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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Not Alone in Loneliness

Peaceful solitude
or colorless seclusion?
Is happiness on the horizon
or is it an illusion?
My path, narrowed with age,
grows clear-cut and luminous.
For experience has shown me
I'm not alone in loneliness .

@laurie kolp


Prompt inspiration: Poets United Thursday Think Tank
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22 comments:

  1. Jessica FergusonJuly 14, 2011 at 2:38 PM

    Nice. And your site is beautiful. made me want to hit FOLLOW all over again. :)

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  2. kaykualaJuly 14, 2011 at 2:46 PM

    Beautiful, it flows and rhymes very well. Beautiful verse!

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  3. DaydreamertooJuly 14, 2011 at 3:18 PM

    Sometimes I welcome the 'alone' time, to just ...be.
    Not to be anything to anyone, who has an 'I want' or an 'I need' you to...
    I used to feel lonely, not anymore.

    This is lovely prose, shows much growth and inner peace, too.
    Thanks for visiting me :)

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  4. UnknownJuly 14, 2011 at 4:01 PM

    I love my alone time; maybe because I don't get much of it. I might feel differently if I were alone all the time!

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  5. Eileen T O'Neill .....July 14, 2011 at 4:30 PM

    Laurie,

    Lovely words, which capture the positive side of loneliness. I do enjoy my alone time too!

    Eileen

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  6. ElizabethJuly 14, 2011 at 4:40 PM

    I think it takes us some time to figure out that loneliness is a feeling and that we can move and change our perspective. You say it well,

    Elizabeth

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  7. MaggieJuly 14, 2011 at 4:53 PM

    Such a lovely message. Thanks, Laurie.

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  8. UnknownJuly 14, 2011 at 5:30 PM

    And I would agree...

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  9. Maude LynnJuly 14, 2011 at 6:08 PM

    Really well done! Excellent ending.

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  10. Kwee Cats and ArtJuly 14, 2011 at 7:58 PM

    Simply beautiful. A very lovely reminder of how our perspective can change our perceptions, how we feel, even about ourselves. Thank you.

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  11. MaryJuly 14, 2011 at 8:46 PM

    Laurie, you are definitely right. You are NOT alone in loneliness.

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  12. Sheilagh LeeJuly 14, 2011 at 9:21 PM

    this is beautiful and so true.

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  13. AnonymousJuly 15, 2011 at 2:33 AM

    i NEED alone time. i always have. but that doesn't mean i don't get lonely sometimes.

    beautifully written! ♥

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  14. Rinkly RimesJuly 15, 2011 at 3:38 AM

    Indeed, the lonely have many like-minded companions but they seldom meet.

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  15. MarianneJuly 15, 2011 at 6:49 AM

    Beautifully written, Laurie. We all experience loneliness but some can appreciate it while others may be destroyed by it.

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  16. annell4July 15, 2011 at 8:48 AM

    I think it is that we find ourselves alone, when in sadness. It just happens. But it is true, loneliness doesn't have to equal sadness. I loved what you wrote.

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  17. henry clemmonsJuly 15, 2011 at 11:05 PM

    PEREFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  18. AnonymousJuly 16, 2011 at 2:37 AM

    beautiful! ♥ ♥ ♥ dani

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  19. madhumakhiJuly 16, 2011 at 4:30 AM

    'I am not alone in loneliness'- Very simple, hard-hitting and beautiful.

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  20. SusannahJuly 16, 2011 at 4:35 AM

    "My path, narrowed with age,
    grows clear-cut and luminous."

    I love that! Wonderful. :-)

    Nice use of the prompt Laurie.

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  21. Dr. Pearl Ketover Prilik (PKP)July 16, 2011 at 8:16 AM

    Laurie! Exquisite poem and the site is lovely! Luminous...Yes!

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  22. gsb3July 17, 2011 at 5:48 PM

    Nicely written. And I like the revelation at the end. Very wise.

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