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JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

0 posted 2001-05-02 04:43 AM

Nothing More Than Friends

Sometimes a fool is not to cool
and apparently this is one of those cases.
I spent way too much time
getting to know a lovely lady
perhaps looking for love
in too many places.
Nothing happened that I can't talk about.
We are nothing more than friends.
Still I should have inquired her status
sooner of this I'm sure
before my heart desired
to know her more.
I said "By the way are you married?"
And she said "Yes indeed I am."
"Didn't you notice this ring on my finger
placed there by a very special man?"

Jameslee@May01,2001

Kit McCallum

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since 2000-04-30

Posts 14774
Ontario, Canada

1 posted 2001-05-02 05:50 AM

You've captured much beauty and sorrow in these lines James. It's so difficult to tell our minds to break free when our hearts are overcome with emotion. Very nicely written!

Best wishes,
/Kit

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

2 posted 2001-05-02 08:28 AM

very real poem....enjoyed

Kathleen Blake

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

RMW
Senior Member

since 2001-03-21

Posts 1424

3 posted 2001-05-02 09:48 AM

James....nicely put. May I make a suggestion? Read C.S. Lewis..."The Four Loves", one of which, oddly enough, is Friendship. Thanks for sharing. Bob

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

4 posted 2001-05-02 10:10 AM

Well said! Glad you thought to ask....

Sven

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since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

5 posted 2001-05-02 06:53 PM

James, you can never have too many friends. . .

liked the reality of this one. . .

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

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

6 posted 2001-05-03 07:12 AM

Thank you so much Kit, Rose, RMW, Sunshine and Sven.
RMW I will look for that book...friendships are very valuable.
Sven she's a waitress at a local restaurant and I have been talking to her for a few months and it never dawned on me to ask of her marital status until I wrote a poem while I was thinking of her titled "Wondering" and I was going to give her the poem and I realized it was romantic so I ask first if she was married...never thought about it til I realized I was starting to really admire and desire her...her response was cute....James

Tiersdin
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since 2000-11-17

Posts 2364
east coast

7 posted 2001-05-03 03:54 PM

I like this a lot! *smiles* Well done!

~Tier

Auguste

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since 2000-02-16

Posts 3953
By the sea

8 posted 2001-05-03 04:10 PM

James,

As you know, friendship between a man and woman can often be a tricky thing. "Like" must always outweigh "desire" in order for it to flourish. A very good write.

Michael

Proust-
"Love is space and time measured by the heart"

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