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Lady In White

Member Elite

since 2001-02-12

Posts 2799
USA

0 posted 2001-03-07 10:42 AM

Say Goodbye

I know
It is difficult
To accept

But show
Me
The pride
That is
You

Accept with
Civility
That
I cannot
Stay

That what
Was,
Is no longer

That our
could-have-beens
Were, once

But the
Differences
Of us

Became
Indifferent

You want
Your way
And tell me to
Go your way
[You don’t ask]
While
Not acknowledging
My way
At all

Lopsided
I am not
Neither are you

But you are
Leaning too far
Your way

And even though
I have stretched
Out my hand
To pull you
Back to center

You topple onto
Me, crushing
My gifts

And in trying
To get us both
Back to center

I apparently
Have lost
The lift
I once gave you

So while I feel
Like a ship
Without ballast

Perhaps as a
Single raft
I can float it
Alone

And I can only
Hope that someday
You will find
The anchor you need

For the wind
Has blown ~
I wish you fair
Weather ~
The sail is set ~
The sunset
Is my destiny

write with grace, all others lose face;
"Jo was very tall, thin, ... and reminded one of a colt..." LMA

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

1 posted 2001-03-07 10:53 AM

I'm reading lots of life lessons here today, so many soul ties breaking...sad, but sometimes necessary. Good write!

Martie

Moderator

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

2 posted 2001-03-07 11:00 AM

Lady--It is true that sometimes we must say goodbye, in order to follow the path that takes us to our own sunset. I wish you God's speed...you are the captain of the ship.

bslicker

Member Elite

since 2000-12-04

Posts 2321
state of mind

3 posted 2001-03-07 11:04 AM

With your writing I feel that I know you.
Your words bring thoughts of another.
Adding your writes to my library.

Bernie

Bernie Slicker
(aka also: justsomeofme)

Wilfred Yeats
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since 2000-08-04

Posts 2704
Wilmington, Delaware

4 posted 2001-03-07 11:14 AM

Keep your rudder in the water - your hand on the tiller - I wish you godspeed - My prayers are with you. Whatever you find in that sunset I fervently pray includes a returned love you so richly deserve

JLR
Senior Member

since 2001-02-04

Posts 1785

5 posted 2001-03-07 11:45 AM

That our
could-have-beens
Were, once

I love this thought and the way you wrote it.

sans38
Member

since 2001-03-03

Posts 117
Westland, Michigan

6 posted 2001-03-07 12:51 PM

This poem touched my heart....I've said goodbye when my heart wanted to stay and try some more before...it's so very hard to do.

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

7 posted 2001-03-07 01:33 PM

Lady In White - you have written much here, many words with meaning and thought. I wonder why the other side never seems to see the side that we see, like what you have written.

BC

Lady In White

Member Elite

since 2001-02-12

Posts 2799
USA

8 posted 2001-03-07 01:40 PM

All of you are very kind; I will not try to respond to your comments, suffice to say that they should offer food for thought, perhaps a bit of insight on what is...and what could be...

thank you all so very much for reading.

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