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1slick_lady
Member Ascendant

since 2000-12-22

Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

0 posted 2002-01-04 12:56 PM

Here

there are no ghost
in this house
here
I’m not afraid
no memories
are here
no parade
in masquerade
I might
be alone
but there is
no pretend
here no promises
are broken
on myself
I can depend
and it’s not
as lonely
as you think
it might be
being alone
and lonely
is a difference
you see
you can be
lonely with another
here
I’m just alone
one is by
yourself
the other
cuts you to the bone

"I have already paid for all my future sins." Sade...(King of Sorrow)

Opeth
Senior Member

since 2001-12-13

Posts 1543
The Ravines

1 posted 2002-01-04 01:00 PM

I can understand the differences in loneliness that you portray here. Your writing makes it clear. I enjoyed reading this.

Gentle Spirit
Member Patricius

since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

2 posted 2002-01-04 01:03 PM

Indeed it is Helen. I know the feeling. It is how I felt when I wrote White Picket Fence. Deep writing. Hugs.

On the wings of words our spirits fly....and our souls are free.
~Me~

(I could have missed the pain, but I'd have had to miss the dance~Garth)

Mon Cherie

Senior Member

since 2001-10-31

Posts 922
Land of Never-ending Summers

3 posted 2002-01-04 01:10 PM

Sometimes we just need to be alone, to reflect on ourselves. But that doesn't necessarily mean we're lonely, right?

_,,,^.^,,,_
Florence

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

4 posted 2002-01-04 01:18 PM

1slick_lady - your words are true, as I know them, as you. I never thought anyone else understood one can be alone, yet live in the same house with another.

you can be
lonely with another
here
I’m just alone
one is by
yourself
the other
cuts you to the bone

Amazing words...

BC

LngJhnAg
Member Elite

since 1999-07-23

Posts 3508
Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion

5 posted 2002-01-04 01:51 PM

Great approach Helen. I like the conclusion. You have such a gift for clean endings.

DonFurr
Member

since 2001-01-01

Posts 172
Monticello IN

6 posted 2002-01-13 08:59 PM

May lonelyness always be only a memory

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

7 posted 2002-01-13 10:07 PM

Helen, this really touched my heart.
I've always felt alone, and I've never lived alone.
This packed a huge emotional whallop.

((((hug)))))

Kathleen--(Kay)
A true friend does not love you for who you are, but in spite of who you are." -- Caroline Tran

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

8 posted 2002-01-13 10:09 PM

Helen...a ton of truth in this poem...Yes
you certainly can be alone and have someone
there with you...

Lone Wolf
Member Ascendant

since 2000-03-16

Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA

9 posted 2002-01-13 10:38 PM

So much truth to this one Helen. There are many ways to look at being alone. Powerful write.

All writing comes
by the grace of God.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

10 posted 2002-02-20 02:27 PM

enjoys

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