The Constant Within Change

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Just A Woman
Senior Member

since 2001-03-10

Posts 507

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.

SEA

Moderator

Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

1 posted 2001-03-16 09:05 AM

wow........I like this so much.....very well done!

SEA

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

2 posted 2001-03-16 09:09 AM

"but for that quiet center..."

excellent...

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

3 posted 2001-03-16 09:22 AM

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

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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bslicker

Member Elite

since 2000-12-04

Posts 2321
state of mind

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

Bernie Slicker

jellybeans
Member Elite

since 2000-10-13

Posts 2298

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.....

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

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
Senior Member

since 2001-02-04

Posts 1785

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.

Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

8 posted 2001-03-16 01:01 PM

and she's never really changed. . .

wonderful. . .

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