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

Peace is my gift, peace my life,
But there are things that give me strife.
Friends, I have, dear friends indeed,
Who have no peace, but peace is their need.

Some of them have been enslaved
By bottle, or needle, or lottery card.
No diversion for these, but misery
And then they have no food, no money.

Some are enslaved by passion,
By hatred, lust, greed or ambition.
Their own desires supersede all
Ignoring another's "help me" call.

It is their lives, it is their right
To choose the dark way, or the light.
They find themselves in deepest pit
With no way up, they think "this is it".

It would be different if they were free,
But their choices are forced on them, you see.
They are driven to do what they hate most
And it consumes them with shame, guilt and disgust.

But I can't live their lives, or make their choices
I can only wait, and pick up the pieces.
It grieves me to see how my friends suffer
My life of peace, I can only offer.

The worst pain that I know,
Is to see their pain, and nothing can I do.
I lower the rope down to the pit
For them to climb, but there they sit.

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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

Sad, moving

Got me thinking

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Witch

It is frustrating. They say that stress is when reality and expectation do not match, and that one form of depression is when this leads to a feeling of powerlessness.

I have friends who feel such powerlessness when they try to help others, that, in turn, causes them to seek solace with their own personal demon.

They are troubled because they care, you could say too much. They see someone struggling, but they cannot do anything about it. This is even more the case when it involves family.

I struggle with this myself. I have no addictions (that I am aware of) and my life is pretty much OK. So, all I can be is an anchor. Someone to provide stability when my friends resurface. Someone to encourage them to try again, until the next time they fall.

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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

You say-
My life of peace, I can only offer.

I lower the rope down to the pit
For them to climb, but there they sit.[/quote]

What more can you offer but your peace when they climb the rope and look for peace.

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inc
Why nor try: http://gedspoems.blogspot.com/

There are very few things I hate. I mean, really, really hate. One of them is where good people are forced by their addictions to do things they don't want to do. Where they are totally enslaved by drugs, gambling, hatred and so on. Part of them wants to be free, but these things just drag them back time after time. I hate it.

I wish and I pray I would have the gift that would free them completely. That would allow them to live as they want, not as they are made to live. Every one has the right to be who they truly are, but there is so much in this world that smothers them, that corrupts them.

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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