The Other Man's Girl (repost for a poet pet)

How to Join	Member's Area	Private Library	Search	Sanctuary		Login
Main Forums	Discussion	Tech Talk	Mature Content	Archives	A home without a wall, Our haven without ends, A circle we all call Our Family of Friends!

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

0 posted 2001-03-18 03:14 PM

Sometimes I pray for a turn of the page
if there's a chill on the air in the room.
I hear small voices surface their rage
but I'm hoping for a peace easy mood.

Sometimes I ride on a heavenly cloud
with the taste of your lips on mine.
I don't want to be an angel myself
but you're taking up all of my time.

I know the feelings I've got them myself
and we'll have to give them up in time.
Someone hurt you and they hurt as well
but you've got to stop losing my mind.

If I'm not in love I know how it goes
and I can't deny the past can be real.
I'm not afraid for the work that we've done
and I'll wait til your faith can be healed.

Sometimes I see through your eyes and you're cold
but I'm learning how to bring you up warm.
I'm always willing to hear from your soul
because the other man left your heart torn.

I know there's times when it's so hard to see
a heart on a limb in a forest of trees
but I keep my vision, my eyes on the world
I'm just saving a place for the other man's girl.

Every night I can't breathe all alone
since I've come to stay close to your side.
The other forces we know how they go
they're as soothing as oil at the time.

Sometimes I wish for a miracle light
and I wish that you'd let me come in.
Sometimes I find that my thinking's not right
and the truth is behind me again.

But if I can revive the love that you hide
I know your heart can make it again.
I'm not beyond the bare truth in time
and if it hurts me I'll understand.

So if I'm not behind some hope in your mind
there's a chance you're second guessing my best,
cause I'm way beyond a mere compromise
someday I've got to put it to rest.

Sometimes I hope for the better or worse
somehow I'd like it if there was a plan.
but I'm still willing to wait out the curse
because I'm nothing like the other man.

Sometimes I feel that the caution's untrue
sometimes I figure that I should rush in.
But I know it's a game I could lose
because I'm nothing like the other man.

I know at times it's so hard to see
a heart on a limb in a forest of trees
but I keep my vision, my eyes on the world
I'm just saving a place for the other man's girl.

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

JLR
Senior Member

since 2001-02-04

Posts 1785

1 posted 2001-03-18 03:27 PM

Anothers baggage can be heavy...it is clear that it is with love you are trying to help ease the load. What a gentleman you must be.

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

2 posted 2001-03-18 03:27 PM

ethome--You see human situations with such understanding...and then you write with such talent..and make it seem so effortless...a true artist, you are.

OLIAS
Senior Member

since 2000-06-20

Posts 1090
Pearl city Iowa

3 posted 2001-03-18 03:29 PM

This is very good, and thought provoking on many levels for me, I cant decide the meaning of the piece, because it seems to change with each reading, this I enjoy very much, well done and thank you.
Regards,
Olias.

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

4 posted 2001-03-18 03:30 PM

Thank you JLR and Martie I appreciate you taking the time to read this and comment. It means so much to me as it does to others.......have a nice day!

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

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

5 posted 2001-03-18 03:32 PM

Olias I guess you snuck in there on me ...I thank you so much for your kind words!

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

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

6 posted 2001-03-18 03:33 PM

Just this morning as my thoughts wandered
I hoped for an Ethome poem for me to ponder
and even tho wrote for some other one
know that there are smiles plenty from this Sun....

Janet Marie
Member Laureate

since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

7 posted 2001-03-18 03:34 PM

Sometimes I pray for a turn of the page
if there's a chill on the air in the room.
I hear small voices surface their rage
but I'm hoping for a peace easy mood.
=======================
I don't want to be an angel myself
but you're taking up all of my time.

I know the feelings I've got them myself
and we'll have to give them up in time.
Someone hurt you and they hurt as well
but you've got to stop losing my mind.
====================
Sometimes I see through your eyes and you're cold
but I'm learning how to bring you up warm.
=========================
Sometimes I wish for a miracle light
and I wish that you'd let me come in.
Sometimes I find that my thinking's not right
and the truth is behind me again.
========================
I'm not beyond the bare truth in time
and if it hurts me I'll understand.

So if I'm not behind some hope in your mind
there's a chance you're second guessing my best,
cause I'm way beyond a mere compromise
someday I've got to put it to rest.
======================
Sometimes I feel that the caution's untrue
sometimes I figure that I should rush in.
But I know it's a game I could lose
because I'm nothing like the other man.

I know at times it's so hard to see
a heart on a limb in a forest of trees
but I keep my vision, my eyes on the world
I'm just saving a place for the other man's girl.
========================

THIS is CLASSIC ETHOME...
THIS is a perfect example of why I fell long and hard for your poetry upon first reads...
this and one other(you know)

are of my most favs.
The cadence, melody and harmony leave me satiated in my craving for rhyme ...
and the oh so very cool poetic phrases and the devotion of emotion make me weak kneed.
and the only thing left to say is..
OHHOWILOVEWHENYOUWRITELIKETHIS!!

way cool E-babes..

We wish ourselves beautiful,
we cry in the night.
Its not the love you fear ...
its the fall from the height.
~Edwin McCain~

DYME
Member

since 2000-07-29

Posts 104
Texas

8 posted 2001-03-18 03:37 PM

i also know what it's lie to want something that belonged to someone else. I like this poem. very real.

NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME SHALL PROSPER... ISAIAH 54:17

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

9 posted 2001-03-18 03:37 PM

Karilea you are such a ray of sunshine in this old world and sure appreciate your wonderful poems and your comments both...thanks so much!

Ah my dear poet pet you have discovered what I did and I'm so glad you did..thank you so much for spoiling me Janet I can't say enough about your own writings which are marvelous!

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

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

10 posted 2001-03-18 03:39 PM

Dyme you snuck in on me also........thanks for the wonderful thoughts and comments!

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

Paula Finn
Member Ascendant

since 2000-06-17

Posts 5546
missouri

11 posted 2001-03-19 12:43 PM

all I can say is you made me cry

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

12 posted 2001-03-19 04:15 AM

sighing in sympathetic symphony here...I did so relate...but I'm trying to reform!

A beautiful write ethome...thank you and your poet pet for the repost!

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

13 posted 2001-03-19 06:39 AM

Paula I can only hope it was a good cry and I thank you for taking the time to read this!

Celeste thanks so much for the comment and I hope you quit successfully and keep on keepin on!

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

Poet deVine

Administrator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

14 posted 2001-03-19 09:19 AM

Wow. This is incredible! I loved it right down to that last line.

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

15 posted 2001-03-19 12:48 PM

Usually, it's only the very young who have the chance to write on a heart that isn't smudged with erasures and at least a bit tattered and torn... and they have no measure to appreciate the advantages of having no baggage to deal with. *S* For me, there's no love greater than one given unselfishly... to help, to heal, to harbor... to restore belief... knowing that the ultimate gain might result in our own heart hurting. This is beautiful, ethome... written with a heart so big it's illuminated even in the deepest forest. *S*

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

16 posted 2001-03-19 04:28 PM

Thanks PDV for taking the time to read this, I'm glad you appreciated it....take care!

Thank you suthern I really know what you mean and it's one of those situations that exists with many so therefore many can relate to it. I appreciate your comments so much and you always have a little philosophy to season them with.

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

	⇧ top of page ⇧
All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format.