The Land of Grimney - The Illustrated Adventures of Cora Pearl, aged 12

I was always my fathers daughter,
then always my husbands wife
I became my children,s mother
an integral part of their life

now I dearly loved my father
not so much the husband, I fear
for my children I would fight lions
should any, by chance, venture near

but sometimes in a still moment
I would wonder how it would be
If just for the briefest of seconds
I could simply be no one but me?

My Father is no longer with us
the husband was kicked into touch
My sons have grown and flown now
and it doesn't happen so much

So now I am someone's Partner
but call me this at your peril
for after many decades of longing
I am simply known as Meryl!!

We totally could, I'll make the curry !!!

I love this Gwen, really brilliantly written x

aaah Gwen actors playing many parts...I get you.

Which one is me!? Feel it too, strikes a cord.

Thank you x

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All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts...

Excellent work. I know something of what you mean, though I have never been a husband or father.

Over the past few years I have been shedding the layers that hide my true self. I no longer need to be intelligent, or successful, or even right. I no longer have to play the part that society and media say I should. I am no-ones clone. I have discovered the true me, with all of my flaws and weaknesses.

I have discovered the one thing I really need, and I have it. That is friendship. True, reliable, friendship. The only thing I strive for is to be as good a friend as I can to those who love me, who I love.

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Love all, forgive all, show mercy, condemn no-one.
May the King's peace be upon your body, mind, soul and spirit.
May love and joy be ever with you.

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Hmm this isn't so much about hiding under layers, as always being perceived by others as an appendage to someone else, someone's daughter someones wife someone's mother, at times I wondered if anyone actually knew my name !

You are Gwenllian, and I claim my 5 Grimmets (or whatever they use for money around here).

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"Never look down on a man unless you're helping him up." Jessie Jackson

Sorry, Gwen. My fault. I read into your poem a different message. As I say, I get things wrong.

You make an excellent point; we need to be known in our own right.

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Love all, forgive all, show mercy, condemn no-one.
May the King's peace be upon your body, mind, soul and spirit.
May love and joy be ever with you.

http://www.waycyber.com