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Sham Living
by E T Waldron → (All Poetry by E T Waldron)
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For a friend...

Sometimes we have to
let it all hang out
Even if it means taking
a hit from family
Even if it means losing
some friends
Even if it means splitting
with a lover
Even if it means you may
discover
that who you thought were
your friends really aren't
sometimes we have to
say it like it is even if it means
we have to hurt somone

Because to live without honesty
is to live a sham
and when you do that it catches you up
in that old web of remorse
for having gotten in so deep
you can't find a way out of the abyss
you put yourself in
so the guilt grows and gets buried
til  you can't win


Then you find yourself making up stories
to cover lies that were small and
could have been dealt with easily,
but you wanted to save face
and now your in the race
of creating a whole nother you
that even you don't know
Sometimes we have to say it like it is
or wind up eating crow.

ET 

 
 


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 Reviews of "Sham Living"
Reviewed by Georg Mateos
Reviewed on January 25, 2008
ET, so truth, so truth...the arrow that misses is the one than pains most.
Liars need have a very good memory, nobody has "that" kind.

Georg

Reviewed by Susan de Vegter
Reviewed on January 24, 2008
Yep! I had to get a divorce to find out that my best friends were covering up what they knew about me exe jackass....to keep from hurting me. Well...it hurt three times as much. Honesty is so much better. I like the wisdom in this pen Eileen.

Love and blessings!
Susan

Reviewed by Rebecca Lerwill
Reviewed on January 24, 2008
Wow, wise and truthful words for a friend. I'm sure it's much appreciated, Eileen!
Loved it,
Becca~

Reviewed by Dale Clark
Reviewed on January 24, 2008
humble pie is much better than crow ;)
and of course lies you believe always
come back to bite you. Great piece, Eileen!

Reviewed by Morning Star
Reviewed on January 24, 2008
Your poem speaks volume
It comes the time when one has to
let it out and say enough!
Excellent message within this words of wisdom!!!
Peace Love and hugsssss....Morning Star


Reviewed by Christine Alwin
Reviewed on January 24, 2008
your poem gives much to ponder,, I think most of us are guilty of this,, I do admire the ones that put it on the table,,,Great Write!
Love, Christine

Reviewed by Ed Matlack
Reviewed on January 24, 2008
But crow is so tasty with a bit of BBQ sauce, just got to get the feathers off...e

Reviewed by Larry Lounsbury
Reviewed on January 24, 2008
Being true to ourselves is something every one of us should embrace. As your poem reveals, often when you get real; then people's true feeling will materialize.



Reviewed on January 24, 2008
My best friend and I were talking about this very thing! I'm saving this, to copy and give to her (if I may). Powerfully penned wisdom...thank you, Eileen.

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.

Pray for T., she's going through some very tough times right now. Has been...it's really affecting her mood. I hate to see her hurting.

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on January 24, 2008
Not always easy to let it ALL hang out!!

THasnks for sharing!!

Love Tinka

Reviewed by Karen Vanderlaan
Reviewed on January 24, 2008
thank you for these very wise words so well written and expressed--an essential thing to live with honesty

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)
Reviewed on January 24, 2008
Amen. My offering today was about a sham life . . . Good for you to take charge . . .

Reviewed by Jon Willey
Reviewed on January 24, 2008
If it cannot be said or practiced with honesty, then it should not be. Evading the truth evades your moral character. Sham living. Jon Michael Willey

Reviewed by Emile Tubiana
Reviewed on January 24, 2008
Eileen, I agree but as long as it is without regrets.Nice write, emile

Reviewed on January 24, 2008
Sometimes we just have to let it all out; it will help in the long run. Good write yet again, Eileen; brava!

(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :)

Reviewed by Sage Sweetwater
Reviewed on January 24, 2008
Have to ruffle a few feathers to find the honest quills. And when we preen ourselves like the birds do, the tips of those quills turn to fine, soft powder to insulate us from deception and let us have a balanced flight to eat in harmony with a variety of crows in a spiritual wheat field...golden sheaf of wheat to you, Eileen...

Love Always,
Sage

Reviewed by Mr. Ed
Reviewed on January 24, 2008
Sometimes we have to
let it all hang out

Although often very difficult to do, probably words to live by, Tiger Lily. Crow never tastes very good, and the aftertaste, is even worse.


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