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Subject: Unstable

Author:
Janel

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Date Posted: 12:55:44 11/22/07 Thu
Author Host/IP: 71.164.81.192

Unstable

I am a chair
with one leg
shorter than the rest,
I wobble
back and forth
and I tip back
quite easily;
I am unstable.

I am a tree,
toppled over
by the wind,
leaning on
the neighbor trees,
ready to fall
at any given moment;
I am unstable.

I am a farmhouse
abandoned in a field,
my roof is gone
and my walls
lean sharply
to the right,
old and condemned;
I am unstable.

I am a branch
hanging on by a sliver,
struck by lightning,
I sway left and right,
moving with the breeze,
staring at the ground,
preparing to crash;
I am unstable.

This is how I feel,
unstable in the wind,
for my emotions
are out of order,
at any given moment
I could break down
and burst into tears,
for no reason at all.

One minute
I am smiling,
laughing and generally
feeling like myself,
but the next
I am crying,
upon my knees
in the dark.

For the moment
this is my life,
I have more downs
than I do ups,
I never know
when it will strike,
or when the tears
will break on through.

It could be late at night
or early in the morn,
I could be in the middle
of a conversation,
without warning
I may fall prey
to the darkness,
I may collapse in despair.

I am the chair
wobbling back and forth,
I am the tree
toppled over in the wind,
I am the condemned farmhouse
and I am the branch
hanging by a sliver;
I am unstable.

� jah
11-21-07

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[> Subject: Re: Unstable
Author: Eric [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 12:56:11 11/22/07 Thu Author Host/IP: 71.164.81.192 Perfection gets boring. It's only through learning to work around our imperfections that we truly learn anything, or ever truly accomplish something. Excellent piece, fair fae!! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Unstable
Author: Janel [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 21:41:51 11/24/07 Sat Author Host/IP: 4.254.83.58 So very true sweet dragon, thank you so much. (Squeezes) [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Unstable
Author: Mireille [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 13:01:55 11/22/07 Thu Author Host/IP: 71.164.81.192 I'm delighted I read this one this another time, Janel, it's a great piece you brushed here, so wise. Mireille [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Unstable

Author:
Paul
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Date Posted: 13:02:17 11/22/07 Thu
Author Host/IP: 71.164.81.192

Janel,

As pained as your writes have been, you are shining in a poetic class of your own. The vitality of your pen is awesome and you don't just speak to me you CRY OUT to me.

Did I say I was a fan? Well if I didn't kick my butt for me because I surely am a devoted fan now.

Amazing poetry,

Love and light,

Paul.

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[> [> [> Subject: Re: Unstable
Author: Janel [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 21:55:49 11/24/07 Sat Author Host/IP: 4.254.83.58 Awww that means a lot to me Paul, thank you so very much. huggs Janel [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Unstable
Author: Janel [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 21:42:32 11/24/07 Sat Author Host/IP: 4.254.83.58 Thank you for the second read Mireille, so glad you enjoyed it. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Unstable
Author: andy [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 13:02:57 11/22/07 Thu Author Host/IP: 71.164.81.192 Janel, This just blew me away. It's basic, sincere, and wise, with such a soft and knowing voice that just whispers into the soul when read. You are a very special girl! big hugs and Happy Turkey Day to my very dear friend! Love Ya, andy [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Unstable
Author: Janel [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 21:48:24 11/24/07 Sat Author Host/IP: 4.254.83.58 Andy dear, you are a true sweetheart, you always lift my heart and make me smile warmly, thank you so very much my dear friend, it means the world to me. Big Huggs, love ya too, Janel [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Unstable
Author: Daekness of Light [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 13:03:27 11/22/07 Thu Author Host/IP: 71.164.81.192 We are unstable the danger is when we forget this the pen of wisdom wrote well DSL [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Unstable
Author: Janel [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 21:49:44 11/24/07 Sat Author Host/IP: 4.254.83.58 Thank you Dsl, i much appreciate it. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Unstable

Author:
Sasha
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Date Posted: 04:19:05 11/24/07 Sat
Author Host/IP: 222.152.103.105

Quote:
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I am a chair
with one leg
shorter than the rest,
I wobble
back and forth
and I tip back
quite easily;
I am unstable.
_____________________________________________________

~ and yet, I see that same chair..not with one leg shorter than the rest

but with 3 legs the same length, strong and sturdy
not unstable, but almost whole...

You are beautiful missie-moo...
and you are worthy of all good things
I am glad that you write, and feel blessed by the pour of your ink to our pages

*love 'n' hugs*

Sash xx

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[> [> Subject: Re: Unstable
Author: Janel [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 21:53:12 11/24/07 Sat Author Host/IP: 4.254.83.58 Thank you sweet Sasha, so very much. (Huggs) Means a lot to me, truly. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]