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daddy was a runaway
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia 
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Daddy was a runaway, the bottle was his home. No one understood him... but too late, maybe me. And we were more alike than not, though he was 6 foot two and I’m barely 5 foot three, we both fought restraints placed upon our personality. He ran away from home, from the anger and daily misery; and so did I at age of five, for I wanted to feel more alive than others allowed me to be. Daddy was a runaway, the bottle was his home. No one understood him... but too late, maybe me. And still sometimes I run from the reality of human hostility; and some days I just run from everything and everyone, even me.... Daddy was a runaway, the bottle was his home. No one understood him... but too late, maybe me. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Yes...yes yes yes.... it goes back that way... genes speak.... and I am sending  |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
thanking you for the hug and as I sit here...after all these years, I still cry sometimes over what coulda or shoulda been but never was we would have argued endlessly over all kinds of issues, race, politics and all of life and still, he would have been...daddy  |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Oh, Kacy.... we need to do some sharing.... very soon. |
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ctowen Member Elite
since 2001-10-18
Posts 2286Green Mountains of VT |
its not always the run but the direction we seem to find ourselves going .... ...... and how someone may believe in us. you are easy to believe in * S |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
yes, Karilea...before time passes all the markers we seek Craig, hugs to you, for your heart's reply |
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JesusChristPose Senior Member
since 2005-06-21
Posts 777Pittsburgh, Pa |
You are not alone... your heart is left open on the table with these words. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
thank you for that, dear JCP |
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SoundWaves Member
since 2005-06-22
Posts 113Center Stage |
Hugs, untill the last tear dries. The spotlight can only get brighter. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
oh Kacy...what a heart-breaking write this is hugs for you, lots |
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angel_2401 Member
since 2001-06-12
Posts 131Cincinnati, OH |
This is a strong and powerful write. I admire you for writing it  *hugs*Kristin |
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Saunni Senior Member
since 2000-07-11
Posts 1777West Virginia |
I understand this more then you know. What a powerful write, Girl! Sauni:) |
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kaile
since 2000-02-06
Posts 5146singapore |
quote: so much power and intensity in these simple lines it must have been a hard poem to write, trying to give reason to your dad's outwardly irresponsible and unfathomable behaviour by suggesting some similarites both of you share. Lesser poems would have focussed on inflicted hurts. i'm touched by the compassion and magnanimity in this piece. this is a  |
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kaile
since 2000-02-06
Posts 5146singapore |
erm, in my earnestness to locate Sunshine's smilie, i forgot to click the "add thread to library". oops  |
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Greeneyes 
since 2000-09-09
Posts 9903In Your Poetic Mind |
heart hugs....sigh, I hope writing about it helps you heal.... I keep a fragrance bottle my |
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Larry C
since 2001-09-10
Posts 10286United States |
No smarty remarks here. Just tugs on my heart that I can't resist. And lots of hugs, 'cause I can and would. Peace my friend. Likely my most favorite that you've ever written. How glad I am that I found it. If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Oh my, Larry, but this one tugs mine too. I had forgotten I even posted it, for it's been a work in progress for song lyrics for over twenty years. And still, it isn't really what I want it to be. But thank you for being here with me tonight. It's pouring down rain, and I've spent a good part of this day crying. so it feels good to have your warm heart speak to me, even if it's just in cyberbeat. |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
OH I think we are related. Much understood, you have (actually you do) no idea. This reads like a song you know? You must play the guitar, I know you do. For some odd reason, I hear Johnny Cash singing it. ~~~ (I swear I didn't even read the reply until I came back here about the lyrics. See? EEEEERIEEEEE . . .) |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
lol well, maybe roseann's ex anyway crowley could do it... and yes, the guitar chords are down on paper for part of this and many years back, when I first wrote that ~daddy was a runaway~ there was a young man I knew who sang it true, as he knew the ins and outs of the storyline (on his own terms) but he was way too dangerous to be around so I ran away |
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dgvarner Member Elite
since 2000-05-13
Posts 3552High Springs, Florida |
Feeling this..those first two lines.. wow, this one.. hugs, g "We of the craft are all crazy...all are more or less touched." Lord Byron |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
hugs are always welcome! thanks for yours |
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