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Prisons we Create
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Prisons we Create |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia 
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Have you ever noticed how, whenever we're in pain? We create distractions to lose ourselves again The prisons we create, in reality's stead, Are frequently more binding when they happen in our head We create the thought of work… as a panacea And work our little butts off to keep the pain from drawing near A ten-hour day or more, is nothing to caress Hugging work as a way to relieve our stress Relationships are good for distancing the hurt A passionate fling can make us, feel somewhat less like dirt But when the passions done, passion that never was We're stuck with our emotions, but cannot find the cause Some people turn to drugs, or food to meet their need Not knowing that distractions will only growth impede And so they are addicted, to things they thought to use To distance their perceptions of pain they can't peruse But me I turn to poetry, when tears begin to fall It is my drug distraction, to help me build a wall To shut me and all my pain away from the real While emotions brew and fester underneath the seal When the answers no longer work, distractions are a cell What then can I invent… to speed my trip to hell Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. Patty Hansen. |
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Beckalini Member
since 2001-01-02
Posts 151Yorkshire, England |
How true is this? We all try and find distractions when we are hurting, just so we don't have to face the reality. But the scary thing is, when we let this hurt fester, when it eventually comes to the surface it is more destructive than almost anything else. You captured the need for release beautifully in this poem. Keep it up  |
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inot2B Member Elite
since 2000-09-18
Posts 2205Arkansas |
Writing about pain in poetry is a way to let some of our pain be released. You do write so well, and I hope that soon you will find the peace in life you seek. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Smiling at YOU---dear lady...this might as well have been written for me as well... You've no idea how much you've touched my heart with both....thank you, thank you a million times---FOR BOTH. HUGS. |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Ah, Kethry... this one is painful... and I wish I could alleviate your pain! *G* But I sure would hope you'd keep writing even if happiness cuddled up in your lap... for unlike so many of our chosen crutches, yours adds beauty to the lives of many. |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England |
Kethry love, far better than I came up with, what did I say it would need to perculate, and it didn't love. Well it did but nowhere near as well as this. Utterly wonderful Take care love as always Slushy  Take back the hope you gave,- I claim Only a memory of the same Robert Browning |
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Charisma
since 2000-09-30
Posts 5906lost in blue pages |
Kethry.......how I recognize these feelings, and poetry is a good thing to deal with feelings....to give feelings a place. and hey you are with friends here...warm friends is my experience. (((warm hugs))) love ya ....Charisma |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Beckalini,inot2B,serenity,suthern,Marsha and Charisma. What can I say but thanks, it the friends that poetry draws near that is the real reward of writing, and you make it sooo worthwhile. Be well Kethry. Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. Patty Hansen. |
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