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Just A Woman
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0 posted 2001-03-16 08:57 AM


Change blows so fiercely
lately
So many directions
My life

But for the quiet center
of me,
I'd be lost
or torn apart
with pieces of me scattered everywhere

Each night I slowly
self heal
Soaking away the day
Gently applying lotion to skin raw
from bitter winds
Patiently brushing out the tangles
of my hair
And I search the mirror
so that I may see

No matter where I am
No matter the ever changing background
that I see
this woman in the center of the mirror
is still me




After years of searching, I have found I am nothing more, nothing less...I am in truth Just A Woman after all.

© Copyright 2001 Just A Woman - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2001-03-16 09:05 AM


wow........I like this so much.....very well done! SEA
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2 posted 2001-03-16 09:09 AM


"but for that quiet center..."

excellent...

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3 posted 2001-03-16 09:22 AM


JustAWoman~
Ahhh ... the reflection smiles gently.
Nicely portrayed.
~*Marge*~


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4 posted 2001-03-16 09:57 AM


just remember that, you will always be you, know matter what the outside wants you to be.
and that will remain constant, even though others eyes might want to see different.
So by all means be you (or in your case, the center of you.... opps.... me.)


Bernie


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5 posted 2001-03-16 10:45 AM


oh this is precious...I think that is what is wrong with me...I lost my quiet place, I lost the center of me.....wow lady...I needed to read this.....
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6 posted 2001-03-16 11:29 AM


Just A Women,
Mirror, mirror on the wall who's the wises of them all? Enjoyed the read.

JLR
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7 posted 2001-03-16 12:43 PM


but for the quiet center
of me

I love this poem. You write from a very real place inside.

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8 posted 2001-03-16 01:01 PM


and she's never really changed. . .

wonderful. . .

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

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