I'm Marge (Needing Arms)

a cyber hug to you! I'm Marge, not butter great imaging Beki Richard

I truly liked this in its explanation of feelings expressed through imagery. This was my favorite stanza: "Such rapid sharing of selves can be so fleeting I’m stealing time from a reality of longing" Great explanation of wanting and loneliness! thanks, Eddie

wow! Intense! Makes me want to hug you and stroke your hair. Painfully familiar feelings, too. Fav lines: I spread myself thinly on the toast of so many Yours, ~Nina

Dearest Beki, You have written my feelings this morning... Perfectly...poetically...and sadly... Thank you. ~A "You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality." Ayn Rand

I am sorry I am late finding this one but I am ever so glad I did ... its beautiful hun but I have to say made me cry its so powerful in emotion ... hugzzzzzzzzzzz from down under ... beautifully sad huni ... much love and hugz Jayne x x x "We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves. Lynn Hall" ...

Ah Beki, you have such a way about you that even in the portrait of shuffling feet, head down kicking rocks, dirt gazing I still feel a clever push back that comes through. But then again I may be way off base. I love this write as I often do your work. Hope I didn't make your hair too much more jealous of your ego ;) Best, Nathaniel

Exquisitely done. Enough said. Love, ~Rick

A really embracing poem Beki, so many fantastic lines here & I love it it feels fresh.. It kind of reads like a letter & one feels like voyeur. I love the little bits of half joke, you make such effort not to take yourself too seriously, it is endearing... & I also completely understand & relate to the sentiment, but I wanted to leave that til last... I know that feeling of being spread so thin "I spread myself thinly on the toast of so many right now I’m not butter I’m marge" But I disagree, it does not make one a fake, it just waters down the effectiveness of ones being or ones effect, that of being "present" to others... we can't be there for everyone & some of us try so hard to do that & it gets watered down with guilt... I've been using creamed coconut on my toast of late (thought you might get something from that, a silly aside I know but it is laughable if you see behind it). I also love the way you carry the message, there is a beautiful underlying grace here, a sophistication you need to come look closer at I feel, too busy being hard on yourself to see that wisdom is a good place & that's where you're heading in this write. It's as it should be, choose the things that WORK in your life, once you are aware of what you need, it's good to be open & expressive about it. I want those things for you too, but I hope to encourage your heart & soul, not your ego... still, as you say, you are looking for the one who will stroke your hair & cause that lovely smile. My best to you & admiration for your ever more wonderful writing. Cheers Anni~ "Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves". Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)