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Observations Of Good Bye
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
It seems to come in cycles when The ego bruised sets ink to pen In woeful calls, and tantrums meek The toys withheld, avail spurned cheek The human heart may fill with tears Yet somehow, self absorbed, appears To have forgotten why we've come The reasons that we write, each one Might I observe lest judgment put Sometimes a feast of words afoot The pout put out in staunch adieu Seems childish means to cater to Each poet here, this garden grows As every author surely knows Not every taste or tea by cup Will every offering fill up Some times are less Some times are more The pace of post one cannot score For every flavor, sift and salt The seasonings of Passions malt Don't say goodbye a price to pay Each time the lyrics didn't play Remember seasons flow as willed And will in time be yours fulfilled |
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moonbeam
since 2005-12-24
Posts 2356 |
Don't you think that most people who make a big drama out of saying goodbye are simply looking for friends to tell them: "don't go!"? And doesn't this seem a quite decorous way to say: "I am hurt, offended, insulted, please tell me how valued I am"? |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
I do indeed.  |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
I like the poema and I like the message. A |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I never say never, so I won't say I'll never say "goodbye". I do hope, however I go, I say "thank you." |
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
Quiet is nice, but sometimes the drama just can't be easily avoided. I think the stronger the bond, the more likely we are compelled to drama. And that ain't necessarily a bad thing. As to motive, it's tempting to read between the lines, but I think we all intuitively know that assumptions and generalities usually come back to bite us where and when we least want to be bitten. I can only speak from experience, but with a few divorces in my past I can assure you that goodbye isn't always a cry for validation. I think we can still care for someone (hence the drama) at the same time we need to take our leave of them. Compatibility and harmony are gifts, not guarantees. Sometimes, goodbye simply means goodbye. |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
Good bye by design, is an ending...it shouldn't be a substitute, or an ultimatum... or used to evoke validation, which was my thought. People do use it in disguise, which I find interesting in the context of writing. Sometimes, as people, we take that passive-aggressive step around the doorway. It does get confusing that way. |
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Essorant Member Elite
since 2002-08-10
Posts 4769Regina, Saskatchewan; Canada |
Why is this in the Alley? |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Some are more emotionally charged than others. That is a good thing, for they often produce works of art and beauty far more passionate than what the less emotionally charged create. If indeed, the goodbye is just a game play for sympathy, then perhaps, it shouldn't be encouraged. Somehow, that seems to be an oversimplification of the circumstances that surround poet goodbyes, which can be for hundreds of reasons, some even the poet may not be fully conscious of or understand. |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
Good point. Can be a multitude of reasons, a multitude of styles of communicating different things. Sometimes quietly, sometimes dramatic...not always the end. |
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moonbeam
since 2005-12-24
Posts 2356 |
quote: And more often than not essential, to avoid conflict and, uh, divorce.  quote: Placing that in the same sentence as "read between the lines" makes it sound as if you are saying that reading between the lines results in assumptions and generalities which result in being bitten back. Wrong on many counts imo. quote: Is the "only" defensive or modest? quote: In my experience they are rarely either. They are more usually the result of mutual hard work. |
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