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catalinamoon

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-03

Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone

0 posted 2003-03-26 04:54 PM

Just a little attempt to lighten the day

I never thought I would become
more than an innocent young girl
somehow through time it's possible
enough to make my grey hair curl.

I glance in a store window now
and see a stranger walking by
in shock I see I know her well
though clearly the window does lie.

How dare time treat me so unkind
and many friends I have as well
What did we do so very wrong
to land us in middle aged hell?

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2003-03-26 04:57 PM

Hey cat! Where's our park bench?
Don't we need to be doing something
to lighten our mood [and our hair?]

I did get a chuckle out of this!
Thank you little one!

inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

2 posted 2003-03-26 05:00 PM

nope, nope, nope,
sorry, wont bite.........

i for one, sister have just begun,48, and counting down.........never felt more alive

dye the grey,
pump at the gym,
find a boytoy,
live on a whim

good poem tho, for women feeling old

youre too cute for that............look at your picture,

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

3 posted 2003-03-26 05:00 PM

ROFLMAO... I love this!!!

I've finally grown accustomed to my reflection... or else I've learned to avoid it... either way, it's better than the shock of "who IS that?" LOL

MARK V SHELDON
Member Elite

since 2001-06-21

Posts 3015
In a corporeal internship...

4 posted 2003-03-26 05:39 PM

Hey Sandra! Very good to read you again! As for the topic here... I've felt that way for most of my life (& I'm not even there yet!) I guess it's the weight of being an "old soul" coupled with idealism that's been alchemizing into ordealism... Hope you have a smile today:

-MVS

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

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

5 posted 2003-03-26 06:03 PM

Enjoyed this, Sandra...and can relate somewhat...but still see the girl in your woman..as I do my own.

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

6 posted 2003-03-26 06:05 PM

Middle age is better than the alternative.
And of course life is what we make it to a certain extent...we do have some control...James

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

7 posted 2003-03-26 06:09 PM

Sandra - you are beautiful and ageless, just like your poetry. Me? Awww heck, I don't wanna grow up nevermind old. I wouldn't be able to play "bump" with my grandson's Hotwheels as I do now. lol. hugs, Chris

"Hope" is the thing with feathers-
that perches in the soul....

-Emily Dickinson

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

8 posted 2003-03-26 06:10 PM

Mirrors lie, so I avoid them!

But your reflection sometimes only reveals to you the outward elements of time, rather than the inner beauty, style and grace the rest of us see.

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

9 posted 2003-03-26 06:14 PM

Beauty comes from within Sandra..
There are times I catch a glimpse of a stranger in the mirror..
she ain't too bad for an old broad!
Thanks for the smiles today!
~Hugs, Nancy~

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

catalinamoon

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-03

Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone

10 posted 2003-03-26 06:47 PM

Thanks, I love you guys.
Sandra

Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

11 posted 2003-03-26 07:36 PM

Middle Age?
You've stiil got a lot of miles ahead
And besides, you are beautiful
Liz

SmartChick
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-09-23

Posts 7081
On A Journey To The Unknown

12 posted 2003-03-26 08:44 PM

I know what you mean.

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

13 posted 2003-03-26 09:07 PM

(big hugggsssssssss) Oh Sandra, this is so very heartfelt, sweet friend, my heart goes out to you, everyone out there is a stranger to you but one will certainly step from out of the shadows and show you a piece of heaven through the shades of red! (sigh) I send many hugs your way, dearest friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Sandra, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

14 posted 2003-03-26 09:24 PM

enjoy your read

littlewing
Member Rara Avis

since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

15 posted 2003-03-26 09:27 PM

catalina:

How dare time treat me so unkind

I too, feel this with you . . . xxoo

Cerenity
Member Elite

since 2000-02-16

Posts 2637
Escondido-California

16 posted 2003-03-26 10:48 PM

Hey Cat,

So nice to see you, and enjoyed the poetry. I bet a walk among the palm tree's on sandy shores would feel so awesome, I have never looked at the beach in the same way since you came in to my life, never really liked them before, but now when I need a special place and feeling of friendship it's you that come's to mind and the sand and tree's in my heart. The girl's ask about you all of the time, They think you were (cool) is that a forty something word or what! You will always be in my heart Cat no matter distance or time.

Love Cerenity

"God doesn't have to be reminded that we exist.
We have to be reminded that He exist!"

(Writer Unknown)

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

17 posted 2003-03-26 10:56 PM

Sandra, "Women of a Certain Age"---may have gray hairs--but they have usually earned every strand of it!

Warm hugs for a young heart...
Linda

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

18 posted 2003-03-26 11:06 PM

catalinamoon - but the middle part of life can be so great and alive...

BC

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

19 posted 2003-03-27 12:18 PM

Yep...liked what Martie said...and everyone else. Great little write. TD

Charisma

Member Ascendant

since 2000-09-30

Posts 5906
lost in blue pages

20 posted 2003-03-27 02:41 AM

Mirrors??......oh I banned them out my life......

Enjoyed your thoughts very much, ha think I can relate on it like many others

((hugs))
Charisma

ctowen
Member Elite

since 2001-10-18

Posts 2286
Green Mountains of VT

21 posted 2003-03-27 07:25 AM

Well, I guess you didn't see how you reflect upon so many others ......
  in your moonlight,
  even tonight
  your radiance,
  like stars that prance
  a loving sight,
  not circumstance

  windows of sight,
  your eyes so bright
  and lips which dance
  these words of chants
  of heartache's plight
  and Love's lost chance ...

  in these shades white
  reflections glance

          many smiles my friend  *S*

morefiah
Member

since 2003-03-26

Posts 150
Spanish Town, Jamaica

22 posted 2003-03-27 09:18 AM

Take this from a guy.... "Women of a certain age" are the nicest ones (apologies to all the younger women are in order here I guess) Truth is: The nubile feminine body is only temporary; A woman's true beauty (Inner and outer) is only revealed with the passage of time.... yeah, yeah, yeah.. I know that is just an opinion, but look at you... I hope I age as gracefully as you obviously do... Nice poem tho... As Oliver Twist said "may I have some more?"

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

23 posted 2003-03-27 09:38 AM

I love your poetry and this one made me smile ..... who is totally immune to such thoughts? But then ... it's how it is, the circle of life completes itself. No blooming rose can return to be a bud ....before having completed its own path ...
Smile to the mirrored image and you'll be able to see beauty always!
Love, Margherita

Sudhir Iyer
Member Ascendant

since 2000-04-26

Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

24 posted 2003-03-27 09:50 AM

thanks

regards,
sudhir

NewEnglandlazurlu
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-01-04

Posts 7470
A Mountain Paradise

25 posted 2003-03-27 10:16 AM

I don't know what many of us did, but you are not alone. I am with you and we've got to get rid of that darn mirror!

Hugs, Marti

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts. A.Einstein

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

26 posted 2003-03-27 10:32 AM

Hey Sandra, the full length mirrors are the
ones I hate.....because I would love to
have the figure I had just 10 years ago.
My Love keeps telling me I'm not fat, but I
just tell him that I'm glad love is blind. LOL

Now, there can always be something done about the gray, though. HeeHee!!

I like this poem. It's cute.

Heart Hugs,
Ethel

[This message has been edited by garysgirl (03-27-2003 10:33 AM).]

Sunnyone
Member Ascendant

since 2000-07-06

Posts 5334
Staffordshire, England

27 posted 2003-03-28 03:38 AM

Oh yeah, lil sis!!! This is so very true, and done with humour, too!! As you can see by the replies, there are many of us who identify with your thoughts here...a very impressive write!!!!

Accept these small gifts from my gypsy heart ~~S~~

Suetang
Member Ascendant

since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

28 posted 2003-03-28 04:03 AM

Hello Sandra

When I look at your picture I see a beautiful young woman with the kindest of hearts. I have just turned 40 and although I have quite a few grey hairs now I feel more in control of my life than ever and I relish the challenge to tackle my forties!!

Here is a little something for you, my friend.

"Keep love in your heart
A life without it
is like a sunless garden when
the flowers are dead.
The consciousness of loving
and being loved brings
a warmth and richness to life
that nothing else can bring."

I hope all is well with you and it is so nice to see you again.

Take care.......Sue

I am in motion
I am blue
Love is an ocean
I'm anchored in you
- Shawn Mullins

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