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The On-Off Switch....
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The On-Off Switch.... |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA 
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Where the hell's that on-off switch? I know it must be there. I'm searching like a madman but Can't find it anywhere. You know the one I'm speaking of? The one that's for the heart? The one that makes one's passion for Another stop and start? I'd like to simply put it in The "off" mode when you're gone Then, when you come back 'round again, I can just flip it on! But, though I feel love for many, Which we all can do Passion in my mind cannot be Shared by more than two. Even when there is no future Obvious in view I can't give myself to others If desire's for you. So I am in a quandry here And I hurt from the pains.. My body will not function while Desire for you remains. I know it's gotta be there 'cause I've seen it used by you So where the hell's that on-off switch So I can use it, too? |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Hey deer, I've searched for one of those myself, even went to Homebase...I asked the nice man with a smile and green apron and he made a pass at me...go figure...Loved your poem, but tis sad. |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Balladeer..... I think she left it by the door, the night she said goodbye... she turned it off, then said no more, a tear fell from her eye... But if you look, I'm sure you'll find the switch you need, within... To block the memories from your mind, And set it right, again... I think we are all looking for the same magic switch! Wonderful poem, Mr. 'Deer!!  Follow your dream! |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I'm looking too, m'butterbean...sigh. Why can't I find it, when "he" always seems to know where it is? HUGS |
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Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
Wonderful concept Michael! I loved this ... beautifully written, and the flow is superb as always my deer man. Now I ask you (shuffling feet and looking stupid here) ... do you mean to tell me there actually IS a switch??? And all this time, I just thought my circuits were going squirrely!  Excellent poem, much enjoyed your theme in this! Best wishes, /Kit [This message has been edited by Kit McCallum (edited 11-04-2000).] |
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jonmcm Member
since 2000-10-11
Posts 222England |
Great poem! I'm looking for the switch too, I'll let you know, if I find it before you. Cheers Jon |
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Charisma
since 2000-09-30
Posts 5906lost in blue pages |
if you find that switch, let me know where it can be found....I'm searching too, but still haven't found it.... Excellent penned. ((hugs)) Charisma |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
That on-off switch is right next to that red-green button right...over...there... Karilea If I whisper, will you listen?... I would rather be silent and write, then speak loudly and be bound. KRJ |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
Oh deer .. ya write me heart with this one. i have coined this phrase many times... it does seem as if some people have a switch to just be able to shut off emotions... i always figure it a defense mechanism of some kind.. and while I often think it might be nice to have it when we are really hurting... when i comes down to it...I think I'd rather feel it and then purge it thru poetry... like you have done here with your usual wisdom ... brought to mind a fav song of mine... expressing the same sentiments..... when im feeling this way...it always makes me feel better to hear this song... hugs of understanding sweets ... (and spammy kisses too)  jm Leave matchbox 20 It's amazing how you make your face just like a wall how you take your heart and turn it off how I turn my head and lose it all It's unnerving how just one move puts me by myself there you go just trusting someone else now I know I put us both through hell I'm not saying there wasn't nothing wrong I just didn't think you'd ever get tired of me I'm not saying we ever had the right to hold on I just didn't wanna let it get away from me But if that's how it's gonna leave straight out from underneath then we'll see who's sorry now If that's how it's gonna stand, when you know you've been depending on the one you're leaving now the one you're leaving out It's aggravating how you threw me on and you tore me out how your good intentions turn to doubt the way you needed time to sort it out Tell me is that how it's going to end when you know you've been depending on the one you're leaving now and the one you're leaving out |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
This one really charged me up! Maybe...hers is stuck also! "When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass, and the sun drips honey."" Laurie Lee Kathleen |
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BSC
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Member Elite
since 2000-02-04
Posts 2919New York, USA |
There it is, uhh no a little to your right, oops, to the left, to the left....no a little higher, oh damn, missed it! I don't know why they don't just put it right next to the panic button!!! Great read 'Deer. Bonnie |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Balladeer~ I'd never presume to know if you were OFF or ON But I'd like to be on target with some button-pushing of my own.  If I get too far away You know just what to do Just push your  buttonand I'll come right back to YOU ! Here's *winking* at ya' ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
Bal Love this but I'm gonna be all mushy here and say you don't want that on-off button really, I've found that those who have one are mean so n so's with no heart and soul...keep your's the way it is, I know it's hard but that buttons really not worth it...  Love ya Tracie~ ~HUG~ Love is the life of the soul... It is the harmony of the universe |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Martie...well, at least he showed a good taste in women!! ') Sunny1...those are beautiful phrases but I'm afraid I'll never find it  serenity...I can't imagine anyone using it on you...he NUTS?????? Kit....always great to see you...and I guess there must be...no other answers come to mind Jon....thank you, sir! I think the golden fleece may be easier... Charisma...ok...you're on the list and it's growing Sunshine...come on! I can't believe YOU know where it is!!  JanetMArie...you are a beautiful lady. Yep, purging is the best....and that song really hits....thank you Rose...and I get a charge out of your reply! Yep, could be stuck buttons everywhere... bonnie....why do I feel like I just scratched your back? Yep, that's my problem. I keep hitting that darned panic button by mistake!Marge...you ALWAYS push the right buttons!!! tracie....that's the perfect thing to say and your words ring loud and true..very nicely said Being happy doesn't mean everything's perfect; it just means you've decided to see beyond the imperfections. |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
On = Alive Off = Dead ...so stop looking for the switch! Denise |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Wow 'deer - you wrote my sentiments...wow am impressed!! If you find it - give me one hey? Hugs my friend... KThe wind shifts like this: Like a human without illusions... This is how the wind shifts: Like a human, heavy and heavy, Who does not care. W.S |
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Ron K. Fox Senior Member
since 2000-10-24
Posts 925 |
hey deer, Home depot has it aisle 6, next to the dimmers...that's where I got mine. Tossing words like wishful coins into the deep well of an open heart. R. fox |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
I KNEW this would be another one that I unerstood completely. I am searching for the same switch. I just wrote in "feelings" about it. How do you do it. Stop loving and wanting someone, so you can move on? I hope you find the switch, you deserve to stop the pain. It doesn't make sense to love one that doesn't love us back. But the heart has no rules, and the switch remains lost at Home Depot.. Sandra PS, I love the way you wrote this, very clever description. |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
i'd like to know who you saw use this so-called 'on-off' switch myself... i guess some switches are turn-ons and some are turn-offs and it's just a matter of figuring out how not to use the latter at all.... but a flat-out on-off switch for feelings?? geez... if one exists, i wouldn't even know how to find it... what a poem, michael! |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Again, God must have really slipped... For with this switch, I'm not equipped. Unless I rip out heart and brain I know no way to stop the pain But would even a lobotomy Stop this wishing for what can't be? |
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Effigy Member
since 2000-04-11
Posts 486disbelief |
Wonderful. Yuor poetry never stops amazing me. Truely a great write. |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
Balladeer- High and low, I've searched and searched to find that on/off button i've had no luck, so what the heck why not try pushing this one  Good luck! -vicky "...until you have read the verse on his heart, you have not truely met the poet." -vlraynes |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Great write, Balladeer. I know exactly of what you speak. Another thing, once you finally switch it off, it can come back on whenever it so desires! Maddening, isn't it? Corinne |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
Mike - this is exactly what my life was a year ago - (much better now that I don't let her come around to turn the switch on!) This spoke loudly to me... I guess it's the relation and the exactness of the feeling you presented. Won't say well-done.. instead, just: Thanks. Chris Janet - Yeah - cried over that one too.  |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Years ago, I found that switch and soldered into the off position. No more worries..I can't fall in love!!!  |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Switch on... Switch off.... Switch on... Switch off.... kinda like Wax, eh??? When I find it, I promise to share it with ya..  |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
Exactly! Thank you.. "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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