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Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

0 posted 2004-07-01 10:08 AM

I have beat my fist upon the wall
of your ignorance.

Screaming for your sanity.
Screaming at your rigidity.

Thinking I alone could make you right,
whole,
sane.

A bit pretentious
on my part.

However, my intentions
were sincere.

Albeit a bit self-serving.

But I figure you owed me that.

So you are who you are
and I keep my distance.
Least the sweat of it
seeps into my skin.

Tainting me more
than your actions already did.

"cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind"
~Sarah McLachlan~

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

1 posted 2004-07-01 10:10 AM

Very KOOOOL write my friend (I step around those piles in my backyard periodically).

Well done...

jwesley

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2004-07-01 10:11 AM

ouch!
Since I often muck horse stalls and regularly muck and groom the workout arena, the title made me chuckle...but the poem did not.

sounds like a good time to shovel it all out of your barn.

1slick_lady
Member Ascendant

since 2000-12-22

Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

3 posted 2004-07-01 10:33 AM

oh how you have just written of how i feel so well !!!!

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

4 posted 2004-07-01 10:59 AM

Susan, this is a great write! Reminds me of a lawyer I once worked for!

....jo

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

5 posted 2004-07-01 11:00 AM

Thinking I alone could make you right,
whole,
sane.

A bit pretentious
on my part.

However, my intentions
were sincere.

~*~

Move away from my mirror, please...

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

6 posted 2004-07-01 11:11 AM

You certainly did do your best ~ and beyond!!! You deserve far better than what you were getting ~ which did not appear to be what dreams are made of.

Yes, now it is time for you to do your best at keeping your distance, lest he taint your skin even more!

You are beautiful, both within and without!
~ especially "without" him!

Loving hug & a high-five!

Linda

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

7 posted 2004-07-01 12:07 PM

this reminds me of someone in my life

*sigh*

Ericc
Member Elite

since 2003-01-31

Posts 4178

8 posted 2004-07-01 02:42 PM

Wow....such powerful
words!

Eric

Aenimal
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

9 posted 2004-07-01 03:07 PM

vitriol..l@ve it

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

10 posted 2004-07-01 03:18 PM

This really says it, and says it well.

Susan

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind.

Duncan
Member Ascendant

since 2001-08-07

Posts 5455

11 posted 2004-07-01 03:25 PM

"So you are who you are
and I keep my distance."

Yanno Myrtle? Some folks aren't even worth the space they'd take up on your lawn. (Let alone in your head)
Though, the thought of reincarnation as a pile, does have a certain poetic justice to it...

Gentle Spirit
Member Patricius

since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

12 posted 2004-07-01 03:28 PM

Gawd Susan, your strength amazes me,
your words have such a you go girl attitude. Very well done.

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

13 posted 2004-07-01 04:20 PM

Thank you all very much.

Your kind replies will sustain me as I leave tomorrow for vacation to the big apple!!!

NYC may never be the same!!!

"cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind"
~Sarah McLachlan~

icebox
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

14 posted 2004-07-03 09:26 AM

Very well done!

I wonder if I missed this for a reason.

I hope you get to see the fireworks when you are in the City. If I'd known you would be next door, I might have made other plans. *grin*

Goldenrose
Member Elite

since 2003-05-30

Posts 3665

15 posted 2004-07-03 10:03 AM

Well done Susan...i enjoyed..thank you..

Goldenrose.

Look for love and happiness...

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

16 posted 2004-07-03 10:07 AM

Susan, I think your quote..(signature at the bottom of your post) pretty much sums
up the feel of this. We all try, and some
walk away with shattered molars from gritting
their teeth so tight that the squeak of the
jaw can be heard far away....prior to the
blood curdling scream of frustration!!!

inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

17 posted 2004-07-03 05:04 PM

i like your writes, you don't pull punches..straight up in the face

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