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Self Centered ;)

Ahhhhhhhh, to be full to have no empty place……reside Full of the merely physical or of the roaring tide. Ahhhhhhh, to be full of wonder, potential growth..inside Full as sunlight on the moon in mystery abide. Full of man, as women born and man encased …………beside. Bereft of longing…just FULL my own love of I.

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Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen

Date: 8/13/2009 1:43:00 PM

Deborah, I like this poem a lot. Sometimes it is hard for people to love themselves. But we all shoud do so. It's even in the Bible! "...Love thy neighbour as THYSELF!!!" Too many people fall short of the thyself part and live unhappy lives. We are supposed to be HAPPY! This poem has great wisdom in every line! Love, DAS-J

Veronica Joseph

Date: 8/12/2009 12:51:00 PM

this sounds like you are settling for lonliness and regretting things past (to be full of wonder, potential growth inside ) things you can't feel anymore. Its sad to me.

Yoni Dvorkis

Date: 8/12/2009 10:34:00 AM

I'm with you on this. nothing quite like a belly full of love and self respect. Third stanza threw me off a bit. "Full of man, as women born and man encased beside." If I had to guess it sounds a bit neofeminist, woman in the center man encased beside her. Otherwise this seems as refreshing as an ice cold soda which, due to years and years of heavy marketing from Coca Cola ads I now associate the word ahhhh with soda...in fact I think the poem made me thirsty:)

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 8/12/2009 5:21:00 AM

Maybe not so self centered as we must love ourself before we can truly love another Deborah. Love, Carol

Matthew Anish

Date: 8/11/2009 4:57:00 PM

Very clever work! Keep it up! Matthew Anish