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Long Ago, I Trusted

People’s hearts, ah, I thought they were filled with friendship and dignity. A few well placed daggers, here and oh, yes , there! Have given me pause, to wonder...did they ever, honestly care? Or.....Are online relationships but a mystic fantasy? Filled with misplaced trust, love, that cease in ultimate misery? Oh, they weep, when death takes another away. And carry-on as good undertakers, they! Yet the sun rises each day forever and shall, for the living, And for many a day. May we honor our friends gone to final rest! But supporting the living, should be our quest. 10/15/2021

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Beryl Edmonds

Date: 10/20/2021 5:40:00 PM

Though we mourn those we’ve lost and have gone to eternal rest I agree we must do our best to support the living and make it our daily quest. Well said Pangie… Belle

Elena Eagle

Date: 10/20/2021 7:12:00 AM

Time goes by so quickly and yet we don't spend as we should living in the here and now.

Paul Callus

Date: 10/17/2021 7:24:00 AM

Your words make us stop to reflect on our own situations, Pangie. Of course we feel the loss of beloved ones, and yet, for those who are left to mourn life must go on. ~Regards // paul

Panagiota Romios
Date: 10/17/2021 8:31:00 AM

Honored by your visit. The departed live on in our hearts. And let’s not forget each other. A hug, an email a comment, can brighten another’s day. Just as you just have done for me. Thank you, Paul. Pangie

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 10/17/2021 5:31:00 AM

Yes, the not give more weight to the dead, for the living need you. That is why I haven’t turned my house into a mausoleum after Mom died. I honor her but must love the living. God bless you, dear lady!

Panagiota Romios
Date: 10/17/2021 8:35:00 AM

What a fabulous response Kim. Nobody needs a mausoleum. We need to give and to receive. Those around us need hugs, praise, Especially in these times. We shall overcome. Thank you...Pangie

Quoth Theraven

Date: 10/16/2021 12:18:00 PM

Panagiota, I want to know more about the daggers in your life.., “This place is a dream. Only a sleeper considers it real. Then death comes like dawn, and you wake up laughing at what you thought was your grief.” -Rumi

Panagiota Romios
Date: 10/17/2021 8:41:00 AM

You make me laugh, Richard. These dagger people are vicious.they know who they are. You need not know. Life goes on, no matter what, A moving and applicable quote, sweet friend. Thank you Pangie

Gershon Wolf

Date: 10/15/2021 11:28:00 AM

The last couplet is the hard truth --- hard 'cos it's much easier to weep than to pitch in and help. Great point, Pangie! Happy Friday, Gershon

Panagiota Romios
Date: 10/17/2021 8:45:00 AM

Wow, I didn’t realize the power of that. We are here, then...we are gone. We cannot comfort the dead, but living humans, like live flowers, need sun, love and nourishment. Thank you. Pangie

Joe Dimino

Date: 10/15/2021 11:25:00 AM

"May we honor our friends gone to final rest! But supporting the living, should be our quest." -- For sure; we must not sell short any friendship, those yet with us, or those on a slight hiatus, till we meet again in a far more simpatico place.

Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 10/15/2021 11:17:00 AM

Hello Panagiota, that is right Panagiota, you have to be yourself and no one else but who you are. Because that is who you are. Hugs.

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 10/17/2021 11:04:00 AM

Hello Panagiota, yes that is right. We must praise others. Your welcome . Hugs.

Panagiota Romios
Date: 10/17/2021 8:48:00 AM

Good comment Darlene! Sometimes we have to stop thinking we are so hot.,,and praise others, Thank you, Pangie

Lisa Ricci

Date: 10/15/2021 9:57:00 AM

Hello pangie - You have described the cycle of life of trusting first and then remembering what matters while we are living making that our quest. Have a beautiful afternoon and night - Thank you for sharing. Keep enjoying poetry and poetrysoup.

Panagiota Romios
Date: 10/15/2021 10:09:00 AM

Love, love your comment. I had to take some time away. Sheer exhaustion. I have plenty to post, but there is a thing called LIFE?? I no longer live IN the soup as I once did.I have been here almost three years. Daily.it finally caught up with me.I appreciate the space here to be who I am, not the person, others want me to be. Thank you, dear Lisa! Pangie