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A Disconnected Connection
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A Disconnected Connection |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana 
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What wellspring exists for this arrogance? Such sense of entitlement's both unfair and unattractive Even if the beautiful people do whisper your name For you, I'm shamed. You're convinced the universe revolves Because you give permission, Believe you do no wrong And adoration is but your due Why? The same man loves us both But! I look at him with admiration You leave him feeling inadequate Is he chameleon? Am I unaware? Or do you never see past your needs To another's plead Even knowing you're all he wants I offer this poor substitute - My heart filled with love You baffle me I am your sister And we're different species |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Wow Suthern, this is good. Funny, I have a brother, used to drive me totally insane, one step shy of strangulation or some other vile act.... He thought like that too... |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Magnus: Bless you... I was so unsure about this! *S* Thank you for liking... and understanding! *S* Fortunately, I also have the world's greatest sister... so there's balance. *S* |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Really brillian poem, suthern, but I feel the sadness of it. ......hugs....jo |
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Suetang Member Ascendant
since 2001-03-07
Posts 5187Melbourne, Australia |
I know people like this but I can assure you a heart filled with love is priceless and will win every time. Take care.......Sue I am in motion |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
wow. That sense of entitlement always baffled me too, but yanno? It seems to work for some. This is just razorsharp honest observation. Brava to you lady. |
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Susan Member Ascendant
since 2004-03-27
Posts 5104walking the surreal |
Excellent. I too have seen this. Most sad and very frustrating. Susan Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind. |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
I watch my daughter-in-love and her sister "go at it" one minute and the next they are and always will be best friends. Having no siblings this baffles me to no end, but the line about what makes them think they are "entitled" I have heard up here  Nicely done - hope you also are best friends too. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
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James_A_Fraser Senior Member
since 2003-09-03
Posts 972Out Making Anticlines |
Wow ~~ just plain old-fashioned Wow! This poem hits so hard, has such a universal theme and such a clear eye for that universal relationship of family yet not family. I've had the same feeling about each of my siblings from time to time, but I'm only seeing it after shining this spotlight on it. Library? Yes! |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
My heart filled with love =============================== Dont think for a minute he doesnt see that. (and besides who else does he trust his corn and pickles to?)  ( oh I just had to) you wrote this so well the reader feels like they walked in the room during a private conversation. whats that old saying... we can choose our friends but not our family. (ykikyk) |
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jellybeans Member Elite
since 2000-10-13
Posts 2298 |
love this.....you are of the freindusspeciallis species......and we are lucky to have you |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
You're convinced the universe revolves Because you give permission, Believe you do no wrong And adoration is but your due now that's confidence! This was a gripping account worded so elequently yet, taking the reader to a place that some of us are not familiar with. Bittersweet, many hugs sent your way. |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
iliana: I keep thinking it's his loss... for it is that. *S* But we all lose. *S* Thank you very much! Suetang: It often doesn't seem that way. *S* Thank you very much, kind lady! *S* serenity: Fortunately, observations aren't considered weapons... I'd be in REAL trouble! LOL Thank you so much!!! Susan: When it's in the family, seeing is unavoidable. *S* Thank you very much!! Mysteria: My sister and I bicker... and love each other to pieces... she's one of my very best friends. *S* But my brother??? He's a stranger... and likely to stay such. Thank you!!! PS: Thank you, my friend. *S* Jamie: There is a saying that friends are family you choose for yourself... In THAT family, I've only shining jewels, making up for my family's firstborn lump of coal. *S* Thank you so much... you truly honor me!! *S* JM: Oh NO you didn't!!! LOL Curses on you... and your little corn, too!!! *G* Thank you, lady... so very much! *S* jellybeans: You dear!!! *S* I think you may be a tad unobjective... but I'll take it!!! *S* Thank you so much!! Lee: Yup... he left all the self-doubt to his sisters. *G* Thank you very much... your kind response is greatly appreciated!! |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
suthern, I was looking for your latest work and couldn't find any in #33. I hope you are doing well. I miss you. misc'e |
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