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  • #1168308
    kapusta
    Participant

    SM, amen! thanks! Hope the “whatever” that happened over Y”T fixes itself. (Are those cookies to share btw?!)

    Good luck with finals (make that everything), y’all!

    *kapusta*

    #1168309
    MiddlePath
    Participant

    Sorry I haven’t been posting much lately, I’ve been a bit busy. Thanks, NOMTW and SaysMe. Hope finals are going well for everyone!

    blabla, Luna, ICOT, I miss your poetry.

    Hope everyone’s alright.

    #1168310
    SaysMe
    Member

    thx kapusta. yeah, it was a temporary major letdown, and i was angry at someone but more at Hashem, if i can say that without being labeled apikores. i was hurting an awful lot, but i’m ok now

    #1168311
    Think first
    Member

    Hi everyone,

    Says me- thanks for asking, yes I had a wonderful yom tov really uplifting .

    Middle path – just listened to your poem song on sound cloud and it really great you’ve got music in your blood, and I hope to get some of my songs up on the cloud soon.

    #1168312
    kapusta
    Participant

    SM-

    This isn’t really the place for a deep discussion but I think it’s ok to have questions as long as they’re answered from the right source and I put being angry in that category. Glad to hear you’re better though. 🙂

    Good Shabbos, everyone

    *kapusta*

    #1168313
    Luna Lovegood
    Participant

    Who ever said life was a piece of cake

    Was clearly making a mistake

    It is not a piece of apple pie,

    A cookie, croissant or anything nigh

    It is full of hardship, and full of pain

    Full of people who care only of personal gain

    Stand apart and follow your heart

    Through all the conflict and all the strife

    Try to live a happy and honest life

    #1168314
    SaysMe
    Member

    that was beautiful Luna, and your message should shine through to all. Keep spreading your powerful poetry and you can begin to change the world!

    Have a good shabbos and start that chain of sweetness today!

    #1168315
    MiddlePath
    Participant

    Think first, thanks so much! Looking forward to your music!

    SaysMe, thanks for keeping this thread so active :).

    Luna, lovely poem! And such a true message that we all need to hear every so often. Thanks for posting!

    kapusta, NOMTW, how are you both?

    Hope everyone has a nice shabbos.

    #1168316

    I AM SO STRESSED OUT!! I’ve been studying non stop and preparing for my thesis defense (that is tomorrow along with my neuropsych final) I am literally counting down the seconds until Wednesday night (Dunsky!) – COFFEE ROOM CELEBRATION, ANYONE??

    Anxiety

    You come so fast

    You stay so long

    I try to run

    You have long legs

    Stress

    Pools of liquid

    I imagine you to be clear

    Trailing down my veins

    Pulsing through every organ

    Tension

    The house reeks of it

    My back screams of it

    My eyes illuminated with it

    But they will leave

    They will run

    They will be trampled

    Anxiety, Stress, & Tension

    My diploma offers you your fate

    #1168317
    SaysMe
    Member

    Halfway there! Keep going! G’luck!! hope ur thesis and other final went well!

    #1168318
    MiddlePath
    Participant

    NOMTW, wishing you success in everything! You’re almost there! Like SaysMe said, I hope your thesis and neuropsych final went well! We’re all rooting for you.

    #1168319

    SaysMe-

    MiddlePath-

    Thank you both.

    =================================

    Good luck to all those who are taking finals, Regents, and all other kinds of “fun” stuff.

    #1168320
    SaysMe
    Member

    Is it wednesday night? How was NOMTW??

    #1168321

    I’M DONE!! Thank you everyone for your endless support…

    Although it’s just the first of the 3 degrees I hope to get, it still feels like a huge accomplishment and i’m so proud of myself. Talk about a confidence booster….

    Now that the stress is off & I can function properly…how’s everyone doing?

    #1168322
    MiddlePath
    Participant

    NOMTW, congrats! Great news! It is a huge accomplishment, and wishing you continued success in your future schooling. Enjoy your break! Oh, and I’m doing alright, thanks for asking. Been pretty busy the past couple days.

    Hope everyone’s doing well.

    #1168323
    MiddlePath
    Participant

    How is everyone doing? It’s pretty quiet here. kapusta, SaysMe, Think first, Luna, blabla, ICOT, NOMTW, hope you’re all doing alright.

    #1168324
    SaysMe
    Member

    congrats NOMTW!

    thanks for the shout out, MiddlePath. I was gonna post but busy busy friday and then my amazing mood turned upside down motzei shabbos with worrisome news. i’m in a quandary, unsure how to react or what to say to the bearer of news…. it can be bad if i speak up and be bad if i dont. pressure’s building so i’m just avoiding it temporarily. but yeahhhhh.

    So how is everyone! NOMTW- enjoying ur vacation?? how about the rest of our posters?

    #1168325

    Thanks MiddlePath and SaysMe (‘specially for remembering Wednesday night!) ! So far I’ve had some good sushi and watched some stupid TV. I really just want to take it easy this summer because I know graduate school will be tough. I do have a full time job, but after hours I plan to be more diligent in going to the gym and just plain relaxing, really just taking the ‘edge’ off (I’m kind’ve intense..)

    SaysMe: I’m unsure of the situation, but perhaps you can just get away with saying “I don’t know what to say, I feel badly about the situation- if you need me I’m here, but only to the point that I don’t start to feel emotionally unhealthy because of the situation…”

    (am I totally off base here….?)

    #1168326
    SaysMe
    Member

    NOMTW- yup u are :). But thanks nonetheless. Just not sure how much i wanna say yet, so starting small.

    And I’m all for taking summer easy!

    #1168327
    blabla
    Participant

    omg I’ve been insanely busy…

    I peer up at the sky,

    look at the blue crisp view,

    the beaming sun’s rays upon me,

    the fluffy white clouds framing a picture perfect seen,

    yet something doesn’t settle,

    no matter how gorgeous it is,

    I’m alone on an island,

    in the vast Atlantic Ocean,

    a beautiful relaxing island,

    magnificent views,

    lush green grass,

    yet I’m alone.

    No matter what, I’m alone on the island.

    #1168328
    Luna Lovegood
    Participant

    blabla – you are never alone. Hashem is always by your side. You also have all of your friends from the CR and the Poetry Thread:)

    #1168329
    MiddlePath
    Participant

    SaysMe, so sorry about the quandary you are in. Whatever you decide to you should yield positive results! How are things now? Hope everything smooths out.

    NOMTW, enjoy the vacation! Hope your summer schedule helps you relax and get ready for grad school.

    blabla, thanks for your beautiful poetry once again. Luna is right, you are never alone. Sometimes it may seem that way, but that’s a false reality. We’re all here for you.

    Luna, glad to see you back. Hope you’re doing well!

    #1168330
    Luna Lovegood
    Participant

    I watch the sun as it dips into the sea

    So many emotions swirling inside of me

    I feel at peace. I feel happy.

    The beauty of the ocean and the colorful hues of the sky

    Make feel as if I am flying high

    No worries, no pains

    Not a care in the world

    Nothing can bring me down

    For a moment all my fears are cured

    The ocean fills me with peace

    All my worries cease

    For a short while

    I feel tranquil

    #1168331
    MiddlePath
    Participant

    Luna, that’s so great! 🙂 I’m thrilled you’re feeling that way! May it continue!

    #1168332
    SaysMe
    Member

    soso truly glad for you who are having a great week and/or vacation! Blabla- enjoy and drink in the beautiful ‘nature’ and gorgeous surroundings. Keep that smile strong and you’ll see all your friends, new and old, come out from behind the palm trees to join you on that beach. For the really lonely moments, avraham fried has a powerful song, ”You’re Never Alone”. For all those having sunny weeks, please enjoy for me, cuz i can’t seem to find the sunshine in my week so far. Such a tough one and its barely started :(. Big, unhappy for me, change happening that i dont know how to verbally respond to, and was warned of a very unpleasant breach of trust that may happen tomorrow. No matter the intention, it hurts so deeply to have someone go behind your back when they know you dont let. I’ve got such a pit in my stomach since hearing, i just want to cry. But i am trying with all my might to heed the warning without believing it is neccesarily true- NOT easy….

    Hope your loneliness quickly disappears blabla! Luna, NOMTW- that ur sunshine continues! MP- how are you? Kapusta- how are you doing????? (ps i still wish i coulda got ur email). iCOT, Think first-hi!

    #1168333
    kapusta
    Participant

    NOMTW- congrats!!!

    MP- thanks for asking. Not the best right now but not the worst either…

    Luna- that was great! Hope it lasts. 🙂

    SM-

    Sorry to hear that things aren’t so much fun now… I hope everything settles down and gets better really soon. Sending a bunch of hugs your way. As for me, ummmmm… The optimist in me is saying better than it could be. That AF song btw is one of my faves. Sometimes it really hits the spot like nothing else can. (About the email, if you have any ideas…)

    *kapusta*

    #1168335
    MiddlePath
    Participant

    SaysMe, I’m alright, thank G-d. Thanks for asking!

    kapusta, sorry things aren’t the best for you right now, but I’m glad you can also say that they’re not the worst either. Hope good things are in store for you! We’re all thinking of you.

    #1168336

    Stop, Thief!

    He uses force, he uses stealth

    This sneaky one, he wants your wealth

    If you let him, he will alight

    Into your life, bringing blight

    What he likes to do for fun

    Is sabotage you, steal your Sun

    Leave you unhappy in its dearth

    Clear thinking he wants to banish

    Your good moods he will make vanish

    Too smart, too dumb, too this, too that

    Your friends just like you for your money

    Your folks all hate you, as does G-d*

    The thief who puts this in our head

    Takes no breaks, never goes to bed

    The yetzer hora is his name

    His success rate is our shame

    Someone important as can be

    Valuable as any of us

    Crafted by the one above us

    Fight this sneak thief, this pretender

    Get back up, never surrender

    *c”v

    #1168337
    Luna Lovegood
    Participant

    ICOT very nice poem with a great message. 🙂

    #1168338
    kapusta
    Participant

    At some point its almost funny… :-/

    MP, thanks.

    ICOT, that was a great poem. Thanks.

    *kapusta*

    #1168339
    SaysMe
    Member

    ICOT- you have talent. amazing mashal and imagery. now to work on bringing it home…… thanks for sharing!

    #1168340

    Luna Lovegood-

    kapusta-

    SaysMe-

    Thank you all for the kind words.

    While real problems (obviously) do exist, the last thing people should do is cause themselves unhappiness by being self-critical and magnifying every flaw that they imagine exists.

    As Rav Scheinberg zatzal said, “Keep smiling and keep going.”

    #1168341
    SaysMe
    Member

    sounds so simple, and yet not as easy as it sounds, if you’ve been doing it for a while.

    #1168342
    Too Cool
    Member

    ICOT, WOW!! Amazing poem, it is so true. Thank you!

    #1168343
    Too Cool
    Member

    TTTO: Ancient Wall

    I have an icy heart of stone

    Deep inside my wall

    And if you look behinf the mask

    You just may see inside

    Where has my normal heart gone

    How long am I to wait for all

    My emotions to come to me

    A soul of crystal and of gems

    Once stood inside my heart

    From far and near all can see

    Its beauty and its shine

    But only He can melt the ice

    And remove the stress

    Chorus

    Together, Together

    We can work through this, together as one

    Forever, Forever

    This won’t take forever, I can promise this one

    You caused the pain, you caused the stress

    So I can’t come to you in prayer

    I ask (again) when will you realize this

    How much more can I bear

    So chillul Shabbos will live on

    It lingers in thy soul

    How can I come back home to you

    Whilst you rip me apart

    Chorus

    #1168344
    MiddlePath
    Participant

    ICOT, really great poem.

    Too cool, welcome. Beautifully written poem, and I’m sorry for the pain you are going through. Please stay strong.

    I unfortunately am going through a really difficult time right now, and it may be costing me months of hard work and lots of money, and would set me back a great deal. But it is particularly at a time like this that I do my best to see the big picture, and count my blessings. So I would just like to thank G-d for all He has given me, and I know that whatever happens is for the best. But even so, we must do what we can, so I’d very much appreciate if you can all pray for me that I should get through this situation successfully, without too much pain. Thanks so much.

    #1168345
    Think first
    Member

    Mp thanks for asking I’m doing great b”h I’ve started in this new business recently and I’m seeing succes BH, how are you ?I actually put two songs up on soundcloud check them out tell me what you think . Says me how are you , wow your still here going strong, keeping this place alive, icon- I like the thief poem great message and nice poetry .

    Every else here I’ll leave you with this, no one care how much you know untill they know how much you care.

    #1168346

    Luna Lovegood-

    No One Mourns The Wicked-

    blabla-

    Too Cool-

    Those are very well written.

    The optimistic tone of “Luna Lovegood” is appreciated, “No One Mourns The Wicked”s follow up to the stressed tone is good to see, “blabla” hase nice imagery, although a bit less loneliness would probably be better, and “Too Cool”, well, it’s very eloquent, but sad – hope things improve.

    Sorry for not commenting until now.

    SaysMe-

    Agreed, 100%.

    #1168347

    MiddlePath-

    Think first-

    Thank you two, too.

    (your posts hadn’t gone up when I posted my previous “thanks”.)

    #1168348
    kapusta
    Participant

    🙁

    MP, Hatzlacha with everything.

    SM, hows everything?

    *kapusta*

    #1168349
    SaysMe
    Member

    Too Cool- 🙁 I know that cant be true but i dont have the answers you need. I only hope that you do have lots of loving family and friends.

    MP- that is NOT fun. Will keep you in mind. Your attitude is praiseworthy and more tho! Hatzlacha Rabba!

    Think first- Thats great abt ur job! b”H!! i’m gonna sneak over to sound cloud for curiosity’s sake 😀

    kapusta- thanks for asking. having a tough week. 3 incidents. 1 painful for the whole family, 1 HURTS!!! and plucked at a thread of trust no matter the good intentions, and 1 is B”H worked through but gave me 24 hrs of headache. But how are you??? Why the :(? I hope Shabbos brings you menucha! I actually had an email idea…. gonna find out.

    Syag Lchochma- hi! you still read here?

    #1168350
    SaysMe
    Member

    we almost fell off the page! where did everyone go?

    MP- how’s it going? :-/

    blabla- how are you?

    kapusta- 😉 how are you? hope you had a restful shabbos!

    Luna, NOMTW, ICOT, think first, Too Cool, Syag Lchochma, PE, puppy… who else? HI!

    #1168351
    kapusta
    Participant

    I was just looking for this thread, thanks! 😀 Shabbos was good B”H, thanks for asking.

    *kapusta*

    #1168352
    Think first
    Member

    Says me – thanks for asking doing well shabbos was real nice. Did u hear my songs in soundcloud ?

    #1168353
    MiddlePath
    Participant

    kapusta, SaysMe, thanks for asking about me and wishing me success. Things are still the same as they were before, but I am doing better emotionally. I bounce back from these things relatively quickly as long as I know that people care, so thanks so much for showing care. Hope you’re both doing well.

    Think first, just listened to your songs, really great! You have a really nice sounding guitar, what brand is it? Looking forward to more.

    Hope everyone’s doing alright. I hope things end up working out for me. I mean, I know things will, I just hope I’m able to see it openly instead of it being hidden.

    #1168354
    Think first
    Member

    Mp- thanks its a Yamaha F310 it’s my first and only guitar I bought over ten years ago. I hope things work out for you and your upswing comes soon, you really help a lot of us here so we wish the best for you. Like I’ve told you in the past you def have been one of the threads that kept our place alive and you always have an encouraging word for a friend, keep it up we all appreciate your kindness here.

    #1168355
    MiddlePath
    Participant

    Wow, Think first, you must take good care of it! Looking forward to more music. Thanks for your kind comments, I appreciate them so much.

    Hope everyone’s doing ok.

    #1168356
    SaysMe
    Member

    think first- sry, my net’s limited this week, but i listened now. Nice stuff! i wish i could learn to play guitar that well- sounds so good!! Like the flow of the first one esp. and glad abt shabbos 🙂

    MP-B”H for your resilience and emotional strength! so happy your doing bit better and i hope things get better too. i’m doing half decent, thanks for asking :). and i too hope things work out openly good for you.

    #1168357
    🍫Syag Lchochma
    Participant

    SaysMe: I definitely read here. Not much posting though because I am working on breaking the habit. I am not at work during the summer and I cancelled our home internet (even though it was filtered) so posting would mean sitting in front of my kids with a phone in my face. My husband and I have always tried VERY hard to practice what we preach. And I definitely don’t want my kids to see me with a phone in my face. Especially now that my seminary girl is back. So I am working hard on breaking the habit. And I don’t count the poetry thread as internet cuz it’s different than the other parts of the CR (I don’t do any other blogs).

    Long winded, sorry. I wish I could write another poem or two but I am in protective mode. Not letting too many emotions touch the surface. I am making a Bar mitzvah without my sister. It is so painful. I actually just avoided the whole deal and the clock kept ticking and I did nothing. Pretended it would just do itself. Then he asked me if I finished the invitations and I knew it wasn’t good. A good friend asked me for the date and place I had in mind and then called the place and made the reservation. I got everything ready to be mailed and I hope they will get to everyone before the party. My wonderful son deserves better so I told him what my “road block” is and he said I shouldn’t think it’s just me who is sad to make a party without her.

    I am sure it will all work out, it is just moving very slowly. My friends have been life savers and that fills me with guilt. Mostly because I don’t go to simchas, none really. It was too stressful to get out of the house with lots of little kids so I decided I would just stay home til they were all older. I didn’t really expect it to go on for 20 years but truthfully it doesn’t bother me at all.

    So now all the friends who have simchas I didn’t attend, are helping me make my simcha. And I of course feel like a low life who doesn’t deserve any of it. But I am so done crying about it, now I am just trying to catch the boat before it leaves the harbor and make sure my son has the party he deserves (we do a home made desert open house so we really rely on our friends).

    I hope you aren’t sorry you asked. I didn’t mean to make you all feel bad, really I am doing okay now. And I go thru phases like this. But I am grateful that I never fall into those abysses that you all write about. I wish I could make some of your pain go away. Somehow.

    #1168358
    SaysMe
    Member

    not sorry i asked for a millisecond.

    first of all, yasher koach on cancelling your internet and on your goals of cutting back! showing your kids your rules apply equally to you and you are too trying will hopefully show them all how much you care and give them the conviction of how imp this is. esp your sem girl, who sees how you avoid usign your phone when she’s around.

    i’m so sorry for what you are strugglign through :(. a simcha without a relative has got to be one of the biggest emotional rollercoasters. brought to mind a memory of my grandfather at the first wedding after my grandmother passed away, walking down to tthe chupa, crying and yet trying not to, trying to focus on the happiness… impossible and yet not a bad thing. to be b’simcha and yet think of those who arent there, and daven to be reunited soon.

    oh the protective mode :(. i call it my closed mood. to freeze myself of all emotions. both a lifesaver and a horrible feeling. i cant even imagine how painful the thought of that day is for you, and i can only hope it will turn out easier than u imagine.

    you sound like such an amazing mother though, who shows her kids how much she cares for them, and is so concerned for their good.your children are lucky to have you for their mother. your friends sound truly amazing and supportive. and they obviously understand and dont hold it against you at all. the fact that they are reaching out to help shows that there is a deep 2-way kesher. even if u havent attended their simchos, you have clearly been there for them in a deeper way and they sound more than glad to give something back. it may be hard to take when u feel bad abt missing theirs, but it doesnt sound like they hold it against u, but rather want to give! ok enough rambling from me, and i really hope i havent said anything hurtful or thoughtless. please forgive me if i have. i am very sad to hear the pain that you’re going through, esp tough bec of the bar mitzva. iy”H you should keep getting farther and farther away from the abysses i’ve experienced and have much much simcha! i hope the bar mitzva turns out beautifully and that you can truly enjoy it. and may it bring nachas to your sisters neshoma.

    i’m sure it wasnt easy to share this all, but thank you for opening your heart to your poetry thread family. we care for you.

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