A Strong Man is what it takes... by Niki Lasher

May 6, 2006 4:21 PM

i am big
but i am still a woman

i can work long hot hours in the sun
but i am still a woman

i can move my own sofa

i can endure hours of labor without crying

i can take a beating
and give a worthy return

i am strong
but i am still a woman

it takes a strong man
to remember that
when he sees me sweat

when i'm on my knees in the dirt

when i'm moving furniture
because it pays more than cleaning offices

it takes a strong man
to see corn pone quads
(you know, thick with a layer of grits over the meat)
and say
my god my god
what you've blessed me with

sometimes it takes a man
who can lift twice my weight
without straining

sometimes it takes a man
who can fluff and fold
without complaining

either way a strong man is what it takes
if it's gon' be a man at'tall

Robert Frost - The Road Not Taken

Apr 18, 2006 9:22 AM

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

Strength by Richard Stilwell

Apr 2, 2006 1:39 PM

Strength beckons,
Strength bonds,
Strength comforts,
Strength weakens,
Yet,
Strength is Non-controlling.

Goodbye my lover?

Every goodbye... every talk to you later... the end of every phone call frustrates me.
When coming to relationships- of every kind- my solution to issues is to leave- to call it quits- to walk away from the issues. However, I am tired of running at the sight of every issue but how do I stay and cope with it. I always feel like I have something more important to do. Right now... at this very moment I am torn... I dont know what the hell to do but I dont want to say goodbye but my habitual behaviour is terrorizing me - poking me - telling me to run and dont look back...sighs

I am so hollow baby .. I am so hollow .. I am so hollow!

I think what adds to my frustration is that I must always appear strong and in control - how dare I appear vulnerable. This damn curse is preventing me from breaking down to you and saying I cant take it anymore. How would you know how this is affecting me if I cant tell you that on more than one occasions I have broken down. A woman should be strong .. hold down the fort right ?..right ? no signs of weakness right ? right ... right moms? ... sighs

One day I will crack and it wont be pretty. I have had to be strong from the age of 11--but come on a person can be strong, in control, and cry. Crying is not synonomous with weakness ... yet I cannot show you that it burns me. The very thing about me that attracts you is my doom... my burden.

I'm so I'm so hollow

I cant walk away..the heart isnt ready. I think I will just tell you that I hate having to say goodbye. I don't want to talk on the phone .. I want to cuddle ! I always want to cuddle

this journey... life eh boy... nothing I can't handle man