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Poems - THE PROTEUS CURSE.
| | THE PROTEUS CURSE.by dav.smith
How can you love me
No one could
not me
not as I am
Some one as hideous as myself can not be loved
specially by a beautiful woman like yourself
you tend to me so gently so honestly
you see into my soul
My ugliness you seem blind too
mirrors lay shattered upon floors so to hide who I am
Why does it have to be like this
why do you not detest who I am
I love you, but can not let you love me
for it would not be fair
heart cries to be with you out in the world
heart cries for who I am
I did not ask to be born this way
nor did I ask for years of taunting and hatred
no you can not love me
No no no I won't allow it
For I am a mutant beast
and for that can not be loved
for alone I will be,
for ever alone with this Proteus curse
(Proteus Syndrome is commonly known as Elephant Man Syndrome )
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Re: THE PROTEUS CURSE.
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by angeroseblue on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 (10:36:20) |
I say love knows no bounds
and loves all
your poem is a struggle for a lot of us today
sometimes i feel like this....
how could anyone ever love me
but i realize
Love is universal
i love this poem dav 
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Re: THE PROTEUS CURSE.
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by dav.smith on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 (18:14:29) |
Libby, I am so glad that you can see the love in this piece, this poem tries to show the struggle of a mans love caught up in a distorted body. And how he struggles to understand how such a woman would or could love him. She has seen past his dis figuration and found his true soul. We all are guilty of just looking at peoples exterior presences and not at their true being. I use to do this myself. until I started working with MS patients. (when I was young and fit), Be well my dear friend. Hugs to you, dAVE
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by Melly on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 (20:53:49) |
Oh Dav a wonderful piece.. Love is blind .. Or as I tell my husband.. (It's a good thing I can't see you''.. Ha!! He has a beautiful heart and I am told he's ok to look at too.. Hugs Melly
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Re: THE PROTEUS CURSE.
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by dav.smith on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 (20:58:14) |
Melly we should all be blind to the visual defects born to us. Looking beyond and into the souls will show how every one is equal in beauty. Be well and hugs to you. dAVE
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by Disfrazada on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 (10:48:04) |
Great piece Dave. You are a very talented poet. Let me tell you why I say that my friend... the genuine emotions you were able to put into this poem were amazing... it was as if you were writing about your own experience, and not that of a character.
Be well my friend,
DiSfRaZada
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Re: THE PROTEUS CURSE.
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by dav.smith on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 (19:31:43) |
Dis, I am over welmed by your kind comments. I only write what I feel with in the words that speak through me. Be well my friend, Cheers dAVE
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by rondo on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 (11:21:09) |
Its not what you have its what you do with it.....nice read
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by dav.smith on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 (19:34:34) |
Rondo, I could not imagine living a life with this disease, I get up set that there are still people suffering from it. You statement is true. Be well my dear friend. Cheers from down under.dAVE
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by maryanns on Thursday, February 18, 2010 (03:45:46) |
Ah DavE... I read your poem yesterday and simply didn't know what to say. This is especially poignant, a sincere and thoughtful beauty and the beast reincarnated in poetry of fine intuition and great depth of vision. Really well done my friend. Mary Ann
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by dav.smith on Thursday, February 18, 2010 (05:04:58) |
Mary Ann, your generous and kind comment over whelms me. I only wish for people to feel what it is I am trying to express. And make people aware of those less privileged than us. The focus of the world needs to be on those less fortunate. Not on who has the biggest gun. Hugs to you my sweet friend. dAVE
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by wordsmithwannabe on Thursday, February 18, 2010 (03:46:02) |
dave, this is one of the most beautiful personae pieces i have ever had the pleasure of reading. to place yourself so fully in someone else's skin is truly amazing. you captured the extremes so well, the love and the hate, the happiness and the pain, its all there in some way, shape, or form. greatness, my friend, this is greatness...
chris
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Re: THE PROTEUS CURSE.
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by dav.smith on Thursday, February 18, 2010 (05:10:18) |
Chris, you have left me speechless after reading you comment. Thank you so much Piece my friend, cheers DAVE
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