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Maybe the Phone Will Ring

She sits alone The day is gray Her eyes are dull, with light extinguished Maybe the phone will ring Where are they now? The ones she cradled? The young and able? Telemarketers are now her friends Maybe the phone will ring She sits alone, the used and old No one who cares, of stories told A cat struts in the room Here kitty, kitty...won't you play with me? There was a time she felt alive She served a purpose, filled a need Photographs her company The days are much too long Maybe the phone will ring

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 4/1/2009 3:49:00 AM
hey Carrie, great to be reading your poems again. I've been busy for quite sometime and now it's my summer break I've been trying to write again. I got sad reading this poem. so much reality and sadness when people leave. ~ Andrea Bianca Reyes
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Date: 3/30/2009 7:46:00 AM
Hi Carrie, truthful and piercing words... it happens to so many.... most of us know where all the lonely people come from....
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Date: 3/29/2009 5:54:00 PM
Oh and by the way just from your poetry I can tell you m'lady were and ARE a handful. loveudo, Laurie
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Date: 3/29/2009 5:52:00 PM
Depressing with a capital "D". I don't wanna get old,,okay older. Okay Carrie, new business venture, you and I will start a string of swinging senior retirement homes but first you need to win the lottery there and I'll win it here so no one will have to pay. They could teach cooking and sewing and knitting and woodworking for kids that never had anyone sit long enough to play with them. Tell stories for history lessons and judge endless rounds of who makes the bigger splash at the pool.
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Date: 3/29/2009 8:52:00 AM
A poem written with a great understanding of the human heart Carrie.Rgds Brian & thanks for your welcome comments.
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Date: 3/29/2009 8:04:00 AM
Hi Carrie Awe, I think we have all felt this before or at least know of someone who has. A emotional true to the heart poem hun, truly enjoyed. Love Light Truth Patricia
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Date: 3/29/2009 6:46:00 AM
Even sadder when you can no longer live in your own home, with your kitties. I volunteer for senior citizens at nursing home or assisted living, for those who have no one. No friends, family. It is not so easy for someone to meet friends there either when you are in your right mind, as most of them are not. You are a thoughtful, caring soul Carrie, to write such a poem thinking of others, so lonely. Love, Shar
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Date: 3/29/2009 3:25:00 AM
Well, this is what life is about, I'm afraid. Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone; happiness has many friends, loneliness is an orphan. The bottomline: we are only as good as our usefulness but take away that usefulness and we are all passe, friends, kins and even our own children will leave us. So we just have to enjoy it while we can for life is transient and everything fades.
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Date: 3/29/2009 1:50:00 AM
This is heartbreaking, and so real for so many. :( VERY sad. children and the elderly brea my heart daily - and anaimals, the helpless...love, Kristin
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Date: 3/28/2009 5:46:00 PM
This is so sad, Carrie. For many elderly people, their pets are their only real friends. Very moving. Love, Carolyn
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Date: 3/28/2009 5:40:00 PM
Carrie, quite a vivid, heart-tearing poem, very nicely done! Jim
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Date: 3/28/2009 5:18:00 PM
This is good writing and the subject is apt. So many older people who are lonely. I wrote one like this years ago. You made me want to search for it. Thanks for reading and commenting. Love, Joyce
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Date: 3/28/2009 4:25:00 PM
I am glad you are well. I hope she gets to smile soon.
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Date: 3/28/2009 3:49:00 PM
This is a killer of the heart...the ending is so sad..she waits by the phone hoping for a ring..how lonely is that?..you painted this well. Thanks for the love today my dear friend..hope you are well.
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Date: 3/28/2009 2:40:00 PM
Carrie, I would happily ring your phone! Of my regrets, one was waiting for some guy to call, afraid to leave because I might miss him. Bummer! Live and learn! thank you for commenting on my "Glasses" poem.
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