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Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

0 posted 2003-07-31 10:08 AM

Some days I feel full
Of anger
And frustration

For what isn’t
And what is
For nothing and everything

I have gotten good
At shutting out the world
Punishment for misbehavior

I see Monet
And wonder
If he lived in painting

I hear Bach
And surmise
that notes where family

I read Freud
And realize the irony
Of sickness in diagnosis

I want to stop
Screaming with no voice
Clawing for clarity

Stop
The rape of a heart
That used to beat
With hope for what surely would be

(7/31/03)

icebox
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

1 posted 2003-07-31 10:17 AM

We all need to hit a re-set button from time to time.

Awareness, like truth, does not really set us free.

At least you wrote a good poem!

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

2 posted 2003-07-31 10:22 AM

Thank you Icy.

SharaRose
Member Elite

since 2003-07-19

Posts 2501
Somewhere out there~

3 posted 2003-07-31 10:39 AM

For every time you claw your way to normalcy, and that's what it is...it's a trek to finding normalcy. For every try, you are getting closer. Don't ever give up, because the end results is a stronger you with a deeper appreciation for the simpler things, and the knowing you had more strength than you thought you did!! You overcame, and the prize is you know you were that person you always knew you were, and you were stronger than you ever thought possible. Loved this. This brought it all home for me. Thanks for that!!

Love,
SharaRose @-->--

Of sound, and speech let all lift the hearer!

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

4 posted 2003-07-31 10:42 AM

Shara,

Thank you so much. Everything you say is true. Just some days it's harder to see the rainbow through the rain, than other days.

Susan C.

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

5 posted 2003-07-31 10:53 AM

we can follow that yellow brick road together, you and I

hugss
M

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

6 posted 2003-07-31 10:58 AM

M,

Okay but I have dibs on the scarecrow...he's so flexable..

Thanks!

Susan C.

littlewing
Member Rara Avis

since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

7 posted 2003-07-31 11:05 AM

Susan - God, you are brilliant -
I would love to write with you someday
my pen, no match for your own
I adore your writing . . .
xxoo

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

8 posted 2003-07-31 11:10 AM

Susan, this is awesome and going into my library! hugs, Chris

"The suspense is terrible.
I hope it will last!"
-Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

9 posted 2003-07-31 11:12 AM

Sue,

Thank you so much...You give me far too much credit...it is I that feel I would be no match for your pen..

Susan C.
xxoo back at ya!

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

10 posted 2003-07-31 11:13 AM

Chris,

Thank you! I am honored!

Susan C.

Brad Majors

Member Elite

since 2001-04-03

Posts 2647
Georgia

11 posted 2003-07-31 12:16 PM

always brilliant and you have been in my library for awhile

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

12 posted 2003-07-31 01:22 PM

Thank you Dan!

Susan

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