
Something though is very wrong
When everything bright seems gray

I’m really trying to be happy
And I’m trying hard to be strong
But a moment of weakness has found me
My stoic veil has hidden me so long

It seems to have broken down enough
For my hidden feelings to show through
I feel a prisoner inside my mind
My taboo emotions ringing true

I chide myself sitting in silence
His image echoes through my mind
If only Fate had allowed me to find him
In another place – another time

I would love to ‘be’ and hold him
Just once I let hope course through me
Still…I’m left here in this emptiness
Lost in my mind’s personal infinity

And so, I continue to sit here in the sunlight
Letting the rays kiss each and every tear
I feel like such a fool for just feeling
Glad he can’t see me like this – he’s not here

I’ll get a hold of myself in a minute
Put on my very best ‘happy’ face
And I'll be the friend I am to him, 'cause
My feelings don’t belong in this time and place




 May I never be too busy to help another's load,
Then I'll be drinking from the saucer 'cause my cup has overflowed.

--Author Unknown

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Elizabeth
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1 posted 2000-03-26 11:42 AM


Your feelings are very well expressed, Satiate. I hope that happiness will find its way to you soon. Good luck!

Elizabeth

 "He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!"
-The Crucible


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2 posted 2000-03-26 11:56 AM


It's rough when you are in love with a 'friend'...good poem.
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3 posted 2000-03-26 11:58 AM


'Tis very rough indeed, and painful.

Elizabeth


 "He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!"
-The Crucible


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4 posted 2000-03-26 12:28 PM


Satiate~

'I feel like such a fool for just feeling'

Never the fool for feeling, hon.
*HUGS*
~*Marge*~


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Munda
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5 posted 2000-03-26 01:56 PM


This is a good poem Satiate, very good !  
Janet Marie
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6 posted 2000-03-26 03:40 PM


And so, I continue to sit here in the sunlight
Letting the rays kiss each and every tear
I feel like such a fool for just feeling
Glad he can’t see me like this – he’s not here

I’ll get a hold of myself in a minute
Put on my very best ‘happy’ face
And I'll be the friend I am to him, 'cause
My feelings don’t belong in this time and place

---------------

Satiate,
this is so beautiful, sadly sweet. I really felt your emotions in this...well written and the last line is perfect!
take care, jm


 Do you live by the book, do you play by the rules
Do you care what is thought by others about you
If this day is all that is promised to you
Do you live for the present, the future the past...
tracy chapman


Nan
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7 posted 2000-03-26 05:00 PM


I'd have to say that your feelings always belong in your own place and time.  It's unfortunate when they don't jive with others' though....Nice work, my friend..
Michael
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8 posted 2000-03-26 07:03 PM


Wow, what a painful poem.  I'm not one to be giving advice in this area, I know... but if he is your friend, hold fast to that, there is a time and a place for everything.  

Michael

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9 posted 2000-03-27 10:25 AM


I'm under the thought that it is always the right time and place to let your feelings out...it's when you try to hold them inside that life becomes difficult.
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