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Decaflame
Senior Member

since 2001-05-11

Posts 1635

0 posted 2001-10-23 01:53 PM

It’s What You Do With It

he cursed and fumed,
fussed at life

never looking where
brightness mattered

he thought happiness
lay in his wife

so slowly, she,
he tattered

to the world
he was a gem

he knew the
game he played

but her world
he condemned

in his each and
every way

she knew of
ways out of it

don’t think that
she did not

but the pain
would need to fit

she would give back
what she got

for in his dark
he would stay

and in the bright,
she’d fly

to leave him fumble
to find his way

for her the universe
as her sky

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

1 posted 2001-10-23 02:09 PM

Ouch! Vengeance is mine, sayeth the one scorned?
Poetice justice?

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

2 posted 2001-10-23 02:23 PM

"for her the universe
as her sky"
That about says it all doesn't it? For she will never be in the dark.

Try giving your smile to someone who doesn't have one, and I bet someone will come along and give you another.
~* Mysteria *~

Professor Gloom
Member Elite

since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

3 posted 2001-10-23 02:24 PM

It's What you have to work with.

Watching
Cursing and fuming,
Fussing at life,
Totally consuming
A loving wife,

Brightness was his,
For others never is,
Confined to dimness;
Darkness.

Battered
And with time tattered,
Harried his married,
And tarnished.

Gaming
She stayed remaining
Never complaining
Her soul vanished.

She got used to pain
He was never the same
As when they first were,
He left her.

He stayed there sort of,
But never returned love,
Ignoring her always
Making sad days.

Watching them part
If only in heart
Never complaining
Her soul vanished.

Then one day
She went away
Taking off to the sky
And he didn’t know why.

Yes I’ve seen this too
As so well written by you.

Gloom

[This message has been edited by Professor Gloom (edited 10-23-2001).]

Decaflame
Senior Member

since 2001-05-11

Posts 1635

4 posted 2001-10-23 02:33 PM

Midnitesun, revenge is something she will not do...but live well, she will...

Yes Mysteria, she will never be in the dark...

Professor, as always, you have expounded, and well, indeed...a poem in and unto itself, I do hope you post this in your own right/write...please...

and thank you all...

Janet Marie
Member Laureate

since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

5 posted 2001-10-23 02:34 PM

so slowly, she,
he tattered
========================

mirror mirror on the wall ...
Decca just said it all

This distance has shown how the road remains alone
Now I'm looking in my life ... for a truth that is my own.

Decaflame
Senior Member

since 2001-05-11

Posts 1635

6 posted 2001-10-23 02:46 PM

JanetMarie, how good to see you! Now get out from behind that mirror, or quit throwing your voice, or both! Hugs...

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

7 posted 2001-10-23 04:43 PM

His loss and her gain....no question about
that....A poem worth remembering....

Rex Allen McCoy
Member Elite

since 2000-01-30

Posts 2863
Sippin a Timmy's in London

8 posted 2001-10-23 06:19 PM

I guess the only fool is one's self
Enjoyed this completely

rwood
Member Elite

since 2000-02-29

Posts 3793
Tennessee

9 posted 2001-10-24 06:51 PM

When one is happy with one's self..wings are not necessary...we can float can't we.
Great verse!!!

Sincerely,
Regina

snowpants
Member Elite

since 2000-09-16

Posts 2061
KS

10 posted 2001-10-24 07:38 PM

Superbly written, Deca...very very strong points...excellent message with a great flow...

sp

And did you know with the rain in your pockets,
you can change the weather...

Larry C

Member Patricius

since 2001-09-10

Posts 10286
United States

11 posted 2001-10-24 11:11 PM

I'm not sure, but this may be the voice of my experience. Ouch! (are there some posts missing here?)

Tracey
Member Elite

since 2001-08-29

Posts 2808
where insanity meets breeding

12 posted 2001-10-24 11:34 PM

Wow, did you write this for me? Sounds like my life, even right down to the ending and him wondering why. No point in staying with someone that makes you miserable. Glad you found your way out too. We shall both fly now

If she who dies with the most toys wins, then can I have some toy boys please?

Larry C

Member Patricius

since 2001-09-10

Posts 10286
United States

13 posted 2001-10-24 11:44 PM

Tracey,
There are more than two in flight here and it ain't all one gender. A flight of no regrets, I fear! Thanks Decaflame and well said!

Tracey
Member Elite

since 2001-08-29

Posts 2808
where insanity meets breeding

14 posted 2001-10-25 12:18 PM

Larry, maybe we should start a club then lol!!

If she who dies with the most toys wins, then can I have some toy boys please?

Larry C

Member Patricius

since 2001-09-10

Posts 10286
United States

15 posted 2001-10-25 12:20 PM

Tracey,
Sounds like we qualify. Mile High Club? No, that name is taken...

Nan

Administrator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

16 posted 2001-10-25 07:48 AM

Life's rewards don't always abound in the tangible... Well said Deca...

The Lady of Shallot
Senior Member

since 2001-10-03

Posts 818
USA

17 posted 2001-10-25 07:50 AM

well said, shame on the fella!

-befriend yourself and you will never be alone-

RSWells
Member Elite

since 2001-06-17

Posts 2533

18 posted 2001-10-25 02:31 PM

Selfish obsession can dim the light of brighter others should they stand too close to a dark vacuum where their flame requires air to breathe.

"Happy people have no history" - French Proverb

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

19 posted 2001-10-25 03:17 PM

A well placed frying pan to the noggin might be an acceptable option.

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