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Abigaile
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since 2001-10-21
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San Mateo, CA

0 posted 2001-11-08 11:39 AM


He is gone
yet I stand.
I don't need him
to warm my bed.
He is missing
but not missed.
I can go on
and thrive without him.
I shed no tears.
No man deserves them.
Nor is he worthy
of regret
or second thoughts.
I am strong
in spirit and soul.
Someday he'll realize
what he has lost,
but he will never get it back.
For he will be replaced
by someone superior
who will be my equal.
Or I will be alone,
a pillar
of femininity
not needing
a foundation
on which to stand tall.

"I am nae poet, in a sense;
But just a rhymer like by chance..."
-Robert Burns

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The Lady of Shallot
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since 2001-10-03
Posts 818
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1 posted 2001-11-08 02:36 PM


Abigaile, I love the spirit of this, the strength. Now you just get yourself going and write another!!!!

-befriend yourself and you will never be alone-

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2 posted 2001-11-08 02:47 PM


Abigaile~
I really like the strength in this piece~

'I am strong
in spirit and soul.'


'a pillar
of femininity
not needing
a foundation
on which to stand tall.'


Ahhhhhhh, WOMAN IS the foundation !
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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wornways
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since 2001-10-18
Posts 204
CA, USA
3 posted 2001-11-08 04:01 PM


what building can stand without a foundation? without a pillar? is a building anywhere held up by a single pillar? no, but by many. what then could this represent? community? or in this case, isolation and lack thereof. our greatest strength may be in community, and a growing relationship with god, who happens to be, by the way, the foundation up which to set your pillar.
Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113
Canada eh.
4 posted 2001-11-08 04:06 PM


Abigaile, I shall just say... thank you, this is beautiful!  
~hugs, Nancy~

~I've loved you forever, in lifetimes before.~

EagleOne
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since 2000-03-07
Posts 2829
Between a laugh and a tear...
5 posted 2001-11-09 04:47 AM


This oozes strength

"Let me pierce the realm of glamour
So I know just what I am." ~ Van Morrison


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