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Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

0 posted 2003-03-25 08:44 AM

“I want a happy ending” she said
after reading all that had been bled
onto pages that covered time
and heartaches.

“Then you write it.”
I replied with a fear that if I tried
It would twist again into the
Morass of tangled lines
That ended in a road somewhere
Between hills and prairie
Flanked by brown grass burning

I choked back acrid tears
“ I don’t think I can.”

“No’ She replied in firm
“I won’t write it, it is yours.”

I read a few lines,
Read again what had happened so far
And knew I could write something more
But not an ending of grace
For I am awkward in Life.

“It is too much of me.”
I offered at last
“I can not end it in happy”
“I do not know it yet.”

“Perhaps,” she said with a sigh
“You are a fool after all.”

[This message has been edited by Cpat Hair (03-25-2003 09:07 AM).]

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

1 posted 2003-03-25 08:56 AM

I feel as if I have seen or heard this somewhere...guess it's just me.

Just because you don't know what the happy ending is yet, doesn't make you a fool....remember learning in school what a self-fulfilling prophecy is? Stay away from unhappy endings in your head...it's not over till the fat lady sings!!!!!!

Susan

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

2 posted 2003-03-25 08:56 AM

You are fortunate in that your Muse will at least engage in a conversation with you!--Mine flits off into the ethers and pays me no mind at all!

Peace & Light,
EA

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

3 posted 2003-03-25 09:03 AM

I wish my muse would sit still long enough to get after me,
to write more..write better..LOL...just to write.
May I borrow yours for a bit?

Enjoyed the conversation..I feel as though I have been eavesdropping.
~Morning Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
dancing with you in the summer rain~

kaile

Member Ascendant

since 2000-02-06

Posts 5146
singapore

4 posted 2003-03-25 09:03 AM

Your muse is too demanding. Ditch her!

I was thinking at first that your muse doesn't quite understand~that you will recover in your own good time and write happy musings when you feel ready...then i thought about how your muse might know how compelling you is better for you, however hurtful it may seem...sometimes, we must force ourselves to move on and not wallow in misery, even when it's the last thing on earth we want to do...

thought-provoking piece..i like!

WhileIWasGone
Member

since 2002-07-18

Posts 486

5 posted 2003-03-25 09:09 AM

Capt....very well done. You are one of my favorite poets. Your work causes me to feel things I haven’t felt in a long time...and Capt you are NO fool... you are a impressive writer/poet! Great work.

H.

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

6 posted 2003-03-25 09:09 AM

quote:
For I am awkward in Life.

Yes, I am.

This...is from very deep within...
at least it would have been
had I written it...

Thank you, Cap'n

[This message has been edited by Sunshine (03-25-2003 09:09 AM).]

MARK V SHELDON
Member Elite

since 2001-06-21

Posts 3015
In a corporeal internship...

7 posted 2003-03-25 09:21 AM

An interesting dilemma... but I guess it beats writer's block, eh?

-MVS

You CAN make a difference:
http://educate-yourself.org/

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

8 posted 2003-03-25 12:13 PM

I don't want this one lost just yet...

regards2you
Member Elite

since 2002-10-01

Posts 3940
California

9 posted 2003-03-25 12:14 PM

It has been my experience of not knowing how happy I was until something really sad/bad happened.

If not happy, at least comfortable.

Guess it is different things for different people.

Another interesting write. Pat

..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons..
"Desiderata"

Poet deVine

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

10 posted 2003-03-25 12:25 PM

If you muse calls you a fool, fire her! Get a new one! For you, of all people, are not a fool.

Enjoyed this! (How many poems do we write to/about/for our muse?)

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

11 posted 2003-03-25 12:47 PM

I"m definately with you here on this one!

Duncan
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since 2001-08-07

Posts 5455

12 posted 2003-03-25 07:31 PM

'“Then you write it.”
I replied with a fear that if I tried
It would twist again into the
Morass of tangled lines
That ended in a road somewhere
Between hills and prairie
Flanked by brown grass burning'

We only know what experience and our senses tell us, everything else is at best an educated guess. I've never been a real good guesser!

WhiteRose
Member Elite

since 2002-07-23

Posts 3208
somebody's dungeon

13 posted 2003-03-25 08:04 PM

I read a few lines,
Read again what had happened so far
And knew I could write something more
But not an ending of grace
For I am awkward in Life.

For some reason these lines right here touched me ever so deeply. I know, and oh how I understand, and this really touched my soul.

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