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Procrastinating Truths (Outline For A "Dear John" Letter)
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Procrastinating Truths (Outline For A "Dear John" Letter) |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL 
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For those of you who know...this was hard to write, and what I feel will one day also need to be written in addition to this, will be excrutiating, but I have promised myself to never again let things go unsaid in situations like this. So far, keeping this promise has proved more positive than remaining silent. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ and I cannot say a proper goodbye to you. I know that there are words hiding around the corner poking their head out during the moments when I can't give them my undivided concentration. One day I will be able to apologize with all the flair a poet can and maybe just maybe the words with all my truths and yours won't hurt our hearts anymore than we already have. Will there be enough paper to document years of pain? Will there be enough words to wrap around and use as an explanation for all the moments we failed and for all the moments we triumphed? We loved with a desperation then tumbled at an alarming rate into a dangerously predictable category, and plunged in utter silence about the descent of love and hope. And now we are shattered mere statistics lying face down in the promises we broke to each other and to ourselves. There are things to be written about all of this that will not come just now, but when each word doesn't make my breath stagger will there be enough paper and words to describe the love the hope the loss of faith and the slow spiral to the hysteria of giving up and trying to make sure that everything has been said? There has to be simply because it has to be done if we are to survive ourselves. You could hurt me with your bare hands. You could hurt me using the sharp edge of what you say. JEWEL |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
I'll come back...when I stop staring. Your heart is in the right place. Temptress~ hugs~ |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Reminds me of the time I went through a divorce and there was so much pain that I couldn't deal with it all at once...so I had to put some of it away and break off pieces as I became able...and we're talking years...and years...James |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
it's always better to speak, than to remain silent. . . I'm learning this. . .but, I should have learned it long ago. . . powerful from you. . . your heart always shows through on the page. . .  -------------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Moonlight Romeo
since 2001-09-10
Posts 982The heart of you |
There is that time where you must face the reality. That time is hard, and comes too soon for most; but, we get through it. Thank you. Peace is the only battle worth waging. |
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Brad Majors
since 2001-04-03
Posts 2647Georgia |
Sometimes unfortaunately this all is nessary. Very well done! |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
I'm still breathing a long winded sigh over this...just know it's left a lasting impression. I have to believe that when our hearts are in the right place, it is there where we are able to draw on our inner peace and surround ourselves with the person we've become..... despite our shortcomings. After all, that's the only person we really have to answer to in the first place. Thank you for this heart speak Jennifer~ |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
Some wounds never heal. The depth of your work, shared here in this open forum, reflects the power of this community of poets. I wish you well. |
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