Open Poetry #12 |
Unspoken Words |
SEA
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
Carefully, she bit back words That she knew she simply could not say And she choked on their venom Understanding the pain they could inflict Felt their power to destroy And willed them to stop At the tip of her tongue ~SEA~ [This message has been edited by SEA (edited 01-19-2001).] |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
smart girl! though sometimes hard to do.... always the wise thing .... you said it well here... |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
don't choke.... |
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Frankie Member
since 2001-01-10
Posts 57 |
SEA - Good girl!!!!!!!!! Its better to choke on the words you hold back rather than try to take them back later. Frankie |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Oh how words can hurt sometimes. I once did a childrens sermon on exactly this. I had one of the children squeeze out an entire tube of toothpaste into a tin pie plate and then asked two other children to put it back in the tube with a spoon and a knife. Wehn they were unable to, I said that is what happens when words slip out of our mouth. When we say things that hurt other people, it's too late to put them back. Great poem !! |
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Poeminister Senior Member
since 2000-02-26
Posts 1862Regina SK; Canada |
Well said. I know this feeling muchly. Enjoyed the read. Poeminister |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
SEA~ What a gem of wisdom here, sweet gal. *Hugs* ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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SEA
Moderator
Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
Doreen~ very hard for me to do but I do when I have to thank you Sunshine~ lol not my favorite thing to do...... Frankie~yes........but very hard.........thank you Hoot~ I have never heard anyone put it that way........I'll have to use that with my kids.......I love it thank you PM~ thank you Marge~ thank you........it's about time I kept my mouth shut LOL -SEA |
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laryalee Member
since 2000-06-19
Posts 352Alberta, Canada |
SEA, this so starkly real - so well-phrased....and so very wise! Lary |
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cathybohannan Member
since 2000-07-31
Posts 140Paintsville,KY |
Sea,a wonderful choice of words. Cathy Marie Bohannan |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Yeah...know a few people who need to pratice this very thing Sea. jwesley |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
SEA, Sometimes the silence says it all for us. I know it isn't easy to keep quiet though! Nice writing. LW Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats |
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