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Ratleader

Member Rara Avis

since 2003-01-23

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0 posted 2003-08-26 01:33 PM

It Puzzles Me

It puzzles me
and men don’t
take that well.
How is it that I
hurt your hurting?

What power
transmits your
pockets of joy
to something
of me that can
only receive?

When you are
strafed by life,
why does each
round of it
penetrate me?

When you love,
by what right
do I feel it?
It puzzles me
and men don’t
take that well.

1slick_lady
Member Ascendant

since 2000-12-22

Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

1 posted 2003-08-26 01:38 PM

because...helen

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

2 posted 2003-08-26 01:57 PM

Ratleader
Well you got your answer, because. LOL enjoyed the read.

icebox
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

3 posted 2003-08-26 02:08 PM

OK, tell the truth; it isn't a puzzle. It is the feeling of being invaded by an alien creature! *grin*

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

4 posted 2003-08-26 02:10 PM

When you love,
by what right
do I feel it?
It puzzles me
and men don’t
take that well.

Yep, Ed...just because.....because ya'll love us...

Sunshine

Administrator

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

5 posted 2003-08-26 02:12 PM

LOL...Helen stole my answer. I'll just have to ditto her. And smile at Sy.

Toerag
Member Ascendant

since 1999-07-29

Posts 5622
Ala bam a

6 posted 2003-08-26 02:32 PM

Men don't take alot of things well..maybe that's why there's moms and wives?....LOL...beats the hell outta me my friend....but I know where this poem is coming from....I need a mom real bad right now though...

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

7 posted 2003-08-26 03:40 PM

I love this, my friend... you may not take being puzzled very well, but you write of it magnificently. *G* And we don't know the why... but we're glad you do, in spite of the discomfiture that gives you. *S*

Initially, I read this as a gentleman speaking to his lady... but without the first and last 3 lines, it could as easily be a mother speaking to a child... I guess that's your answer... Where there's love, there's a connection that defys the laws of physics. *S* Excellent work! *S*

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

8 posted 2003-08-26 07:57 PM

Ed...I think Suthern is right, if an answer is what you really want...but I also think, you're a very sensitive guy, and that's why!

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