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from john annonymous Sunday, August 14, 2005 - 15:04 (Agree/Disagree?) this is alright.very unpretentious.i dont like most so called poetry but this this i wouldnt call it it great but its real. (reply to this comment)

from mia1 Friday, August 12, 2005 - 15:37 (Agree/Disagree?) i liked ur poem... :) (reply to this comment)

from JP2G Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 16:27 (Agree/Disagree?) I thought your poem ( although it did not ryme ), had me reading it for the second time. It had some truths, that I'm sure not everyone will apreciate. Only one thing I would like to ask, would you please define normality? (reply to this comment)

From Moshu Friday, August 12, 2005, 10:53 (Agree/Disagree?) Normal is the way I am feeling right now...normality is defined differently for each individual ....while I may not (currently) be a genius/celebrity/artist/musician etc. etc. ...I am also not in a abusive cult...so now I am in that middle ground of neither very high or very low. Maybe it's like a manic on their meds. (reply to this comment)

from GoldenMic Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 12:03 (Agree/Disagree?) I gotta' say, I actually found your poem very moving. I guess because it sounds like I feel. It seemed to me that your poem was designed to indicate a self-revelation process; starting with the "sadness" and pointlessness of the system that was prophecied by our cult masters, which DID actually insinuate itself into our lives for a time after leaving, but that the loss of "special" status, with all its subtle oppression and deprivation, is eventually replaced by a less dramatic, but ultimately far more satisfying, appreciation for the gentle joys of living. OK, maybe I read too much into your words, and maybe they were meant to be more flippant, but they hit me deeply, and I thank you. (reply to this comment)

From Moshu Thursday, August 11, 2005, 12:06 (Agree/Disagree?) What do you know--- a compliment I don't think I know how do handle that---gush! Gush! People always hate what I say but I just find it amusing that they take it so personally when my thoughts have to do with my experiences and therefore my life not theirs. I hate the fact that I wake up in the middle of night with "deep thoughts" (I can't even say that with a straight face) you'd think I'd just want to have a good time. So I've picked my daisy's and flirted shamelessly with you when all I really want to say is Thank you for understanding what I was trying to say---even if I was just talking about myself if you find you can relate ---go ahead and take the relation Sugar! ---Ahhh I couldn’t resist this may be my last good “reaction” Pun intended.(reply to this comment)

from Monday, August 08, 2005 - 16:16 (Agree/Disagree?) I'm kinda sad cause I just read that and now I have a head-ache. (reply to this comment)

From Moshu Thursday, August 11, 2005, 11:38 (Agree/Disagree?) I don't like other people's poetry either (usually) but I still love to write my own---no matter how misarable it is.(reply to this comment)

from .......... Monday, August 08, 2005 - 07:37 (Agree/Disagree?) You're sad because you're happy? You would rather be fucked up and going off the deep end? You seem to be a bit is puzzled with life. I hope you find a way out of this "sadness" of yours. Geesh! (reply to this comment)

From Moshu Thursday, August 11, 2005, 11:36 (Agree/Disagree?) I guess you've never felt the need to hold on to your demons becuase "their the only friends" you allow yourself to have----And then you realize that you're just feeling sorry for yourself and you can have a life even if it is normal so you then you choose reality or indulgence---hey I'm a woman and enjoyed my long suffering (up to a point) but now I need---- ahhhh----Well that is another story(reply to this comment)

from Taunter Sunday, August 07, 2005 - 05:30 (Agree/Disagree?) If your new life is normal, well, than good for you. (reply to this comment)

From Moshu Thursday, August 11, 2005, 11:52 (Agree/Disagree?) Okay... it took me about 10 years to be what is so called "normal" but this er poem isn't about trivializing other people's pain (lives) it's just the way I feel about me. (reply to this comment)