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Array ( [sid] => 4796 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Speaking From The Soul [time] => 2002-10-09 06:30:00 [hometext] => [bodytext] => Decide if you will live a lie
By being insincere
Selecting only certain words
Which people want to hear.
Committing yourself to pleasing
Everyone else but you--
Digging yourself a deeper grave
With every word you spew.
Removing every minute trace
Of what you once had been
Making all that remains of you
An 'exoskeleton'.
Spineless, sagacious shell, shattered
By bad banalities;
Common clichés, anecdotes, and
Pre-rehearsed pleasantries.
It is not fair to simply smile
And fool with false pretense;
I would prefer you speak your mind
Then suffer in silence.
I do suggest you sound your voice
With truth and dignity
Retaining professional poise
With your sincerity:
Engage with an affluent tongue,
Adopt a mannered tone,
Determine a worthy approach
To make your feelings known.
There is, however, one detail
That you cannot control:
The price you may be forced to pay
When speaking from the soul.
So choose locutions carefully
Not all wounds can be healed...
Remember when words are spoken
They cannot be repealed.

Yvonne Denise Springer
Copyright ©2002 Yvonne Denise Springer [comments] => 6 [counter] => 188 [topic] => 25 [informant] => springchic1979 [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 10 [ratings] => 2 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => MiscPoems )
Speaking From The Soul

Contributed by springchic1979 on Wednesday, 9th October 2002 @ 06:30:00 AM in AEST
Topic: MiscPoems



Decide if you will live a lie
By being insincere
Selecting only certain words
Which people want to hear.
Committing yourself to pleasing
Everyone else but you--
Digging yourself a deeper grave
With every word you spew.
Removing every minute trace
Of what you once had been
Making all that remains of you
An 'exoskeleton'.
Spineless, sagacious shell, shattered
By bad banalities;
Common clichés, anecdotes, and
Pre-rehearsed pleasantries.
It is not fair to simply smile
And fool with false pretense;
I would prefer you speak your mind
Then suffer in silence.
I do suggest you sound your voice
With truth and dignity
Retaining professional poise
With your sincerity:
Engage with an affluent tongue,
Adopt a mannered tone,
Determine a worthy approach
To make your feelings known.
There is, however, one detail
That you cannot control:
The price you may be forced to pay
When speaking from the soul.
So choose locutions carefully
Not all wounds can be healed...
Remember when words are spoken
They cannot be repealed.

Yvonne Denise Springer
Copyright ©2002 Yvonne Denise Springer




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Re: Speaking From The Soul (User Rating: 1 )
by Lia on Wednesday, 9th October 2002 @ 07:00:11 AM AEST
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This is great...I love the message it gives..


Re: Speaking From The Soul (User Rating: 1 )
by DreamWeaver on Wednesday, 9th October 2002 @ 07:19:44 AM AEST
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I really love your work and this one is brialliant. At first I thought you were telling one person, but then I realized that you were speaking to everyone (I think).

What great words, especially - "Spineless, sagacious shell, shattered by bad banalities; Common clichés, anecdotes, and pre-rehearsed pleasantries." Superb.


Re: Speaking From The Soul (User Rating: 1 )
by springchic1979 on Thursday, 10th October 2002 @ 01:47:51 AM AEST
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I am glad you liked it Lia, thank you for taking the time to respond! :)



Re: Speaking From The Soul (User Rating: 1 )
by springchic1979 on Thursday, 10th October 2002 @ 01:59:50 AM AEST
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Thank you so much for commenting Dreamweaver. You made my day!

You are correct though, DreamWeaver, I was speaking to everyone...yet no one in particular, hehe.

Yvonne



Re: Speaking From The Soul (User Rating: 1 )
by Sarah22 on Saturday, 7th December 2002 @ 11:27:43 PM AEST
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keep writing in the
future ciao for now .


Re: Speaking From The Soul (User Rating: 1 )
by springchic1979 on Sunday, 8th December 2002 @ 10:50:59 AM AEST
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I will Sarah22! I love to write :)

Yvonne




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