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For Feelin' So Blue

Friends humor and play me
(They know I'm chra-zee)
Patsy sings blue
God I miss you

So lone-lee now
Never knew how
without you to cope
Losing false hope
that keeps me stumbling
nowhere, I hear rumbling
and mumbling of wraiths
Fading blind faith...

Need your cozy croon
Your comforting tune
Your old fashioned song
Don't seem to belong
anywhere anymore
You ache to my core

Why be so cruel
Why leave this old fool
alone with his fears
after too many years

Why leave me behind
to fumble and find
that smile in the den
that wide joyful grin
Can't look long your way
I wrench back away
to wander the tomb
of one vacant room
one made up bed
Are you really dead...

Tell me what to do
to replace my lost you
how to turn off our light
and sleep alone tonight

"Crazy": Written by Willie Nelson and performed by the late Patsy Cline


*This poem got an N/A in the contest 'Any Poem #32'

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Paul Callus

Date: 8/12/2015 9:25:00 AM

Congratulations on your fine win, Tim! A deep touching poem with a great ending. Patsy Cline is an ideal inspiration. // paul

Dr. Upma A. Sharma

Date: 8/12/2015 2:08:00 AM

Congrats on ur awesome winning write Tim!

Skat A

Date: 8/12/2015 1:56:00 AM

Tim, Congratulations on your win. **SKAT**

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 8/12/2015 1:13:00 AM

Tim, Congratulations on your wonderful win. Thank you for the support. Stop by my latest blog "BE MINDFUL WHEN YOU WRITE" if you'd like or have time. Once again, thank you. Always & Forever ~LINDA~

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 5/14/2015 7:56:00 PM

Tim, sweet win...Linda

Skat A

Date: 5/14/2015 5:29:00 PM

NICE ONW TIM, congrats on your Screwed III win. SKAT

Jan Allison

Date: 5/13/2015 9:27:00 AM

lovely heartfelt write Tim many congrats on your win:-) hugs Jan xx

Rob Carmack

Date: 5/13/2015 3:29:00 AM

Thanks Tim and congratulations.

Charlotte Puddifoot

Date: 2/5/2015 6:11:00 PM

I'm glad I picked this one to read, I love this kind of writing from you, soulful and touching, I like how you melded the personal with the song - don't be lonely, dear man!

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 2/3/2015 2:26:00 AM

There will never be another Patsy Cline. Her voice is timeless as she is now. Loved your tribute to her Tim. A classy lady who could also get down...Hugs, Connie

Kelly Deschler

Date: 2/2/2015 9:00:00 PM

A great song by Patsy Cline and her soulful words make themselves known through yours here... I like the smooth flow of this poem with the couplet rhyming. A very emotive piece, Tim. Beautifully written!... I wrote a poem similar to this titled, "Near".

Laura Breidenthal

Date: 1/29/2015 8:45:00 PM

"Why be so cruel Why leave this old fool alone with his fears after too many years"Aww...your sorrows are heard and held with warm hearts. Beautiful song! Always, Laura

Nette Onclaud

Date: 1/29/2015 2:06:00 PM

awhh, i am so moved by this sense of yearning, tim...it's like me sometimes, too... do pine but keep going... soupie you later... huggs

Carrie Richards

Date: 1/29/2015 10:34:00 AM

PS.....sometimes when I feel the need to visit that lonely place, I listen to the music score from "Broke Back Mountain",.....as sad as it is, it can satisfy that longing to feel that emotion again..... Just good not to stay there too long, but sometimes we just need to go there for awhile!

Carrie Richards

Date: 1/29/2015 10:31:00 AM

There isn't anything that hits that lonely place quite so much as a song like this.....something from Willie Nelson can always bring out the tears, and choke my throat, and squeeze my heart with all the questions we ask God. The whys are not for us to know, I suppose...but the music helps us cope, and remember. I know this is personal to you Tim.....not just a made up dramatic scene you have described. It helps to share. :)

Nette Onclaud

Date: 1/25/2015 12:32:00 PM

this is so sentimental and lyrical, tim... yes, I am taken by this.... a sparkling, nostalgic piece!.. hugs and a SOUPIE FOR YOU!

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders

Date: 1/25/2015 12:28:00 PM

You have brought me to tears more times than I can count, Tim. I'm going for the box of tissue...this is such a beautiful, heartfelt write...I read your sweet comments on my haiku. I think you would make a great dolphin...intelligent, gentle, free with an ocean to explore...sounds perfect. Big hug, Rhonda

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/24/2015 11:10:00 PM

This is a sad one, Tim. I do love that patsy Cline song that you referenced. Willie Nelson has such great ones too. Your poem is moving, like their songs. soupmail.

Monterey Sirak

Date: 1/24/2015 8:34:00 AM

This is bursting with emotion just like the amazing voice of Patsy Cline.

Shadow Hamilton

Date: 1/24/2015 6:55:00 AM

two of my fav artists Tim a lovely poem hugs 7

Charmaine Chircop

Date: 1/24/2015 6:15:00 AM

How to turn of our light and sleep alone tonight .What a sad feeling ..The verses tucked to my heart.. I wonder how many can relate to such words,and guess the answer in nowadays ,is that plenty relate,and tomorrow it could easily be me.Got me feeling so much here.A fav