and if we said the words too much .........................[repost, 10/22/99]......

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Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

0 posted 2001-02-12 05:00 PM

And If We Said The Words Too Much...

It’s been pointed out by many loving hearts
that three little words, and people won’t part;
but perhaps sometimes, it’s said too much,
and a strangling comes from love’s touch.

I say “I love you” to dear friends,
sometimes it comes back to me then;
I say “I love you” to my kids dear,
even “adopted” a few, and keep them near.

But can the words be ever less
than what we wish and want to express?
For when “I love you” has turned to hate,
how then best can we relate?

Then to press on when “I love you” is said
and ask the question “why?” instead,
and have handed you a “just because,”
is it enough, or do you stop and take pause?

Sometimes we cannot go back
and take away a loved one’s pain
when they were loved well once before,
prior to when the wickedness came.

When evil tore a loving world asunder
causing slippage, painful blunder,
When “I love you” was said too late,
can anyone here imagine, even relate?

Then to start a life all over again, at 20
or 30 or 40 or even aged more,
when “I love you” was heard cracking
with the sound of the slamming door.

Cautiously, slowly, we come back to life
perhaps a new husband, or a new wife,
tenderly we open our hearts again,
and love once ripped, starts to mend.

But scars are forever, makeup cannot hide
the painful memories locked deep inside.
So in a new relationship well kept hidden
are the real “I love you’s,” safe till bidden.

So can “I love you” be said too much?
Or is there in it a healing touch?
Can three words take away the pain?
Well, I’m not sure yet, so I’ll say them again.

©KRJ
22 October 1999

Celeste
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since 2000-11-11

Posts 597

1 posted 2001-02-12 05:29 PM

I'll always believe it can take away the pain.......am glad you reposted this. Really hit home for me.

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RainbowGirl
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since 1999-07-31

Posts 3023
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2 posted 2001-02-12 05:45 PM

Try saying "I love you" without the smile reaching your eyes and you have the answer..

On the other hand to say it to deaf ears, perhaps can be one time too many...

HUGS

Marsha

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-10

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3 posted 2001-02-12 06:29 PM

Kari dear heart, can it I think not, because the one time you'll forget to say those words might be the difference between forever and never again. Can I love you be used to hurt, yes, but oh the touch of the soul, when you know it's true. As it is here, true and sure, certain and real.

Then there is praise, can you say too often that someone is 'pas exellance' I don't think so, I truly don't. And in that spirit I'm telling you that this is wonderful, and absolutely fabulous writing. I really love this utterly terrific.
Take care love as always
Puck

Take back the hope you gave,- I claim
Only a memory of the same
Robert Browning

Wilfred Yeats
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since 2000-08-04

Posts 2704
Wilmington, Delaware

4 posted 2001-02-13 12:40 PM

Men who feel inadequate -
are told
"It's not the size of the wand
but the talent of the magician"
To answer the question here
I might paraphrase the above:
It's not the words
but how they're said.

This is most beautifully expressed
thank you

Cerenity
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since 2000-02-16

Posts 2637
Escondido-California

5 posted 2001-02-14 12:05 PM

Hi Sunshine,

Wow, I love your poetry, it's thought provoking and full of wisdom, I really enjoyed this one, thank you.

Love, Cerenity

"God doesn't have to be reminded that we exist.
We have to be reminded that He exist!"

(Writer Unknown)

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