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Re: Gives me a feel of what withdrawal symptoms can be like!
Hi Straightforward-thanks for your response! Yes-that sounds about right-'tho at the time I really believed-(for a short while)-I was toppling over the brink? Chris.

posted by Scramble on June 3, 2007 at 12:26 PM | link to this | reply

Gives me a feel of what withdrawal symptoms can be like!

posted by Straightforward on June 3, 2007 at 5:59 AM | link to this | reply

Re: That was very powerful...i have tears in my eyes
Thank you dark mistress--I must have hit a 'nerve' within you!? God bless-Chris.

posted by Scramble on June 3, 2007 at 5:53 AM | link to this | reply

Re: scramble
Hello Foliage--yes--somehow I never saw it as 'Anger'-(thanks for showing me that)-I was simply bewildered-confused-at the end of my tether-depressed etc.Never once saw it as anger!But-now I can! Thanks. Chris.

posted by Scramble on June 3, 2007 at 5:52 AM | link to this | reply

Re: Scramble...I am glad that this is past!
Chili--thank you so much--I too-am glad that that time has past! Thanks again.Chris.

posted by Scramble on June 3, 2007 at 5:49 AM | link to this | reply

That was very powerful...i have tears in my eyes

posted by dark_mistress on June 2, 2007 at 2:58 PM | link to this | reply

scramble
Yikes, that's one angry poem!  Thank goodness you no longer reside within that particular house. 

posted by FoliageGold on June 2, 2007 at 2:36 PM | link to this | reply

Scramble...I am glad that this is past!

posted by Chilitree on June 2, 2007 at 2:34 PM | link to this | reply

Re: chris
Hi Lustorlove-thanks for dropping in! My answere to you is I simply do not know! I've been looking back at my writings over the years with the intention of 'sorting and binning'-but I can't--it's all been such a big and-almost foreign now-part of me. Chris.

posted by Scramble on June 2, 2007 at 12:28 PM | link to this | reply

chris
how did you survive that?

posted by Lanetay on June 2, 2007 at 9:39 AM | link to this | reply

Re: drohan--thank you for your response-I appreciate it! Chris.

posted by Scramble on June 2, 2007 at 8:51 AM | link to this | reply

scramble ...painful feelings described very well

posted by drohan254 on June 2, 2007 at 7:46 AM | link to this | reply

Re: Fantastic read, Chris - it really gets into that frame of mind better than
Thank you so much Tony! I believe that I have been so very fortunate-to have my lovely little ones around me-even tho' they 'lived in' the chaos with me-they also brought me out of it-AND-more to the point-SURVIVED-and have all made 'good' lives for themselves! All credit to them! Chris.

posted by Scramble on June 2, 2007 at 6:35 AM | link to this | reply

Re: Nice and poignant poem .
Thank you afzal--I'm pleased you think so.Chris.

posted by Scramble on June 2, 2007 at 6:32 AM | link to this | reply

Re: Wow, a test indeed! Well put~
Thank you so much Ariala--there wer many occasions similar in those days! Chris.

posted by Scramble on June 2, 2007 at 6:31 AM | link to this | reply

Re: packed with truth
Many thanks OTA.I don't really class it as poetry-but-writing was always my saviour!Chris.

posted by Scramble on June 2, 2007 at 6:30 AM | link to this | reply

Fantastic read, Chris - it really gets into that frame of mind better than
anything I've ever read - plus the way in which our sense of duty and love pulls us back from that temptation to give in to weakness, Great!

posted by Antonionioni on June 2, 2007 at 6:26 AM | link to this | reply

Nice and poignant poem .

posted by afzal50 on June 2, 2007 at 5:44 AM | link to this | reply

Wow, a test indeed! Well put~

posted by Ariala on June 2, 2007 at 4:50 AM | link to this | reply

packed with truth
packed with the emotion of the day.. great piece!!

posted by Blue_feathers on June 2, 2007 at 4:13 AM | link to this | reply