Dearest Karla,

Why indeed ... these are the questions I also ask myself, and I too do not have an answer, only that it makes for unique heartfelt poetry, and reaches in and touches the soul, beautifully written, and very wise Karla... it will pass :)

Warm hugs
Elga Your friend in SA

I get confused by the difference between Realists and Romantics. I have to admit that I think that the bi-polar thingy goes with being a full-blooded Romantic - because, notwithstanding being able to see everything from all directions, taking in the bad as well as the good, intrinsically you know that you will come down in the end in favour of optimism, that there will ALWAYS be a light at the end of the tunnel and that this is just a shadow you are passing through on the way. Hope springs eternal, moment by moment, and there can be no mountaintop without the valleys. Like me, Karla, I am convinced you would not forego the splendour of that wide open space and fantastic view because there way to get there is by the road through the valley?! Keep looking ahead and upwards and, step by step, the progress is made. It's all part of the journey - which, ultimately, is so much greater than the ultimate destination, perhaps! Keep at it! LOL Kate xx

It's Ugly Day If You Keep Looken At It That Way,i.e. Just Ridden To Post Office On Sunny Day Can Made A BIG DIFFERENCE--Get Out BREATHE Get Some Cleaner Air From Your Hole In Wall Wherever You Live_

If Anybody Feels Like Liven Being In PRISON,i.e. There's No Moneys Except Me Pay Hole In Wall Rent(So I Don't End Up Sleepen In My Car Again)-- Karla LIGHTEN UP --Huh!

TRASK

Good poem, Karla. Answer: You're a realist. Try a Marx Bros. movie and laugh your a** off, then see what you write. ;-) ~~Nordette

Karla...great questions my friend....excellent write....BHUWAN!!!!

A truly interesting question you've posed here, Karla.

And LOL at Little Andy's comment - glad I could make Quasimodo feel better!

Good question one i'm face with too at the moment
get water dumped on your head by your soon to be grown child helps
he have read my last three or four poems, he got up went in the kitchen came back in my office and dumped water on my head telling me to lighten up......:D

hes looking for a place to stay......can I send him there?
get back to me soon, he's outside in the cold

Big Smiles hope it is just a phase
cause you are the Light Lady :))))))))
feel better

Because it makes no difference life will allways have a on an a off

You write about all of these things so well...great job Karla.

Hugs, Carole

I like this one a great deal, Karla, wish I had the idea first...;) Ed

Great poem Karla with questions that we all can relate to.

eileen

Thoughts that we all overcome with time

Just write of there scent, and petals. LOL, the pic looks like someones portrait on here.
Tomorrow will be a beautiful day.
Poor old Ed K, everyday is ugly, but it sure makes Quasimodo, feel like prince charming..

Karla,
You said so much in this one and said it with such grace. The lines flow flawlessly right to the end. wonderful work.

Sherry

powerful read, and you write about all you mentioned and more, keep the great writing up...
GOd Bless
Michelle!

We all need a good dose of sunshine and maybe a good massage ?!!?

poignant read

I like this one.
I think I'm having one of those "ugly days!"
Thanks for sharing this,
Jennifer

The blessing of being a writer is that we GET to write about the roses AND the thorns, so it is therapy for all us crazy writers:) I have ugly days too sometimes, and it seems whenever I write about them, I start to feel better immediately. It is a good balance to be able to see both dark and light and balance them through the written word.

(((Karla)))

Wow, your muse has really taken off in some interesting directions! Where DO you get these things to write about?? So powerful, and so full of raw emotion; excellent job on this! BRAVA!

(((HUGS))) and much love, your twin, Karen Lynn. :(