'Stop Writing Everything Down'

'Stop Writing Everything Down'

A Poem by Frieda P
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~with a little help from my favorite Leonard Cohen

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'stop writing everything down'
bouncing round here in my unrhym'd head
i crossed a line in the ocean that doesn't exist
more than two kerfuffled sides of several coins  
things don't stay the same but they never change
i see things from both sides now and neither is winning
voices singing off key, what happened to jazz hands
leave it alone, just bask in the sun and dip into the shadows
lost in the script of love song lyrics that I wrote myself
my tongue is tone deaf and my ears can't taste a sound
i'll just suffer this fate, and write it all in hieroglyphics
then it won't matter what tone it's strung out around 
'stop writing everything down'..............................

© 2013 Frieda P


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DrD
I write everything down . . . . like "inhale, exhale" . . . . that sort of thing. Jotting things down help me to visualize things. Like with your name your eyebrows need to be connected over your nose. Things like that. Anyway, I liked the poem and jotted down some notes about it . . . . but there I go again. (inhale) Nice job and enjoyable.

Posted 10 Years Ago


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Frieda P

10 Years Ago

That could be a problem if you lose your notepad DrD, nice to see you again, thanks so much, enjoy y.. read more



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But I need to write things down.. I have no memory =P
Very interesting poem.. glad I found it :)

Posted 10 Years Ago


I am totally speechless about this one Frieda - You have no idea, there is no words for how amazing this write is. Just mind blowing.

Posted 10 Years Ago


lost in the script of love song lyrics I wrote myself. - Those things are why I stopped writing everything down. (winks) there is a quirkiness to this - I love your "quirky"

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Frieda P

10 Years Ago

Awh shucks Tam....ha, thanks.
I want to write things down, but my inspirations hit at the weirdest and most inconvenient times. So many ideas or poems are lost because I can't put thought to paper or recording in time.

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Frieda P

10 Years Ago

That happens to me too, so frustrating, those thoughts are so fleeting, and once gone you never seem.. read more
Frieda-

Life is a killer:

things don't stay the same but they never change
i see things from both sides now and neither is winning

Different day, different act but all the same players. ; )

Posted 10 Years Ago


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Frieda P

10 Years Ago

Exactly Anne, I thought you might feel this one too. ;-)
"things don't stay the same but they never change
i see things from both sides now and neither is winning"

Those are by far my favorite two lines. The more that happens, the more confident I am that these two lines are incredibly and sometimes sadly true. Lines like these remind me where I'm putting my focus, and if it's worth it in the long run--or am i giving myself a tone-deaf tongue and tasteless ears? Great write. [:

Posted 10 Years Ago


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Frieda P

10 Years Ago

Haha I hope not Siren, I hate when that happens. ;-) Thanks so much...
Siren

10 Years Ago

Welcome, friend (:
It's all hieroglyphics to the aliens. lol. But you might just be the Rosetta stone.

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Frieda P

10 Years Ago

Thanks Pryde, I know I left a comment here earlier, the cafe must have eaten it....or those aliens. .. read more
my tongue is tone deaf and my ears can't taste a sound

Love love that line...

Who cares what side of the coin lands? When it comes to the written word no stone should be left unturned cause you never know when you find a gem in all your jumbled thoughts.

Creative and intriguing poem.

Posted 10 Years Ago


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Frieda P

10 Years Ago

Ha Taz, I suppose your ears can? ;-) Thanks muchly...........
The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)

10 Years Ago

My pleasure Moonbeam.
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ron
Something tells me you couldn't stop writing everything down if you tried Frieda. It's in your blood and who you are. You would stop breathing before you could stop writing. I love this one, you wrote what it feels like when you found the need to write and cant stop. :) hugs for support if you need it.

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ron

10 Years Ago

Oh...weren't we were all just sharing an open journal of sorts? :) Kind of like group therapy?
Frieda P

10 Years Ago

Ha no, in your dreams ron ;-)
ron

10 Years Ago

Lol, my dreams are never that good.
I WANT to write everything down, just that I can't seem to find the words... nor the energy to do it! hahaha! Nice one! :D

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Frieda P

10 Years Ago

You're a character JS...thanks. :-)

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