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VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2001-03-16 01:48 AM

Begging
Virginia Salter

wish I weren’t so begging

wish I’d confidence in me
wish I didn’t feel it needed
to find words you had for me

for when I go looking
they are few and far between
and then I begin my thinking
and my tears fall in a stream

wish I weren’t so addicted
to encouragement of sorts
and if wishing’s what I’m doing
wish I looked real good in shorts

oh I bring my sense of humor
though it’s lame too much I know
but it gets me through the hours
when replies come in a “No.”

is there anyone else out there
so plagued as am I
when I write of Mother Theresa
I want to bury my face and hide

for the things that I admire
in the humble life she led
was her giving and her loving
not her seeking to be fed

to be a servant, to my maker
yes my God
is a wondrous endeavor
for one’s time upon this sod

so then why can I not sacrifice
just as perfectly as she
my hunger for food, attention
great importance to me

not that I need the limelight
but just to know some how I matter
and just once in a while, daily,
reinforce above the clatter

© March 15, 2001

Krawdad
Member Elite

since 2001-01-03

Posts 2597

1 posted 2001-03-16 02:27 AM

I need the strokes too, Virginia. All humans are programmed to need 'em I think, but not so well programmed for giving 'em, so there never seem to be enough to go around.

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

2 posted 2001-03-16 02:36 AM

Thanks for listening and commiserating. But, I do try to give them, I wish I had the stamina to give them to everyone who posts here. They certainly are a lot of very fine poets and people!

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

3 posted 2001-03-16 02:38 AM

E veryone needs praise and to have their self respect cultivated by others sometimes... So I'm going to give yours a shot...I always enjoy your poetry and your replies and I know that by writing this piece you are coming from the heart which is the seat of motivation.... I love the humility of your words here...

is there anyone else out there
so plagued as am I
when I write of Mother Theresa
I want to bury my face and hide

for the things that I admire
in the humble life she led
was her giving and her loving
not her seeking to be fed

to be a servant, to my maker
yes my God
is a wondrous endeavor
for one’s time upon this sod

so then why can I not sacrifice
just as perfectly as she
my hunger for food, attention
great importance to me

not that I need the limelight
but just to know some how I matter
and just once in a while, daily,
reinforce above the clatter

this humility bespeaks nice things about you Virginia...keep up the good work!!

The poet is like a cocoon; in him the caterpillar of the past finds rest, and from him the butterfly of the future emerges.

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

4 posted 2001-03-16 02:44 AM

Thanks so much, ethome! You are so tender and sweet.

Guess I'm just floundering here on my seat...
of motivation.

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

5 posted 2001-03-16 02:16 PM

Better watch those seats of motivation... they've been known to dump me on the floor a few times. *S*

If only we could get paid to feed our poetic addictions, I don't think any poem or poet would go unapplauded. *S* And I know it's no consolation when you're wanting feedback for a particular work... but I do enjoy your work and look forward to reading! *S*

JLR
Senior Member

since 2001-02-04

Posts 1785

6 posted 2001-03-16 02:24 PM

wish i didn't feel it needed
to find words you had for me...
and then I begin my thinking
and my tears fall in a stream
wish I weren't so addicted
to encouragement of sorts...

I really, really love and relate to this on so many levels!

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